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Lentzic
Lentsithi [lɛn't͡si.θi]
LentzicLentsithi [lɛn't͡si.θi]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Lentzic
Lentzic was spoken in Gentina following the outward migration of 
Enar-Lentzic speakers and subsequent split with 
Enari. Though it remained the majority language during most of the Roman period, it began to be displaced by the Romance 
Gentinian (which it had influenced heavily) during the late Middle Ages. Lentzic was limited to the remote northern coast of the country by the 18th century, before going extinct in the early 19th. The version here is Medieval Lentzic, reflecting the period where the language most influenced Gentinian and where most extant texts date from.
Like its close relative, Enari, it was a fusional language that has been extensively influenced by Indo-European languages (mostly Latin and Gentinian). Other shared features include:
Unlike Enari, Lentzic almost entirely preserved the verb system inherited from Enar-Lentzic (the merger of first and second person being a notable exception). The noun case system also became substantially eroded, most likely the result of Gentinian influence.
Enar-Lentzic speakers and subsequent split with Enari. Though it remained the majority language during most of the Roman period, it began to be displaced by the Romance Gentinian (which it had influenced heavily) during the late Middle Ages. Lentzic was limited to the remote northern coast of the country by the 18th century, before going extinct in the early 19th. The version here is Medieval Lentzic, reflecting the period where the language most influenced Gentinian and where most extant texts date from.Like its close relative,
Enari, it was a fusional language that has been extensively influenced by Indo-European languages (mostly Latin and Gentinian). Other shared features include:- SVO word order (though SOV remained common until the early modern period)
- Inflection of nouns for case and verbs for tense
- No agreement for adjectives/adverbs
- Use of modal prefixes for verbs
- Clitic forms of adpositions
Unlike Enari, Lentzic almost entirely preserved the verb system inherited from Enar-Lentzic (the merger of first and second person being a notable exception). The noun case system also became substantially eroded, most likely the result of Gentinian influence.
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Language family relationships
Language treeEnar-Cumainic
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Proto-Enar-Cumainic
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Enar-Lentzic⤷
Lentzic[view] About Enar-CumainicThe Enar-Cumainic languages are spoken on three large islands off the western coast of Europe, which today form the five Atlantic States of Enarpadjo, Enarpatsa, Dopje,...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t̪ | d̪ | k | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | y | u | |
| Close-mid | e | ø | o | |
| Open | a | |||
| Polyphthongs | øi̯ | au̯ | ai̯ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Lentzic. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| LentzicOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa/a/ | AI ai/ai̯/ | AU au/au̯/ | Bb/b/ | Çç/ʃ/ | Cc/k/ | Dd/d̪/ | DH dh/ð/ | Ee/e/ |
| Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Ii/j/, /i/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Oo/o/ | Ôô/ø/ |
| Pp/p/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t̪/ | TH th/θ/ | Ûû/y/ | Uu/w/, /u/ | Zz/z/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
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