Therian [DER]
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Therian
Derieneg [teʋjenex]*
TherianDerieneg [teʋjenex]*
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Therian
Therian (Ðerne) is the main, and official, language spoken by the people of Therian Republic (Ðernkyn) . It is an a priori language.
Some Grammar information:
•Therian's syntax is fixed as VSO.
•Nouns do not decline for case, but do decline for negativity vs positivity (no man vs a man), and only nouns that refer to human beings decline for number.
• Adjectives only decline for compartive and superlative forms.
•Verbs rely on the auxiliary verb vy to convey tense, negativity, and mood. Person, gender, and aspect are not marked.
•Personal pronouns decline for person, negativity, and formality. There are distinct reflexive pronouns, but only in the third person.
Some Grammar information:
•Therian's syntax is fixed as VSO.
•Nouns do not decline for case, but do decline for negativity vs positivity (no man vs a man), and only nouns that refer to human beings decline for number.
• Adjectives only decline for compartive and superlative forms.
•Verbs rely on the auxiliary verb vy to convey tense, negativity, and mood. Person, gender, and aspect are not marked.
•Personal pronouns decline for person, negativity, and formality. There are distinct reflexive pronouns, but only in the third person.
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | [b]1 | t tʰ | [d]2 | k kʰ | [g]3 | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | s | ç | |||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | [j]4 | [w]5 | |||||||||
| Trill | ʙ | |||||||||||
- allophone of /p/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /kʰ/
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /m/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open | ɑ | |||
| Polyphthongs | eɪ | oɪ | ɛw | aw | eʊ | iw | uw | ow | aɪ | ew |
| oʊ | aʊ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Therian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 TherianOrthography | ||||||||
| Aa/ɑ/ | AI ai/aɪ/ | AU au/aʊ/ | Bb/p/ | B' b'/ʙ/ | Cc/kʰ/ | Dd/t/ | Ee/e/ | EI ei/eɪ/ |
| EU eu/eʊ/ | FF ff/ɸ/ | Gg/k/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/ç/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ |
| OI oi/oɪ/ | OU ou/oʊ/ | Pp/pʰ/ | Rr/ʋ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/tʰ/ | Uu/u/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | ||||||||
