Radestrian [RADST]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Radestrian
From 
Proto-Laenkean, distant relative to 
Laefevian
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Language family relationships
Language treeLaenkean
⤷ Proto-Laenkean
⤷ Proto-Hirdic
⤷ Proto-Radic
⤷ Old Radestrian
⤷ Middle Radestrian
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Radestrian
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Proto-Laenkean⤷ Proto-Hirdic
⤷ Proto-Radic
⤷ Old Radestrian
⤷ Middle Radestrian
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Radestrian[view] About LaenkeanThe Laenkean language family includes many languages, such as LFV , RADST , RVST and others.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ1 | ŋ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | (ð) | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ç2 | [ʝ]3 | [x]4 | h | ||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | (w) | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
- uncertain phonological status; alternative analysis /nj/
- has merged with /ʃ/ in most dialects; the distinction is called hjá-dvunþs
- only in hjá-dvunþs dialects; has merged with /ʒ/ elsewhere, allophone of /j/
- pre-consonantal, allophone of /h/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i::1 i: | (y) | u u::2 u: | |
| Close-mid | (e:) | ɤ | (o:) | |
| Open-mid | ɛ | œ | ɔ ɔ: | |
| Near-open | æ: | |||
| Open | a a::3 a: | |||
| Polyphthongs | ie | ia | ɔi | ɤi | au | ei | uo | øi | ai | ua |
| œa | ɔa |
- Depending on the speaker, merged with /iː/; the standard accepts both
- Depending on the speaker, merged with /uː/; the standard accepts both
- Depending on the speaker, merged with /aː/; the standard accepts both
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Radestrian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| RadestrianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Ââ/ɤ/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡s/ | Dd/d/ | Ðð/ð/1 | Ee/ɛ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/, [x]2 | Ii/i/ |
| Jj/j/, [ʝ]3 | Kk/k/ | Ķķ/t͡ʃ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Ņņ/ŋ/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Øø/œ/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/k/4 |
| Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Șș/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/, /ɤ/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/5 | Xx/ʒ/ | Yy/i/ | Zz/z/ | Þþ/θ/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||||
- loan words only
- pre-consonantal
- only in hjá-dvunþs dialects; has merged with /ʒ/ elsewhere
- loan words only
- loan words only
