Esteran [EES]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Esteran
Esteres is a Ruvenic language spoken primarily in the region of Esteres, the most dominant and populous region of the Kingdom of Voers. Due to its high prestige, it serves largely as a lingua franca for the rest of the multi-lingual kingdom.
It is mutually intelligable with most other Southern Ruvenic languages, particularly Turune, which is spoken in eastern Esteres. Notable dialects include Veraosian (Veer/Taager) and Alvare.
It is mutually intelligable with most other Southern Ruvenic languages, particularly Turune, which is spoken in eastern Esteres. Notable dialects include Veraosian (Veer/Taager) and Alvare.
Language family relationships
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ŋ]1 | |||||||||||
| Plosive | [p]2 | b | t | d | k | (g) | ||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | x | ɣ | ɦ | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | [ɹ]3 | j | |||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||
| Flap | [ɾ]4 | |||||||||||||
- allophone of /n/
- word-final, allophone of /b/
- word-final, allophone of /r/
- between vowels, allophone of /r/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i: | y: | u u: | |||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʏ | ||||||
| Close-mid | e: | ø: | o: | |||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||||
| Open | a | ɑ: | ||||||
| Polyphthongs | œy |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Esteran. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 EsteranOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Bb/b/, [p]1 | CH ch/x/ | Dd/d/, [t]2 | Ee/ə/, /ɛ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/ɣ/, [x]3 | Hh/ɦ/ | Ii/ɪ/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ |
| Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/, [ɾ]4, [ɹ]5 | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/, [f]6 | Ww/ʋ/ | Zz/z/, [s]7 | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||||
- word-final
- word-final
- word-final
- between vowels
- word-final
- word-final
- word-final
