Efoese [EFO]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Place & SpeakersEfoese is spoken by a population of around 2,000,000 in the Free Republic of Éfo.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Efoese
Trans-Puzimm language which will probably be spoken in the Free State of Éfo on Sahar in a couple weeks.
Inspired by of West and East African, Amerindian, Mayan and New Guinean languages.
Includes a weird phonology, floating tones, weird consonant mutations, active-stative alignment, remnants of an ancient tongue root harmony system, alienability distinctions and OVS, VOS or OSV word order, depending on the sentence.
Either primarily analytic or agglutinative, depending on who you ask.
The phonology has now been redonetwice three times four times five SIX seven eight times.
Inspired by of West and East African, Amerindian, Mayan and New Guinean languages.
Includes a weird phonology, floating tones, weird consonant mutations, active-stative alignment, remnants of an ancient tongue root harmony system, alienability distinctions and OVS, VOS or OSV word order, depending on the sentence.
Either primarily analytic or agglutinative, depending on who you ask.
The phonology has now been redone
Sample of Efoese[view] placeholder
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 treeTrans-Puzimm
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Proto-Trans-Puzimm
⤷ Core Puzimm
⤷ Proto-Efoic
⤷ Classical Efoese
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Efoese
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Proto-Trans-Puzimm⤷ Core Puzimm
⤷ Proto-Efoic
⤷ Classical Efoese
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Efoese[view] About Trans-PuzimmA language family spoken in Sahar's Puzimm region. Also known as Trans-Ebo-Puzimm.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n ń̩ ǹ̩ | ŋ | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b [ᵐb]1 | t | d [ⁿd]2 | k kʷ | [ᵑg]3 | ʔ | |||||||
| Fricative | f | s | ʁ ʁʷ | h | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | |||||||||||||
| Lateral flap | ɺ | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | j | ||||||||||||
- allophone of /m/
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /ŋ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | í ì | ú ù | ||||||||
| Near-close | [ɪ́]1 [ɪ̀]2 | [ʊ́]3 [ʊ̀]4 | ||||||||
| Close-mid | ɘ́ ɘ̀ | |||||||||
| Near-open | [ɐ́]5 [ɐ̀]6 | |||||||||
| Open | ä́ ä̀ | |||||||||
- Reduced, allophone of /í/
- Reduced, allophone of /ì/
- Reduced, allophone of /ú/
- Reduced, allophone of /ù/
- Reduced, allophone of /ä́/
- Reduced, allophone of /ä̀/
Syllable StructureCVC or CN
N = syllabic nasal
Nasal onsets preceding a syllabic nasal are realized as prenasalized plosives.
Word-initial geminates are allowed.
N = syllabic nasal
Nasal onsets preceding a syllabic nasal are realized as prenasalized plosives.
Word-initial geminates are allowed.
Stress informationFixed on the first syllable.
OtherSyllabic nasal aligns in articulation to onset but is always written <n ń>.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Efoese. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| EfoeseOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| ʻ/ʔ/1 | Aa/ä̀/, [ɐ̀]2 | Áá/ä́/, [ɐ́]3 | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡s/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/ɘ̀/ | Éé/ɘ́/ | Gg/ŋ/, [ᵑg] | Hh/ʔ/, /h/ |
| Ii/ì/, [ɪ̀]4 | Íí/í/, [ɪ́]5 | Kk/ʔ/, /k/ | Ll/ɺ/ | Mm/m/, [ᵐb] | Nn/ǹ̩/, /n/, [ⁿd] | Ńń/ń̩/ | Oo/ù/, [ʊ̀]6 | Óó/ú/, [ʊ́]7 | Pp/p/ |
| Qq/kʷ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Vv/ʋ/ | Ww/ʁʷ/ | Xx/ʁ/ | Yy/j/ | Ff/f/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- Variously <ʻ>, <h>, <k> or unwritten
- Reduced
- Reduced
- Reduced
- Reduced
- Reduced
- Reduced
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