Osuri [OSR]
▲
12▲ 12 ▼ 0
Registered by
[Deactivated User] on 13 February 2015
Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersSpoken in:
TabiqaRegional
TabiqaRegionalSpecies
Human/humanoid
About Osuri
Osuri features nasal vowels, click consonants, and phonemic pitch/tone. Its nouns are classed as inherently alienable, inalienable, or nonpossessible. Verbs are heavily marked for transitivity and valency.
Osuri recently underwent an orthographic overhaul so some things may be out of date.
Osuri recently underwent an orthographic overhaul so some things may be out of date.
Sample of Osuri[view] Píca dowe xõ rúẋúvo jẽ, zú ńeá léwĩ zé ver gzé ýof tsẽ.
I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee.[view all texts]
I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeKõ
⤷ Proto-Kõ
⤷ Ancient Kun
⤷ Imperial Kun
⤷ Tlandíkun
⤷ Late Qãnîkõ
⤷ Osurekõ
⤷ Old Osuri
⤷
Osuri
⤷ Proto-Kõ
⤷ Ancient Kun
⤷ Imperial Kun
⤷ Tlandíkun
⤷ Late Qãnîkõ
⤷ Osurekõ
⤷ Old Osuri
⤷
Osuri[view] About KõA small group of languages spoken in northeastern TBQ and probably a tiny bit at least in surrounding countries. It is characterized by its unique phonology including click sounds and a tone system. The languages are mostly isolating wit...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | (ʔ) | |||||||||||
| Fricative | [ɸ]1 | [f]2 | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | ɣ | h | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | [ɹ]3 | j | w | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||
| Click | ʘ ʘ̃ ʘ̬ | ǀ ǀ̃ ǀ̬ | ǃ ǃ̃ ǃ̬ | ǂ ǂ̃ ǂ̬ | ||||||||||||||
- allophone of /w/
- allophone of /v/
- allophone of /ɾ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i í ì | u ũ ṹ ũ̀ ú ù | ||||||
| Near-close | ɪ̃ ɪ̃́ ɪ̃̀ | |||||||
| Close-mid | e é è | o ó | ||||||
| Mid | [ə̃̀] [ə̀] | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ̃ ɛ̃́ ɛ̃̀ | ɔ̃ ɔ̃́ ɔ̃̀ ɔ̀ | ||||||
| Near-open | ɐ ɐ̃ ɐ̃́ ɐ̃̀ ɐ́ ɐ̀ | |||||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Osuri. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| OsuriOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/ɐ/ | Àà/ɐ̀/, [ə̀] | Ǎǎ/ɐ̃̀/, [ə̃̀] | Ââ/ɐ̃́/ | Áá/ɐ́/ | Ãã/ɐ̃/ | Bb/b/ | Ċċ/ǂ/ | Cc/ʃ/ | Dd/d/ |
| Ee/e/ | Èè/è/ | Ěě/ɛ̃̀/ | Êê/ɛ̃́/ | Éé/é/ | Ẽẽ/ɛ̃/ | Ff/h/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/x/ | Ìì/ì/ |
| Íí/í/ | Ǐǐ/ɪ̃̀/ | Ĩĩ/ɪ̃/ | Ii/i/ | Îî/ɪ̃́/ | Jj/ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Ḿḿ/ʘ̃/ | Mm/m/ |
| Ńń/ǃ̃/ | Nn/n/ | Òò/ɔ̀/ | Ôô/ɔ̃́/ | Õõ/ɔ̃/ | Óó/ó/ | Oo/o/ | Ǒǒ/ɔ̃̀/ | Pp/p/ | Ṗṗ/ʘ/ |
| Qq/ǃ̬/ | Q̇ q̇/ǃ/ | Rr/ɾ/, [ɹ] | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Ṫṫ/ǀ/ | Ũũ/ũ/ | Ûû/ṹ/ | Ǔǔ/ũ̀/ | Úú/ú/ |
| Ùù/ù/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/, [f] | Ww/w/, [ɸ] | Ẃẃ/ʘ̬/ | Ẋẋ/ǀ̃/ | Xx/ǀ̬/ | Ỹỹ/ǂ̃/ | Ýý/ǂ̬/ | Yy/j/ |
| Zz/z/ | Đđ/ð/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | Ŧŧ/θ/ | Ɣɣ/ɣ/ | Ɲɲ/ɲ/ | Ɂɂ/ʔ/1 | |||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- loan words only
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
Osuri phonology & orthography 01-Apr-19 20:20
