Dessayet [DES]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Dessayet
What happens when I make a Slavic-and-Numic-and-Penutian-inspired polysynth with words from all the languages I've studied.
an extremely decadent dessert of an artlang
also ATR harmony
an extremely decadent dessert of an artlang
also ATR harmony
Sample of Dessayet[view] Lo gạ̈sq'ạ drẹrạ̈j vạbẹ̈rtọjọk'ạk'ẹ rbartvlhet dpogdovobabe pogevobabelh dek'ak'elh dčvopja, dpọgbọ̀d bọlh bọlh čòbabe.
He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.[view all texts]
He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeDessayetic
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⤷ Pre-Dessayet
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[view] About Dessayeticit's what the name suggests
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | |||||||||||
Plosive | p pʼ | b | t̪ t̪ʼ | d̪ | k kʼ | g | q qʼ | ʔ | ||||||||||||||
Fricative | v | ʂ | ʐ | |||||||||||||||||||
Affricate | t͡ɕ | t͡ɬ t͡ɬʼ | ||||||||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | ɫ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j |
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
Near-close | ɪ ɪ̰ ɪ̂ ɪ̌ | ʊ ʊ̰ ʊ̂ ʊ̌ | ||||||||
Close-mid | e ḛ ê ě | o o̰ ô ǒ | ||||||||
Mid | ə ə̰ ə̂ ə̌ | |||||||||
Open | ä ä̰ ä̂ ä̌ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Dessayet. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
DessayetOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
'/ʔ/ | Ää/ə̰/ | Aa/ə/ | Àà/ə̂/ | Áá/ə̌/ | Ạạ/ä/ | Ạ̀ ạ̀/ä̂/ | Ạ́ ạ́/ä̌/ | Ạ̈ ạ̈/ä̰/ |
Bb/b/ | Čč/t͡ɕ/ | Dd/d̪/ | Ëë/ḛ/ | Éé/ě/ | Ẹẹ/ɪ/ | Èè/ê/ | Ee/e/ | Ẹ̀ ẹ̀/ɪ̂/ |
Ẹ́ ẹ́/ɪ̌/ | Ẹ̈ ẹ̈/ɪ̰/ | Gg/g/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | K' k'/kʼ/ | Ll/ɫ/ | LH lh/ɬ/ | Òò/ô/ |
Óó/ǒ/ | Öö/o̰/ | Ọọ/ʊ/ | Oo/o/ | Ọ̀ ọ̀/ʊ̂/ | Ọ́ ọ́/ʊ̌/ | Ọ̈ ọ̈/ʊ̰/ | Pp/p/ | P' p'/pʼ/ |
Qq/q/ | Q' q'/qʼ/ | Rr/ʐ/ | Ss/ʂ/ | Tt/t̪/ | T' t'/t̪ʼ/ | TL tl/t͡ɬ/ | TL' tl'/t͡ɬʼ/ | Vv/v/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |