Dalian [IAN]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Dalian
My first real a poseriori!
Dalian is a northwest germanic language derived from Old Norse. It's spoken in an unspecified, fictional valley in central Norway. It is inspired by other central norwegian dialects, especially the dialects of Gudbrandsdalen, Valdres and Setesdalen, plus a little bit of Faroese.
It is quite conservative compared to other Scandinavian language, but not when compared to Icelandic and Faroese.
Some grammatical features:
Dalian is a northwest germanic language derived from Old Norse. It's spoken in an unspecified, fictional valley in central Norway. It is inspired by other central norwegian dialects, especially the dialects of Gudbrandsdalen, Valdres and Setesdalen, plus a little bit of Faroese.
It is quite conservative compared to other Scandinavian language, but not when compared to Icelandic and Faroese.
Some grammatical features:
- two cases (nominative and dative) for nouns, three (+accusative) for pronouns
- Three genders (masculine, feminine, neuter), which again are divided into strong and weak nouns
- Verbs decline for two tenses (present and past), and agree with the subject in plurality
- Lots of verb declensions, seven strong and three weak
Sample of Dalian[view] Vatn. Jøṛ. Edd. Vidn. Fi lengji sị livdu a fjōra ættinn mẹ n an ī jabnsli. En sǫ braut alt jo Eddveddí gjekk ti ǫtak. Ainast Avatārn, so ku nǫ tøk vị øddo a fjōro elmento, ku stø hai, en ti vị veṛæ hurfti n mest, so kǫrv n. Hundra ǫr gjingo fyri i ǫ brō min fudnu ūt vị a nȳa Avatāræ, no vidnsaịar mẹ nabn Aang. Ǫ sjøv um n æ gō vị vidnsaịddo, he n h...[view all texts]
Latest vocabulary
Sound samples in Dalian
Some sound samples of Dalian. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Eidli ó meinnaætte eru bodni fríe o te 'ai sama verdin o réttun. 'Ai ha fengje vitna o sam...
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and con...
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and con...
Language family relationships
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ1 | |||||||||||
Plosive | p [ʰp] pʰ | t [ʰt] tʰ | k [ʰk] kʰ | |||||||||||
Fricative | f | s | ʂ | ç | h | |||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||
Approximant | ʋ | j | ||||||||||||
Trill | [r̥]2 | |||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
- only in coda position
- before aspirated stops, allophone of /ɾ/
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i | ʉ | u | |||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɞ | ||||
Open | ɑ ɑ: |
Polyphthongs | iʉ̯ | eɛ̯ | æi̯ | ui̯ | ɞy̯ | iu̯ | əɔ̯ | ɑi̯ | ɑʉ̯ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Dalian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
DalianOrthography | ||||||||||
Aa/ɑ/ | Āā/ɑ:/ | AU au/ɑʉ̯/ | Bb/p/ | Dd/t/ | Ēē/eɛ̯/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/k/ | Hh/h/ | Īī/ui̯/ | Ii/i/ |
Jj/j/ | Kk/kʰ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/u/ | Ōō/iu̯/ | Ǫǫ/əɔ̯/ | Pp/pʰ/ | Rr/ɾ/, [r̥]1 | Ss/s/ |
Tt/tʰ/ | Ūū/iʉ̯/ | Uu/ʉ/ | Vv/ʋ/ | Ȳȳ/ui̯/ | Yy/i/ | Ææ/æi̯/ | Øø/ɞ/ | ØY øy/ɞy̯/ | ||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |
- before aspirated stops