Arevsarian [AREV]
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Arevsarian
Ārevsārjaltāšu kūrunali ['ā:revsā:rˌjaltà:ʃu 'kū:ruˌnɑli]
ArevsarianĀrevsārjaltāšu kūrunali ['ā:revsā:rˌjaltà:ʃu 'kū:ruˌnɑli]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Arevsarian
The dominant language of Ārevsārjaltāšu Zirali, the northernmost country in the continent of Tāresķaraūrā Zirali, Ārevsārjaltāšu kūrunali is a notoriously rigid language with relatively few dialects and a lack of vocal assimilation compared to other languages. It is an inflecting language with a relatively free word order, though SVO is most common, and a lack of articles. It is also known for lacking diphthongs—all vowels are pronounced separately from each other.
The language was based on the Baltic language Latvian, and many of its features are quite similar, though it also has some differences such as the lack of diphthongs. I lean very heavily on Latvian when building this language, enough so that I'm not sure how much of a conlang it is, but I am trying to give its own distinct features.
Key features include:
The language will eventually have a conscript of its own; however, for the moment, I am simply using the Latvian alphabet to represent the letters.
The language was based on the Baltic language Latvian, and many of its features are quite similar, though it also has some differences such as the lack of diphthongs. I lean very heavily on Latvian when building this language, enough so that I'm not sure how much of a conlang it is, but I am trying to give its own distinct features.
Key features include:
- A free word order, with a preference for SVO, as mentioned above.
- A lack of articles, and a subsequent reliance on adjectives to express definiteness and indefiniteness.
- Two genders, masculine and feminine; seven cases, nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, locative, instrumental, and vocative; three simple tenses, three compound perfect constructions, and five moods for verbs.
- Adjectives and adverbs are modified to agree with gender, plurality, and case or mood, in addition to definiteness.
- Fixed initial and fixed penultimate stress in the standard language and predominant dialect.
- The assimilation of loanwords into the language, to the point where foreign words are given gendered endings even if they didn't have them before.
The language will eventually have a conscript of its own; however, for the moment, I am simply using the Latvian alphabet to represent the letters.
Sample of Arevsarian[view] Emanin nalvakes plezēva kēranin neam ķeldin ņiriv ranjateli neam kureņiše. Tēranin tēda īlantin runadzini neam gelazakaris, neam tēranin
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.[view all texts]
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.[view all texts]
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n̪1 | ɲ | [ŋ]2 | ||||||||
| Plosive | p3 | b | t̪4 | d̪ | c | ɟ | k | g | ||||
| Fricative | v | s̪5 | z̪ | ʃ | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s̪ | d͡z̪6 | t͡ʃ | |||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l7 | ʎ | ||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||
| Trill | r8 | |||||||||||
- /n t d t͡s d͡z s z/ are denti-alveolar.
- Also allophone of ɲ, only appears prior to /k/ and /g/, allophone of /n̪/
- Plosives are not aspirated.
- When /t/ and /s/ are put together, they are replaced with /t͡s/.
- zs is pronounced as /sː/, and šs as /ʃː/
- Written as dz in transliteration, but has official letter in conscript.
- Replaced with /ʎ/ on occasions when /l/ doubles up.
- The proto-language contained a palatalised dental trill, /rʲ/, but this has fallen out of use.
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i î: ì: ī: | u û: ù: ū: | ||
| Close-mid | e ê: è: ē: | |||
| Near-open | æ æ̂: æ̀: ǣ: | |||
| Open | a â: à: ā: | |||
Syllable StructureSyllables can follow a pattern of (C)(C)(C)(V)(C)(C), with a max of three consonants before a vowel at the start of a word. This is uncommon, and it is most typical to find only one or two vowels at the start of a word. It is also common to see words with a regular alternation of vowels and consonants, e.g. the names Aleris and Vanalani. Some words, such as gesm ('to live', infinitive), have two consonants at the end of the word, but these are rare.
Stress informationThe language has fixed initial and fixed penultimate stress, though stress tends to be more variable in border dialects, especially on the border with Erūndsarāšu Zirali. In the east, for example, stress often falls on the second syllable; this is an easy way to tell if someone is an easterner.
Regardless of their position in a word, long vowels take a tone in the standard language. The three tones are level (high throughout the syllable), falling (brief rise followed by a long fall), and broken (rising tone followed by falling, with a brief interruption). In other dialects, the tones have merged in various ways, e.g. the level tone merging with the falling tone in the east.
Regardless of their position in a word, long vowels take a tone in the standard language. The three tones are level (high throughout the syllable), falling (brief rise followed by a long fall), and broken (rising tone followed by falling, with a brief interruption). In other dialects, the tones have merged in various ways, e.g. the level tone merging with the falling tone in the east.
OtherVocal assimilation, palatalisation, and iotation are uncommon among the educated and the nobility due to the rigid, highly particular standard of pronunciation common across Ārevsarāšu Zirali (indeed, careful enunciation is the mark of a noble, scholar, or priest). It is more present in 'common' speech and border dialects, however; in this case, voiced and voiceless consonants assimilate to the next consonant, e.g. /p/ → /b/ next to /g/. Single voiced consonants are not devoiced word-finally in educated speech, but can be in common speech.
Doubled consonants and plosives and fricatives between short vowels are pronounced longer, with the exception of /l/, zs, šs, and /t/ and /s/ (see above notes).
The language utterly lacks diphthongs, except in the more rapid common speech and border dialects influenced by neighbouring languages, and even these are uncommon and not held to be an official part of the language. Diaeresis is the norm. However, while two vowels may be found next to each other, vowels do not occur twice in a row except in diminutives. In addition to long vowels being tonal, vowel length is phonemic—a slight change in length can change the whole meaning of a word. Mispronunciation is a good source of humour and a fine way to identify an outsider.
Ārevsarian poetry is based around rhythm, assonance, and alliteration rather than rhyme.
Doubled consonants and plosives and fricatives between short vowels are pronounced longer, with the exception of /l/, zs, šs, and /t/ and /s/ (see above notes).
The language utterly lacks diphthongs, except in the more rapid common speech and border dialects influenced by neighbouring languages, and even these are uncommon and not held to be an official part of the language. Diaeresis is the norm. However, while two vowels may be found next to each other, vowels do not occur twice in a row except in diminutives. In addition to long vowels being tonal, vowel length is phonemic—a slight change in length can change the whole meaning of a word. Mispronunciation is a good source of humour and a fine way to identify an outsider.
Ārevsarian poetry is based around rhythm, assonance, and alliteration rather than rhyme.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Arevsarian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ArevsarianOrthography | |||||||||
| Āā/à:/, /â:/, /ā:/ | Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡s̪/ | Čč/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d̪/ | Ēē/æ̀:/, /æ̂:/, /ê:/, /è:/, /ǣ:/, /ē:/ | Ee/e/, /æ/ | Ģģ/ɟ/ | Gg/g/ |
| Īī/ī:/, /î:/, /ì:/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Ķķ/c/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/1 | Ļļ/ʎ/ | Mm/m/ | Ņņ/ɲ/ | Nn/n̪/2, [ŋ]3 |
| Pp/p/4 | Rr/r/5 | Šš/ʃ/ | Ss/s̪/6 | Tt/t̪/7 | Uu/u/ | Ūū/ù:/, /û:/, /ū:/ | Vv/v/ | Zz/z̪/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | |||||||||
- Replaced with /ʎ/ on occasions when /l/ doubles up.
- /n t d t͡s d͡z s z/ are denti-alveolar.
- Also allophone of ɲ, only appears prior to /k/ and /g/.
- Plosives are not aspirated.
- The proto-language contained a palatalised dental trill, /rʲ/, but this has fallen out of use.
- zs is pronounced as /sː/, and šs as /ʃː/
- When /t/ and /s/ are put together, they are replaced with /t͡s/.
