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Proto-Dwarven
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Registered by [Deactivated User] on 19 August 2016
Language type Proto-Conlang
Species Human/humanoid
About Proto-Dwarven Originally intended to be a language for a D&D campaign, this is now a project unto itself.

Proto-Dwarven is a proto-language for dwarves. Unlike standard D&D dwarves, the "dwa" of this world are a druidic people living on top of high mountains, in tune with the natural world and isolated from the more civilized races. Their physiology gives them a uniquely distinct ability to hear and imitate natural sounds, which is the basis for their very language. What began as a communication method based on mockingbird-style imitation and body language evolved into a more humanoid-sounding language over thousands of years.
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Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialAlveolarLabio-
velar
VelarUvularGlottal
Nasal m          
Plosive p b t d   k g   ʔ
Fricative   s z       h
Affricate   t͡s d͡z        
Lateral approximant   l        
Approximant   ɹ ʍ      
Trill         ʀ  
Click   ǃ        
VowelsFrontBack
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Open-mid [ɛ]1 [ʌ]2
Open a [ɑ]3
  1. allophone of /e/
  2. allophone of /a/
  3. allophone of /o/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Proto-Dwarven. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 Proto-DwarvenOrthography [edit]
'/ʔ/Aa/a/Bb/b/Dd/d/DZ dz/d͡z/Ee/e/Gg/g/Hh/h/Ii/i/Kk/k/Ll/l/Mm/m/
Oo/o/Pp/p/Rr/ɹ/RR rr/ʀ/Ss/s/Tt/t/TS ts/t͡s/Uu/u/Ww/ʍ/Xx/ǃ/Zz/z/
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    Typological information for Proto-Dwarven

    Future tenseTemporal adjectives/adverbs
    Marked tense (verb)Past, Non-Past
    Primary word orderSOV
    Primary writing systemOther
    Animacy distinctionsAnimate/Inanimate

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