Esterish [ETS]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Esterish
Esterish is an artlang spoken in Esterlin in my fictional Rholia universe. It has a unique logographic/alphabet hybrid script. The overall sound of the language is a mix of Asian and European languages. The alphabet looks Middle Eastern in nature, while the logographic characters look similar to Chinese characters. No words are borrowed from existing languages. The grammar is based on modern Japanese grammar, but is definitely not similar enough to be obvious in long or complex sentences.
Language family relationships
[edit] [view] gonduram (Gondurish)Gondurish (gonduram) differs slightly in orthography but differs significantly phonologically. A lot of lexical deviation as well.
[edit] [view] miongsango (Miongsanish)Miongsanish (miongsango) differs greatly lexically and phonologically. It is close to another language but is generally mutually intelligible. Most common words, particles, and conjugations are completely different, and many characters are pronounced very differently. More characters are used than in Standard Esterish.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | b | t tʰ | d | k kʰ | g | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | z | ʃ | (ʂ) | (ʐ) | x | ʁ | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | (d͡ʒ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɻ | j | ʍ | w | ||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | y | ɯ | |||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | ɔ ɔ: | ||||
| Near-open | æ | |||||
| Open | ɑ ɑ: | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Esterish. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 EsterishOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa a bun /ɑ/ | Ää ä sak /æ/ | Bb bao bong /b/ | Dd dao dui /d/ | Ëë ë mon /ɛ/ | Ee e pong /ə/ | Gg gao gai /g/ | Hh hao han /x/ | Ii i tai /i/ |
| Jj jao jian /ɻ/ | JH jh jhao jhia /d͡ʒ/1 | Kk kao kio /k/ | KH kh khao khei /kʰ/ | Ll lao liaong /l/ | Mm mao mü /m/ | Nn nao ni /n/ | NG ng ngao ngo /ŋ/ | NH nh nhao nhai /ɳ/ |
| Oo o xiat /ɔ/ | Pp pao pik /p/ | PH ph phao phion /pʰ/ | Qq qao qon /t͡ʃ/ | Rr rao rin /ɾ/ | RH rh rhao rhong /ʁ/ | Ss sao siat /s/ | SH sh shao shue /ʂ/2 | Tt tao tai /t/ |
| TH th thao thim /tʰ/ | Üü ü jhep /y/ | Uu u leong /ɯ/ | Ww wao wan /w/ | Xx xao xai /ʃ/ | Yy yao yäk /j/ | Zz zao zëk /z/ | ZH zh zhao zhei /ʐ/3 | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
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