Iáthi [IAT]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Iáthi
This conlang has changed substantially since I initially began putting it on CWS, so much of the lexicon here is out of date. Work to update it will be forthcoming.
Language family relationships
Sankiten[view] About LhubanSpoken on the continent Kaslota of the planet Aysling, the Lhuban family of languages is descended from Sankiten, the language of the ancient trade empire Mura Lhubace. It consists of at least three languages: Iathi, Vaseyka, and Throlyen.
[edit] [view] Marúnétä (Marunaean)This is the dialect spoken in most of the northeastern regions of Se Nil é Λúbace. It is also considered the prestige dialect, however it is no longer the most widely spoken.
Marúnétä retains a more archaic phonology than Talamatä, continuing to distinguish labiodental and uvular sounds lost in Talamatä. The grammar is nearly the same however.
Marúnétä retains a more archaic phonology than Talamatä, continuing to distinguish labiodental and uvular sounds lost in Talamatä. The grammar is nearly the same however.
[edit] [view] Talamatä (Talaman)This is the dialect spoken in most of the southwestern regions of Se Nil é Λúbace. It is the most widely spoken dialect nowadays, though it is still not the prestige dialect.
Talamatä has a simplified phonology compared to Marúnétä, no longer distinguishing labiodental and uvular sounds retained in Marúnétä. The grammar is nearly the same however.
Talamatä has a simplified phonology compared to Marúnétä, no longer distinguishing labiodental and uvular sounds retained in Marúnétä. The grammar is nearly the same however.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | ɱ | n̪ | ɲ | ŋ [ŋʷ]1 | ɴ [ɴʷ]2 | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | pʰ | b | p̪ʰ | b̪ | t̪ʰ | d̪ | cʰ | ɟ | kʰ [kʰʷ]3 | g [gʷ]4 | qʰ [qʰʷ]5 | ɢ [ɢʷ]6 | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | f | v | θ | ð | s | [z]7 | (ʃ) | (ʒ) | ç | ʝ | x [xʷ]8 | ɣ [ɣʷ]9 | χ [χʷ]10 | ʁ [ʁʷ]11 | h | |
| Lateral approximant | l̪ | ʎ | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r r̥ | |||||||||||||||||
| Flap | [ɾ]12 [ɾ̥]13 | |||||||||||||||||
- before rounded vowels, allophone of /ŋ/
- before rounded vowels, allophone of /ɴ/
- before rounded vowels, allophone of /kʰ/
- before rounded vowels, allophone of /g/
- before rounded vowels, allophone of /qʰ/
- before rounded vowels, allophone of /ɢ/
- in syllable coda when next syllable begins with a voiced consonants, allophone of /s/
- before rounded vowels, allophone of /x/
- before rounded vowels, allophone of /ɣ/
- before rounded vowels, allophone of /χ/
- before rounded vowels, allophone of /ʁ/
- free variation, allophone of /r/
- free variation, allophone of /r̥/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i ĩ i̯ | y ỹ | ɯ ɯ̃ | u ũ u̯ | ||||||
| Near-close | ɪ ɪ̃ | ʊ ʊ̃ | ||||||||
| Close-mid | e ẽ | ø ø̃ | ɤ ɤ̃ | o õ | ||||||
| Mid | ə1 [ə̥]2 | |||||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ̃ | ɔ ɔ̃ | ||||||||
| Near-open | ɐ ɐ̃ | |||||||||
| Open | ä ä̃ | |||||||||
- only used at the end of words in certain suffixes
- after voiceless consonants at the end of utterances, allophone of /ə/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Iáthi. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 IáthiOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Áá/ɐ/ | Ää/ə/1, [ə̥]2 | Aa/ä/ | Ãã/ɐ̃/ | Ââ/ä̃/ | Bb/b/ | Çç/ç/ | Cc/cʰ/ | Dd/d̪/ | Êê/ɛ̃/ |
| Éé/e/ | Ẽẽ/ẽ/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/, [gʷ]3 | Hh/h/ | Ïï/i̯/ | Îî/ɪ̃/ | Ĩĩ/ĩ/ | Ii/ɪ/ |
| Íí/i/ | Jj/ɟ/ | Kk/kʰ/, [kʰʷ]4 | Ll/l̪/ | Mm/m/ | Ññ/ɲ/ | Nn/n̪/ | Óó/o/ | Ôô/ɔ̃/ | Oo/ɔ/ |
| Õõ/õ/ | Pp/pʰ/ | Qq/qʰ/, [qʰʷ]5 | Rr/r/, [ɾ]6 | Ss/s/, [z]7 | Tt/t̪ʰ/ | Uu/ʊ/ | Ûû/ʊ̃/ | Üü/u̯/ | Úú/u/ |
| Ũũ/ũ/ | Vv/v/ | Xx/x/, [xʷ]8 | Ýý/y/ | Ŷŷ/ø̃/ | Ỹỹ/ỹ/ | Yy/ø/ | Zz/z/ | Þþ/θ/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/, [ŋʷ]9 |
| Ββ/β/ | Γγ/ɣ/, [ɣʷ]10 | Δδ/ð/ | Θθ/r̥/, [ɾ̥]11 | Λλ/ʎ/ | Μμ/ɱ/ | Ππ/p̪ʰ/ | Φφ/ɸ/ | Ψψ/b̪/ | Ωω/ɤ/ |
| Ώώ/ɯ/ | Ω̂ ω̂/ɤ̃/ | Ω̃ ω̃/ɯ̃/ | Ϙϙ/ɢ/, [ɢʷ]12 | Ϟϟ/χ/, [χʷ]13 | Жж/ʝ/ | Ии/ɴ/, [ɴʷ]14 | Яя/ʁ/, [ʁʷ]15 | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- only used at the end of words in certain suffixes
- after voiceless consonants at the end of utterances
- before rounded vowels
- before rounded vowels
- before rounded vowels
- free variation
- in syllable coda when next syllable begins with a voiced consonants
- before rounded vowels
- before rounded vowels
- before rounded vowels
- free variation
- before rounded vowels
- before rounded vowels
- before rounded vowels
- before rounded vowels
