Veltic language
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Veltic | |
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Veltician | |
Velts̈ S̈praḱ, Velts̈i | |
Pronunciation | /vɛltʃ ʃpɾax/ |
Native to | |
Region | Southern Thuadia |
Ethnicity | Veltic people |
Native speakers | L1: - L2: - |
Thuado-Thrismaran
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Official status | |
Official language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | vt |
ISO 639-2 | vlt |
ISO 639-3 | vlt |
The Veltic language is a language in the Germanic branch of the Thuado-Thrismaran languages, it is spoken in southwestern Qazhshava by the Veltic people. It is recognized as a minority langauge in Qazhshava and the Sekidean Union. The language is imfamous for absorbing the gender system of a pre-Thuado-Thrismaran language known as Wahatihin, which is believed to possibly be related to the Tayamo language spoken on the islands south of Veltland.
Phonology
consonants
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | n | ||||||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||||
voiced | b | d | ||||||
Affricate | voiceless | t͡s | t͡ʃ~t͡ɕ | |||||
voiced | d͡z | d͡ʒ~d͡ʑ | ||||||
Fricative | voiceless | f | θ~s̪ | s ɬ |
ʃ~ɕ | x | h | |
voiced | v | ð~z̪ | z | ʒ~ʑ | ɣ | |||
Aproximant | voiced | w | l | j | ||||
Rhotic | voiced | ɾ |
vowels
Short | Long | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Front | Mid | Back | Front | Mid | Back | |
Close | i ĩ y | ʉ̃ | u ũ | iː ĩː yː | ʉ̃ː | uː ũː |
Close-Mid | ẽ ø | ɵ̃ | eː ẽː øː | ɵ̃ː | oː õː | |
Open-Mid | ɛ | ɔ ɔ̃ | ||||
Open | a~ɑ ɑ̃ | aː~ɑː ɑ̃ː |
Writing System
А а | Á á | Ą ą | Ą́ ą́ | B b | C c | Ć ć | D d | Đ đ | E e | É é | Ę ę |
Ę́ ę́ | F f | G g | Ǵ ǵ | H h | I i | Í í | Į į | Į́ į́ | J j | K k | Ḱ ḱ |
L l | Λ ʌ | M m | N n | O o | Ó ó | Ǫ ǫ | Ǫ́ ǫ́ | Ö ö | Ő ő | Ǫ̈ ǫ̈ | Ǫ̋ ǫ̋ |
P p | R r | S s | S̈ s̈ | T t | Ŧ ŧ | U u | Ú ú | Ų ų | Ų́ ų́ | Ü ü | Ű ű |
Ų̈ ų̈ | Ų̋ ų̋ | V v | W w | X x | Y y | Z z | Z̈ z̈ |
Detailed table
Letter | Name | IPA | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
A a | a | /a~ɑ/ | /ɐ/ when reduced. |
Á á | ląge a | /aː~ɑː/ | |
Ą ą | nazal a | /ã~ɑ̃/ | |
Ą́ ą́ | ląge nazal a | /ãː~ɑ̃ː/ | |
B b | be | /b/ | |
C c | ce | /t͡s/ | |
Ć ć | će | /t͡ʃ/ | |
D d | de | /d/ | |
Đ đ | đe | /ð~z̪/ | |
E e | e | /ɛ/ | /e~ɪ/ when reduced |
É é | ląge e | /eː/ | |
Ę ę | nazal e | /ẽ/ | /ẽ~ɪ̃/ when reduced |
Ę́ ę́ | ląge nazal e | /ẽː/ | |
F f | ef | /f/ | |
G g | ge | /ɣ/ | |
Ǵ ǵ | ǵe | /d͡ʒ~d͡ʑ/ | |
H h | has̈ | /h/ | |
I i | i | /i/ | /e~ɪ/ when reduced |
Í í | ląge i | /iː/ | |
Į į | nazal i | /ĩ/ | /ẽ~ɪ̃/ when reduced |
Į́ į́ | ląge nazal i | /ĩː/ | |
J j | jot | /j/ | |
K k | ka | /k/ | |
Ḱ ḱ | ḱa | /x/ | |
L l | el | /l/ | |
Λ ʌ | eʌ | /ɬ/ | |
M m | em | /m/ | |
N n | en | /n/ | |
O o | o | /ɔ/ | |
Ó ó | ląge o | /oː/ | |
Ǫ ǫ | nazal o | /ɔ̃/ | |
Ǫ́ ǫ́ | ląge nazal o | /õː/ | |
Ö ö | oe | /ø/ | |
Ő ő | ląge oe | /øː/ | |
Ǫ̈ ǫ̈ | nazal oe | /ɵ̃/ | |
Ǫ̋ ǫ̋ | ląge nazal oe | /ɵ̃ː/ | |
P p | pe | /p/ | |
R r | er | /ɾ/ | |
S s | es | /s/ | |
Ś ś | eś | /ʃ~ɕ/ | |
T t | te | /t/ | |
Ŧ ŧ | ŧe | /θ~s̪/ | |
U u | u | /u/ | |
Ú ú | ląge u | /uː/ | |
Ų ų | nazal u | /ũː/ | |
Ų́ ų́ | ląge nazal u | /ũː/ | |
Ü ü | ui | /y/ | |
Ű ű | ląge ui | /yː/ | |
Ų̈ ų̈ | nazal ui | /ʉ̃/ | |
Ų̋ ų̋ | ląge nazal ui | /ʉ̃ː/ | |
V v | ve | /v/ | |
W w | we | /w~◌ʷ/ | |
X x | ix/iks | /ks/ | Used in foreing loanwords. |
Y y | igrek | /y~ɨ/ | Used in foreing loanwords. |
Z z | ze | /z/ | |
Ź ź | źe | /ʒ~ʑ/ | |
◌́ (/◌̋ ) is added on top of syllabic consonants (ḿ ń ŕ) |
Grammar
Gender
And three genders, while in plural, genders merge into one indifferent plural form:
- Masculine
- Feminine
- Neuter
Cases
Like other germanic languages, Veltic has grammatical cases, unlike other germanic veltic hasnt lost its instrumental case, but it has split it into two:
Nominative | Genitive | Dative | Accusative | Instrumental | Comitative | ||
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Singular | Masculine | ||||||
Neuter | |||||||
Feminie | |||||||
Plural | Masculine | ||||||
Neuter | |||||||
Feminie |
Articles
Definite article | Nominative | Genitive | Dative | Accusative | Instrumental | Comitative | |
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Singular | Masculine | Đer | Đé | Đem | Đę | Đų | Đǫ́ |
Neuter | Đá | Đá | |||||
Feminie | Đi | Đer | Đer | Đi | Đǫ̈ | ||
Plural | Masculine | Đi | Đer | Đę | Đi | Đų | Đǫ̈ |
Neuter | |||||||
Feminie |
Indefinite article | Nominative | Genitive | Dative | Accusative | Instrumental | Comitative | |
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Singular | Masculine | Ąj | Ą́j | Ąjm | Ąję | Ąjų | Ǫj |
Neuter | Ąj | ||||||
Feminie | Ąjer | Ąjer | Ǫ̈j | ||||
Plural | Masculine | — | |||||
Neuter | |||||||
Feminie |
PRO. | Nominative | Genitive | Dative | Accusative | Instrumental | Comitative | |
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Singular | Masculine | Kąj | Ką́j | Kąjm | Ąję | Kąjų | Kǫj |
Neuter | Kąj | ||||||
Feminie | Kąjer | Kąjer | Kǫ̈j | ||||
Plural | Masculine | Kąj | Kąjer | Kąję | Kąj | Kąjų | Kǫj |
Neuter | |||||||
Feminie |