Ancient Almerian [ALMIR]
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Place & SpeakersAncient Almerian is spoken by a population of around 5,000,000 in The Kingdom of Almeria.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Ancient Almerian
Ancient Almerian (Alm: Αλιμεραζ - Alimeraz) was a language spoken in the Kingdom of Almeria which covered part of northern Greece and parts of Albania and Montenegro from about 1,250 bc to about 350 bc. The kingdom was home to about five million people at its peak. Most spoke Almerian, which had a rich written history, but some ancient Caucasian languages were also spoke, and Greek. Near the end of the Almerian Kingdom, Greek started to become widespread and eventually took over. The remaining Almerian speakers broke off and began to speak languages such as Albanian, Georgian, and Slavonic. It is believed the language was completely extinct no later than 350bc, but many carvings and scrolls have been found detailing the language and the people who spoke it.
Today, the leading professor of Ancient Almerian, Prof. Helen West-Barnes of Vienna University's Language and Anthropology department has been head of the campaign for study into Almerian, and many places now teach the language in their classics classes. Many works have been translated into Almerian, including poetry, plays and Prof. West-Barnes herself translated the gospels of the New Testament into Almerian in 2001.
Today, the leading professor of Ancient Almerian, Prof. Helen West-Barnes of Vienna University's Language and Anthropology department has been head of the campaign for study into Almerian, and many places now teach the language in their classics classes. Many works have been translated into Almerian, including poetry, plays and Prof. West-Barnes herself translated the gospels of the New Testament into Almerian in 2001.
Sample of Ancient Almerian[view] Σαι κιμαζτρι ρενεδω τι λαμϭι αχι μεταλιζ βελωπςι.
He was able to kill the lamb with a lump of metal.[view all texts]
He was able to kill the lamb with a lump of metal.[view all texts]
Sound samples in Ancient Almerian
Some sound samples of Ancient Almerian. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Σαι κιμαζτρι ρενεδω τι λαμϭι αχι μεταλιζ βελωπςι.
He was able to kill the lamb with a lump of metal.
He was able to kill the lamb with a lump of metal.
Language family relationships
Language treeHellenic
⤷ Proto-Greek
⤷ Aeolic
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Ancient Almerian
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Ancient AlmerianPhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | k | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʐ | x | ɣ | h | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | ||||||||||||||
| Blends | x͡k | k͡s |
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | ɯ | |||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
| Close-mid | o | |||||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | |||||||
| Open | a | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | ɛ͡ɪ | o͡ɪ | o͡ɯ | ɛ͡ɯ | a͡ɪ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Ancient Almerian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Ancient AlmerianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Άά αλαφα κωλεις /ə/ | Αα αλαφα /a/ | Ϭϭ ϭειτο /b/ | Ββ βεϭρος /v/ | Γγ γαλοσ /ɣ/ | Δδ δελτων /ð/ | Εε εςελις /ɛ/ | Ζζ ζαννι /z/ | Ζ́ ζ́ ζ́εινα /ʐ/ |
| Ӷӷ ӷαπας /h/ | Ιι ιςαπος /ɪ/ | Κκ κετων /k/ | Ϝϝ ϝεδια /x͡k/ | Λλ λαμπετ /l/ | Ωω ομικα /o/ | Μμ μαννα /m/ | Νν νανυ /n/ | Ξξ ξεντα /k͡s/ |
| Ππ πιρος /p/ | Ρρ ραδο /ɹ/ | Ϯϯ ϯαινε /j/ | Σς ςετα /s/ | Ττ ταντρα /t/ | Θθ θενωζ́ /θ/ | Υυ υβε /ɯ/ | Φφ φεβρα /f/ | Χχ χακετ /x/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
