Tuldian [DUKG]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersTuldian is spoken by a population of around 15,000 in latvia.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Tuldian
Tuldian, or Ѳу́жѡ жѵла, is a minority language spoken by the Tuldians in southeastern Latvia by around 15,000 people. It is a Germanic language, quite closely related to the Halkujacia language of neighbouring latvia, but in many ways it is far less conservative, having lost the neuter gender, had significant simplification of certain aspects of the declension, and yet has gained the locative and retained a fully fledged vocative case. It has had significant influence from Latvian, Latgalian, and Belarussian, and to a lesser extent Polish, Russian and Lithuanian. It is written in a modified version of the cyrillic alphabet, as unlike most of Latvia, the Tuldians are almost all devout orthodox christians with a relatively long history of literacy
Sample of Tuldian[view] (Клíна́,) пакс, кѵрім неваст вілку, ѯойт епус, вѣнс ѳерѡ дра́гт све́ру ваню, вѣнс барт боден мілку, у вѣнс барт ѕіпю вíру. Пакс епам гаѳт: "Ме снѵст жіртѡ, ѯоѧнт вíру груді епус." Епас гаѳт: "Жырí, пакс, жіртеніс снѵтан мы, ѯоѧнт ѳан: вíрс, ли́варс, сапі ри сіре пакра вілкы гэ́рбу ва́му. У пакре нѣр вілку." Жырюс, пакс ін дані л...[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | ɟ | k | g | ||||||
| Fricative | (f) | v | θ | [ð]1 | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | (x) | |||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||
| Trill | r rʲ | |||||||||||||
| Blends | ʃtʃ | ps | jɔ jɔ: | jæ jæ: | ŋg | ji ji: | ks | ju ju: | ja ja: |
- allophone of /θ/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | y y: | ɨ ɨ: | u u: | ||
| Close-mid | e e: | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | ɔ ɔ: | ||||
| Near-open | [æ]1 [æ:]2 | |||||
| Open | a a: | |||||
| Polyphthongs | uɔ |
- allophone of /ɛ/
- allophone of /ɛ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Tuldian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 TuldianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Аа аз /a/ | А́ а́ ланга́ аз /a:/ | Бб бук /b/ | Вв вѣ́д /v/ | Гг гла́го /g/ | Дд добру /d/ | Ее ест /ɛ/, [æ] | Е́ е́ ланга́ ест /ɛ:/, [æ:] | Ээ эр /jæ/ | Э́ э́ ланга́ эр /jæ:/ | Жж жівѣт /ʒ/ |
| Ѕѕ ѕѣлу /d͡z/ | Зз зе́лэ /z/ | Ии ик /ji/ | И́ и́ ланга́ ик /ji:/ | Йй ай /j/ | Іі іж /i/ | Íí ланга́ іж /i:/ | Кк ка́ку /k/ | Лл люже /l/ | Мм мытa /m/ | Нн наш /n/ |
| Оо он /ɔ/ | О́ о́ ланга́ он /ɔ:/ | Пп по́кой /p/ | Рр рыці /r/ | Сс слѡв /s/ | Тт твіру /t/ | Уу ук /u/ | У́ у́ ланга́ ук /u:/ | Фф фрыт /f/1 | Хх хѣр /x/2 | Ѡѡ ѡмега /uɔ/ |
| Цц цí /t͡s/ | Чч черю /t͡ʃ/ | Шш ша /ʃ/ | Щщ щѣ /ʃtʃ/ | Ыы ырэ /ɨ/ | Ы́ ы́ ланга́ ырэ /ɨ:/ | Ѣѣ ѣт /e/ | Ѣ́ ѣ́ ланга́ ѣт /e:/ | Юю ю́ /ju/ | Ю́ ю́ ланга́ ю́ /ju:/ | Ѯѯ ѯí /ks/ |
| Ѱѱ ѱí /ps/ | Ѧѧ ѧс /ja/ | Ѧ́ ѧ́ ланга́ ѧс /ja:/ | Ѫѫ ѫс /jɔ/ | Ѫ́ ѫ́ ланга́ ѫс /jɔ:/ | Ѳѳ ѳіта /θ/, [ð] | Ѵѵ ѵжіца /y/ | Ѵ́ ѵ́ ланга́ ѵжіца /y:/ | Ьь ірь // | -// | |
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- loan words only
- loan words only
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