Future Esperanto [FEP]
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Future Esperanto
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Future Esperanto
Future Esperanto is the result of an idea I had: What if Esperanto evolved the way natural languages do? There are multiple phonological, grammatical and lexical changes from Esperanto.
Phonological changes
- Voiced stops /b, d, g/ become voiceless /p, t, k/, and voiceless stops /p, t, k/ lenite to /f, θ, x/: Esp. /ˈtago/ → F.Esp. /ˈθako/
- Nasals delete in coda position, triggering compensatory nasalization of the preceding vowel: /ˈtempo/ → /ˈθẽfo/, /ˈombro/ → /ˈõplo/, /ˈkanti/ → /ˈxãθi/, /ˈlando/ → /ˈʎãto/, /ˈaŋkaw/ → /ˈãxaw/, /ˈsaŋgo/ → /ˈsãko/; postvocalic nasals do not delete, but they do nasalize the preceding vowel: /ˈpomo/ → /ˈfõmo/, /ˈsuno/ → /ˈsũno/
- /r, l/ shift to /l, ʎ/: /paˈroli/ → /faˈloʎi/, /ˈlibro/ → /ˈʎiplo/
- /t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ/ deaffricate to /s, z, ʃ, ʒ/: /ˈt͡sirko/ → /ˈsilxo/, /eˈd͡zino/ → /eˈzĩno/, /ˈt͡ʃesi/ → /ˈʃesi/, /ˈd͡ʒis/ → /ˈʒis/
- /ʃ, ʒ/ shift to /ç, ʝ/: /ˈʃipo/ → /ˈçifo/, /ˈʒeti/ → /ˈʝeθi/
- /nj/ coalesces into /ɲ/: /siˈnjoro/ → /siˈɲolo/
- /f, v/ shift to /ʍ, ʋ/: /ˈfiʃo/ → /ˈʍiço/, /ˈvento/ → /ˈʋẽθo/
- /h/ deletes: /ˈhavi/ → /ˈaʋi/
- Hiatus is resolved by epenthetic glide: /ˈkrii/ → /ˈxliji/, /ˈʃuo/ → /ˈçuwo/
Phonological changes
- Voiced stops /b, d, g/ become voiceless /p, t, k/, and voiceless stops /p, t, k/ lenite to /f, θ, x/: Esp. /ˈtago/ → F.Esp. /ˈθako/
- Nasals delete in coda position, triggering compensatory nasalization of the preceding vowel: /ˈtempo/ → /ˈθẽfo/, /ˈombro/ → /ˈõplo/, /ˈkanti/ → /ˈxãθi/, /ˈlando/ → /ˈʎãto/, /ˈaŋkaw/ → /ˈãxaw/, /ˈsaŋgo/ → /ˈsãko/; postvocalic nasals do not delete, but they do nasalize the preceding vowel: /ˈpomo/ → /ˈfõmo/, /ˈsuno/ → /ˈsũno/
- /r, l/ shift to /l, ʎ/: /paˈroli/ → /faˈloʎi/, /ˈlibro/ → /ˈʎiplo/
- /t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ/ deaffricate to /s, z, ʃ, ʒ/: /ˈt͡sirko/ → /ˈsilxo/, /eˈd͡zino/ → /eˈzĩno/, /ˈt͡ʃesi/ → /ˈʃesi/, /ˈd͡ʒis/ → /ˈʒis/
- /ʃ, ʒ/ shift to /ç, ʝ/: /ˈʃipo/ → /ˈçifo/, /ˈʒeti/ → /ˈʝeθi/
- /nj/ coalesces into /ɲ/: /siˈnjoro/ → /siˈɲolo/
- /f, v/ shift to /ʍ, ʋ/: /ˈfiʃo/ → /ˈʍiço/, /ˈvento/ → /ˈʋẽθo/
- /h/ deletes: /ˈhavi/ → /ˈaʋi/
- Hiatus is resolved by epenthetic glide: /ˈkrii/ → /ˈxliji/, /ˈʃuo/ → /ˈçuwo/
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||||||||||
Plosive | p | t | k | |||||||||||||
Fricative | f | θ | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ç | ʝ | x | |||||||
Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||||
Approximant | ʋ | j | ʍ | w |
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i ĩ | u ũ | ||
Close-mid | e ẽ | o õ | ||
Open | a ã |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Future Esperanto. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Future EsperantoOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
Aa/a/ | Áá/ã/ | Bb/p/ | Cc/ç/ | Dd/t/ | Ee/e/ | Éé/ẽ/ | Ff/ʍ/ | Gg/k/ | Ii/i/ | Íí/ĩ/ |
Jj/ʝ/ | Kk/x/ | Ll/ʎ/ | Mm/m/ | Ññ/ɲ/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | Óó/õ/ | Pp/f/ | Šš/ʃ/ | Ss/s/ |
Tt/θ/ | Úú/ũ/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/ʋ/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Žž/ʒ/ | Łł/l/ | ||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |