Duryk [DUY]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Duryk
MASSIVE PHONO+GRAMMAR CHANGES GOING ON, SORRY :(
Duryk (Duryk: dуrykvolźu Durykvolźu) is a language spoken in
Durykia, which is an archipelago situated north of Qgam, west of Ngeyvger, and east of Akamyokulta. It is related to the Minninnian spoken in Western Koize.
Written Duryk is, syntax- and grammar-wise, significantly different than spoken Duryk due to its high grammatical complexity. Oftentimes, in Spoken Duryk, crasis may be ignored and affixes may be treated as particles.
Grammatical, verbal ablauts happens all the time. Crasis (occurs when affixing) 14 noun declensions Base-20 number system; numbers are suffixed to words. Verb and adjective conjugations rely on both the subject and the object (ergative and absolutive). 440 possible verb and adjective conjugations (not including number suffixes) Consonant within large clusters get silenced. Syntax is very flexible in written Duryk. However, the spoken language usually follows an SOV pattern with the verb always staying at the end. The alphabet descended from the Qgamic Traditional Script. There are up consonants and down consonants, which affect how the proceeding vowels are written.
GENERAL FACTS
Duryk (Duryk: dуrykvolźu Durykvolźu) is a language spoken in
Durykia, which is an archipelago situated north of Qgam, west of Ngeyvger, and east of Akamyokulta. It is related to the Minninnian spoken in Western Koize.Written Duryk is, syntax- and grammar-wise, significantly different than spoken Duryk due to its high grammatical complexity. Oftentimes, in Spoken Duryk, crasis may be ignored and affixes may be treated as particles.
FEATURES
Sample of Duryk[view] Myńńoqe oggźëpp jejjźëppöź qośejńkźdue oggynźdueź imörkyś. Töjpejźo sulpügnoźöź jë gnukjeś v tysońqe ijehźdue zogeppnojy.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.[view all texts]
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeMinninni-Durykian
⤷ Minninni-Durykian
⤷ Durykian
⤷ Yotush
⤷ Old Duryk
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Duryk
⤷ Minninni-Durykian
⤷ Durykian
⤷ Yotush
⤷ Old Duryk
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DurykPhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Other | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | [ɱ]1 | [n]2 | ŋ | [ɴ]3 | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | [p̪]4 | [b̪]5 | t | d | k | g | q | |||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | [ç]6 | χ | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | [l]7 | ɫ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
- allophone of /m/ before labiodental consonants, allophone of /m/
- allophone of /m/ before alveolar and post-alveolar consonants, allophone of /m/
- allophone of /m/ before uvular consonants, allophone of /m/
- allophone of /p/ before labiodental consonants, allophone of /p/
- allophone of /b/ before labiodental consonants, allophone of /b/
- allophone of /ɬ/ beside /i, y/, allophone of /ɬ/
- allophone of /ɫ/ beside /i, y/, allophone of /ɫ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i | y | u | |||||
| Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
| Close-mid | e | ø | [o]1 | |||||
| Mid | [ə]2 | |||||||
| Open-mid | [ɛ]3 | [œ]4 | [ɔ]5 | |||||
| Near-open | [æ]6 | |||||||
| Open | [a]7 | ɑ | ||||||
- fusion of /u/ and /r/, allophone of /u/
- fusion of /æ/ and /r/, allophone of /æ/
- fusion of /e/ and /r/, fusion of /e/ and /χ/, allophone of /e/ before /q, ɴ/, allophone of /e/
- fusion of /ɑ/ and /j/, allophone of /ɑ/
- fusion of /o/ and /r/, allophone of /o/
- fusion of /œ/ and /r/, allophone of /œ/
- fusion of /æ/ and /ɫ/, allophone of /æ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Duryk. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| DurykOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| a Aa /a/, [ɑ]1, [æ]2 | b Bb /b/, [b̪]3 | d Dd /d/ | ë Ëë /ə/, [a]4, [ɔ]5, [ɪ]6 | e Ee /ɛ/, [æ]7, [e]8, [ɪ]9 | f Ff /f/ | g Gg /g/ | h Hh /χ/ | i Ii /i/, [ɪ]10 | j Jj /j/ |
| k Kk /k/ | l Ll /ɫ/, [l]11 | m Mm /m/, [ɴ]12, [n]13, [ɱ]14, [ŋ]15 | ń Ńń /ŋ/, [ɴ]16, [ɱ]17, [m]18, [n]19 | n Nn /n/, [ŋ]20, [m]21, [ɴ]22, [ɱ]23 | ö Öö /œ/, [ø]24, [æ]25, [ɔ]26, [ɪ]27 | o Oo /ɔ/, [œ]28, [o]29, [ɑ]30 | p Pp /p/, [p̪]31 | q Qq /q/ | r Rr /r/ |
| ś Śś /ʃ/ | s Ss /s/ | t Tt /t/ | ü Üü /y/, [i]32, [ø]33, [u]34 | u Uu /u/, [o]35, [y]36 | v Vv /v/ | y Yy /ɪ/, [i]37 | ź Źź /ʒ/ | z Zz /z/ | ł Łł /ɬ/, [ç]38 |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- fusion of /a/ and /ɫ/
- fusion of /a/ and /r/, fusion of /a/ and /j/
- allophone of /b/ before labiodental consonants
- fusion of /ə/ and /r/
- fusion of /ə/ and /ɫ/
- fusion of /ə/ and /j/
- fusion of /ɛ/ and /r/
- fusion of /ɛ/ and /j/
- fusion of /ɛ/ and /ɫ/
- fusion of /i/ and /r/, fusion of /i/ and /ɫ/, fusion of /i/ and /χ/, allophone of /i/ before /q, ɴ/
- allophone of /ɫ/ beside /i, y/
- allophone of /m/ before uvular consonants
- allophone of /m/ before alveolar and post-alveolar consonants
- allophone of /m/ before labiodental consonants
- allophone of /m/ before velar consonants
- allophone of /ŋ/ before uvular consonants
- allophone of /ŋ/ before labiodental consonants
- allophone of /ŋ/ before bilabial consonants
- allophone of /ŋ/ before alveolar and post-alveolar consonants
- allophone of /n/ before velar consonants
- allophone of /n/ before bilabial consonants
- allophone of /n/ before uvular consonants
- allophone of /n/ before labiodental consonants
- fusion of /œ/ and /j/
- fusion of /œ/ and /r/
- fusion of /œ/ and /χ/, allophone of /œ/ before /q, ɴ/
- fusion of /œ/ and /ɫ/
- fusion of /ɔ/ and /j/
- fusion of /ɔ/ and /ɫ/
- fusion of /ɔ/ and /r/
- allophone of /p/ before labiodental consonants
- fusion of /y/ and /j/
- fusion of /y/ and /r/
- fusion of /y/ and /χ/, allophone of /y/ before /q, ɴ/
- fusion of /u/ and /r/
- fusion of /u/ and /j/
- fusion of /ɪ/ and /j/
- allophone of /ɬ/ beside /i, y/
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