Not-Canonical Northern Amaian [AMN]
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Language type
Mixed
Species
Human/humanoid
About Not-Canonical Northern Amaian
An Amaian language, a close relative of 
Not-Canonical Amaian and 
Not-Canonical Eastern Amaian. Northern Amaian is spoken in the north of 
Old Amaia, mainly along rivers, and is also spoken in pockets of extreme northwest 
Yerlan. As an Amaian language, Northern Amaian is ultimately descended from 
Proto-Pemme, and is distantly related to 
Thuun, 
Elipa, and 
Ezian, among others.
Northern Amaian is both phonetically and grammatically innovative: it has a simpler tone system than the other Amaian lects while introducing a series of palatalized consonants. It has regularized morphology and drastically streamlined syntax, all while approaching agglutination to a degree not seen in the other daughters. Lexically, it has borrowed heavily from the native languages of the area, which belong to several unrelated phyla.
While Northern Amaian is spoken as a first language by a relatively small number of humans in Amaia and Yerlan, within Amaia it serves as a trade language for almost the entire north, and so is spoken as a second language by many millions more.
Not-Canonical Amaian and Not-Canonical Eastern Amaian. Northern Amaian is spoken in the north of Old Amaia, mainly along rivers, and is also spoken in pockets of extreme northwest Yerlan. As an Amaian language, Northern Amaian is ultimately descended from Proto-Pemme, and is distantly related to Thuun, Elipa, and Ezian, among others.Northern Amaian is both phonetically and grammatically innovative: it has a simpler tone system than the other Amaian lects while introducing a series of palatalized consonants. It has regularized morphology and drastically streamlined syntax, all while approaching agglutination to a degree not seen in the other daughters. Lexically, it has borrowed heavily from the native languages of the area, which belong to several unrelated phyla.
While Northern Amaian is spoken as a first language by a relatively small number of humans in Amaia and Yerlan, within Amaia it serves as a trade language for almost the entire north, and so is spoken as a second language by many millions more.
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m mˀ | n̪ n̪ˀ n̪ˀʲ n̪ʲ | ŋ ŋˀ | |||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʼ | t̪ t̪ʼ t̪ʼʲ t̪ʲ | k kʼ | q qʼ | ʔ | |||||||||||||||
| Fricative | ɕ ɕʼ | χ | ʁ | h | ||||||||||||||||
| Affricate | ʈ͡ʂ ʈ͡ʂʼ | t͡ɕ t͡ɕʼ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | j | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||||
| Close-mid | e e: | ɤ ɤ: | o o: | |||
| Open-mid | ʌ ʌ: | |||||
| Open | ä ä: | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Not-Canonical Northern Amaian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 Not-Canonical Northern AmaianOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/ä/ | AA aa/ä:/ | Bb/p/ | BB bb/pʼ/ | CCH cch/ʈ͡ʂʼ/ | CCHY cchy/t͡ɕʼ/ | CH ch/ʈ͡ʂ/ | CHY chy/t͡ɕ/ | Dd/t̪/ | DD dd/t̪ʼ/ |
| DDY ddy/t̪ʼʲ/ | DY dy/t̪ʲ/ | Ee/e/ | EE ee/e:/ | Gg/k/ | GG gg/kʼ/ | Ii/i/ | II ii/i:/ | Kk/ʔ/ | Ll/l/ |
| LL ll/ɬ/ | Mm/m/ | MM mm/mˀ/ | Nn/n̪/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | NN nn/n̪ˀ/ | NNG nng/ŋˀ/ | NNY nny/n̪ˀʲ/ | NY ny/n̪ʲ/ | Oo/o/ |
| OO oo/o:/ | Qq/q/ | QQ qq/qʼ/ | Rr/ʁ/ | RR rr/χ/ | Ss/ɕ/ | SS ss/ɕʼ/ | Uu/u/ | UE ue/ʌ/ | UI ui/ɤ/ |
| UU uu/u:/ | UUE uue/ʌ:/ | UUI uui/ɤ:/ | Vv/ʋ/ | XX xx/h/ | Yy/j/ | ||||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
