Quosian [QSN]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Quosian[view] viṅ sayn cze fwe ɫaws o la
The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveler came along wrapped in a warm cloak. / / They agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveler take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other. / / Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew the more closely did the traveler fold his cloak around him; / / and at last the North Wind gave up the attempt. Then the Sun shined out warmly, and immediately the traveler took off his cloak. / / And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that the Sun was the stronger of the two.[view all texts]
The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveler came along wrapped in a warm cloak. / / They agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveler take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other. / / Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew the more closely did the traveler fold his cloak around him; / / and at last the North Wind gave up the attempt. Then the Sun shined out warmly, and immediately the traveler took off his cloak. / / And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that the Sun was the stronger of the two.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ ŋʷ | ||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k kʷ | g gʷ | ||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ç | x | ʁ | |||
| Affricate | p͡ɸ | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | c͡ç | k͡x | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʟ | ||||||||||||
| Trill | [ʀ]1 | |||||||||||||
| Click | ʘ ᵐʘ | ǀ ⁿǀ | ǃ ⁿǃ | ʞ ʞʷ ᵑʞʷ ᵑʞ | ||||||||||
- allophone of /ʁ/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | y | ɯ | u | ||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open | a | ɒ | ||||
| Polyphthongs | iə | ui | ai | au | uɒ | uə | iu |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Quosian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 QuosianOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/a/ | AW aw/au/ | AY ay/ai/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/ǀ/ | CCH cch/c͡ç/ | CH ch/ç/ | CZ cz/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | DH dh/ð/ |
| DZ dz/d͡z/ | Ee/ə/ | Ff/ɸ/ | Gg/g/ | GW gw/gʷ/ | Iı/ɯ/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/x/ |
| KKH kkh/k͡x/ | KX kx/ʞ/ | KXW kxw/ʞʷ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | MPX mpx/ᵐʘ/ | Ṅṅ/ŋ/ | Ññ/ɲ/ | Nn/n/ | NC nc/ⁿǀ/ |
| NKX nkx/ᵑʞ/ | NKXW nkxw/ᵑʞʷ/ | ṄW ṅw/ŋʷ/ | NX nx/ⁿǃ/ | Oo/ɒ/ | Pp/p/ | PF pf/p͡ɸ/ | PX px/ʘ/ | Qq/kʷ/ | Rr/ʁ/, [ʀ] |
| Ss/s/ | SH sh/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | TH th/θ/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | Uu/u/ | Üü/y/ | UY uy/ui/ | Vv/β/ | WE we/uə/ |
| WO wo/uɒ/ | Xx/ǃ/ | YE ye/iə/ | YU yu/iu/ | Zz/z/ | ZH zh/ʒ/ | Ɫɫ/ʟ/ | |||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
