Classical Letsatian [LTS]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Classical Letsatian
Classical Letsatian refers to the stage of the language which emerged as the standard of the Letsatian Empire between 100 BCE and 521 CE. It evolved from the Komy dialect of Old Letsatian, itself a member of the Aukidian branch of the Letsic language family.
A Dictionary of Classical Letsatian (this is more up to date than cws most of the time, so in case of any inconsistencies please refer to this)
letsic languages worksheet - derivation, experiments and other fun.
highly WIP grammar
A Dictionary of Classical Letsatian (this is more up to date than cws most of the time, so in case of any inconsistencies please refer to this)
letsic languages worksheet - derivation, experiments and other fun.
highly WIP grammar
Sample of Classical LetsatianCan't find any yet.
Language family relationships
Language treeLetsic
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Proto-Letsic
⤷ Aukidian
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Proto-Aukidian
⤷ Old Letsatian
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Classical Letsatian
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Proto-Letsic⤷ Aukidian
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Proto-Aukidian⤷
Old Letsatian⤷
Classical Letsatian[view] About LetsicA language family found in north Baredina, on Sahar.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ɲ]1 | [ŋ]2 | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | θ | s | z | (ʃ) | x | h | |||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | j | [w]4 | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /n/
- evolved into /ʃ/ by around 150 CE
- allophone of /ʋ/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | ʉ ʉ: | ||||
| Close-mid | e: | o | ||||
| Open-mid | ɛ1 ɛ: | ɔ: | ||||
| Open | ä ä: | |||||
| Polyphthongs | au̯: au̯ | ɛi̯: | ɛu̯: | ɔi̯: | ɔu̯: | ai̯: ai̯ | ui̯ | eo̯ | iu̯ |
- /e ~ ɛ/ (varies by dialect)
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Classical Letsatian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Classical LetsatianOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| a a /ä/ | b b /b/ | c c /t͡ʃ/ | d d /d/ | e e /ɛ/1 | ē ei /e:/ | f f /f/ | g g /g/ | h h /h/ | i i /i/ |
| x j /d͡ʒ/ | k k /k/ | l l /l/ | m m /m/ | n n /n/ | o o /ɔ:/ | u ou /o/ | p p /p/ | r r /r/ | ś ś /ʃ/2, /ɬ/3 |
| s s /s/ | t t /t/ | y u /ʉ/ | w v /ʋ/ | q x /x/ | j y /j/ | z z /z/ | θ ϑ /θ/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- /e ~ ɛ/ (varies by dialect)
- loan words only
- evolved into /ʃ/ by around 150 CE
