Ancient Railan [ARL]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Ancient Railan
The language of the ancient Railan people, possibly the most influential civilization in the history of Siilun. They were in power around 4,000 NWJ. They were the first ones to invent true writing, which they used to keep records as they crafted a massive trade empire that reached all the islands of the Raimak, the Northeastern coast, the cèAli, and even the Great Islands; some of their outposts are still standing. When their empire crumbled, their language also fell; it has no modern descendants. It is believed that the final speakers died around 1,000 NWJ. Their writing system, however, remained, and many of their documents survive. Through careful study, much of their language has been pieced together.
It should be noted that
Ancient Railan and Modern Railan are not genetically connected; the Railan Empire's capital was on the island of Raila, where modern Railan is spoken. Modern Railan, however, is a Gobi-Raimak language. Many of the modern Railan people have begun to push to try and revive Ancient Railan, and about 200-300 people on Railan have learned it to some degree of fluency.
It should be noted that
Ancient Railan and Modern Railan are not genetically connected; the Railan Empire's capital was on the island of Raila, where modern Railan is spoken. Modern Railan, however, is a Gobi-Raimak language. Many of the modern Railan people have begun to push to try and revive Ancient Railan, and about 200-300 people on Railan have learned it to some degree of fluency.
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Language family relationships
Language treeSaanian
⤷ Proto-Saanian
⤷ Isolates
⤷ Ancient Railan
⤷ Proto-Saanian
⤷ Isolates
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Ancient Railan[view] About SaanianEssentially Proto-Human for the Saan (human) species on Siilun. Includes all families, macrofamilies, and isolates.
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ1 | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | b | t tʰ | d | k kʰ | g | ʔ | |||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | h | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
- Only syllable-final
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | î í i᷉ ī ǐ | û ú u᷉ ū ǔ | ||
| Mid | ê̞ é̞ e̞᷉ ē̞ ě̞ | ô̞ ó̞ o̞᷉ ō̞ ǒ̞ | ||
| Open | â á a᷉ ā ǎ | ɒ̂ ɒ́ ɒ᷉ ɒ̄ ɒ̌ | ||
| Polyphthongs | aɪ̂ aɪ́ aɪ᷉ aɪ̄ aɪ̌ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Ancient Railan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Ancient RailanOrthography | ||||||||||
| A1 a1/á/ | A2 a2/ā/ | A3 a3/â/ | A4 a4/ǎ/ | A5 a5/a᷉/ | AI1 ai1/aɪ́/ | AI2 ai2/aɪ̄/ | AI3 ai3/aɪ̂/ | AI4 ai4/aɪ̌/ | AI5 ai5/aɪ᷉/ | Bb/b/ |
| Cc/ʔ/ | Dd/d/ | DZ dz/d͡z/ | DZH dzh/d͡ʒ/ | E1 e1/é̞/ | E2 e2/ē̞/ | E3 e3/ê̞/ | E4 e4/ě̞/ | E5 e5/e̞᷉/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ |
| Hh/h/ | I1 i1/í/ | I2 i2/ī/ | I3 i3/î/ | I4 i4/ǐ/ | I5 i5/i᷉/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/kʰ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ |
| NG ng/ŋ/1 | O1 o1/ó̞/ | O2 o2/ō̞/ | O3 o3/ô̞/ | O4 o4/ǒ̞/ | O5 o5/o̞᷉/ | Pp/p/ | PH ph/pʰ/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | SH sh/ʃ/ |
| Tt/t/ | TH th/tʰ/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | TSH tsh/t͡ʃ/ | U1 u1/ú/ | U2 u2/ū/ | U3 u3/û/ | U4 u4/ǔ/ | U5 u5/u᷉/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ |
| Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | ZH zh/ʒ/ | Α1 α1/ɒ́/ | Α2 α2/ɒ̄/ | Α3 α3/ɒ̂/ | Α4 α4/ɒ̌/ | Α5 α5/ɒ᷉/ | |||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | ||||||||||
- Only syllable-final
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