Itongpe [NGP]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Itongpe
An Itongpeic language spoken in Litene in Central Asuranesia. The name literally means 'language of the Itong', the largest ethnic group in Litene. The name 'Itong' itself derives from an Old Itongpeic word meaning 'settlers/stayers' based on the fact that the Itong stayed on the Itong Archipelago and developed farming, unlike many other Asuranesian cultures who are famous for their long voyages at sea.
Itongpe is part synthetic, part agglutinative, part analytical - making use of both suffixes and particles, whilst also having regular verb conjugations (and a few irregular ones). The phonology is inspired by Polynesian languages and Japanese, whilst the grammar is a mix of Chinese, Bantu, Polynesian, Japanese and Basque, exhibiting a topic-comment word order (typically arranged as SOV), case particles (including an agent-topic-subject distinction) and verb serialisation.
Itongpe is part synthetic, part agglutinative, part analytical - making use of both suffixes and particles, whilst also having regular verb conjugations (and a few irregular ones). The phonology is inspired by Polynesian languages and Japanese, whilst the grammar is a mix of Chinese, Bantu, Polynesian, Japanese and Basque, exhibiting a topic-comment word order (typically arranged as SOV), case particles (including an agent-topic-subject distinction) and verb serialisation.
Language family relationships
Language treeAsuranesian
⤷ Early-Proto-Asuranesian
⤷ Proto-Asuranesian
⤷ Proto-Littoro-Marianic
⤷ Littoro-Marianic
⤷ Central-Western Littoro-Marianic
⤷ Proto-Marianic
⤷ Marianic
⤷ Southern Marianic
⤷ Proto-South-Central-Marianic
⤷ South-Central Marianic
⤷ Proto-Itongpeic
⤷ Itongpeic
⤷ West Itongpeic
⤷ Old Itong
⤷ Middle High Itongpe
⤷ Itongpe
⤷ Early-Proto-Asuranesian
⤷ Proto-Asuranesian
⤷ Proto-Littoro-Marianic
⤷ Littoro-Marianic
⤷ Central-Western Littoro-Marianic
⤷ Proto-Marianic
⤷ Marianic
⤷ Southern Marianic
⤷ Proto-South-Central-Marianic
⤷ South-Central Marianic
⤷ Proto-Itongpeic
⤷ Itongpeic
⤷ West Itongpeic
⤷ Old Itong
⤷ Middle High Itongpe
⤷ Itongpe
[view] About AsuranesianAsuranesian is a family of languages spoken across the Asura Ocean, Nagu (where the family is believed to have originated) and around the edge of Upper Boroso.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Epiglottal | Glottal | Other | |||||||||
Nasal | m̥1 | n n̥2 | ŋ ŋ̥3 | |||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | t | k | [ʡ̆]4 | ʔ | |||||||||||||
Fricative | ɸ5 | s | [ɕ]6 | [x]7 | h8 | |||||||||||||
Affricate | [t͡ɬ]9 | |||||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j10 | w11 | ||||||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||
Implosive | ɓ | ɗ |
Blends | k͡p | ŋ͡m ŋ͡m̥12 | t͡p |
- Only occurs due to nasal mutation of /p/
- Only occurs due to nasal mutation of /t/
- Only occurs due to nasal mutation of /k/
- Intervocalically, allophone of /ʔ/
- Developed from historical /x/
- Before t͡ɬ and implosives, allophone of /s/
- Before /k ŋ ŋ͡m/, allophone of /ɸ/
- Lenition of /t/
- Before /í ɪ̀/, allophone of /t/
- Only occurs due to lenition of /ɸ/
- Lenition of /ŋ͡m/
- Only occurs due to nasal mutation of /k͡p/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
Close | í: [î]1 í | ý: [ŷ]2 ý | ú: [û]3 ú | |||||
Near-close | ɪ̀ | |||||||
Close-mid | é: [ê]4 é | ǿ: [ø̂]5 ǿ | ó: [ô]6 ó | |||||
Open-mid | ɜ̀ | ɞ̀ | ||||||
Open | ä́: [ä̂]7 ä́ |
Polyphthongs | äɪ̯́ äɪ̯̄ | ɑʊ̯́ | eɜ̯́ | əʊ̯̄ | eɪ̯̄ |
- allophone of /í/
- allophone of /ý/
- allophone of /ú/
- allophone of /é/
- allophone of /ǿ/
- allophone of /ó/
- allophone of /ä́/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Itongpe. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
ItongpeOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
'/ʔ/, [ʡ̆]1 | Áá/ä́/ | Aa/ɜ̀/2 | Āā[ä̂] | AÁ aá/ä́/ | AÍ aí/äɪ̯́/ | AI ai/äɪ̯̄/ | AÚ aú/ɑʊ̯́/ | ÁXÍ áxí/äɪ̯́/ | Bb/ɓ/ | CH ch/ɸ/3 |
Dd/ɗ/ | Éé/é/ | Ee/ɜ̀/ | Ēē[ê] | ÉE ée/eɜ̯́/ | EI ei/eɪ̯̄/ | EO eo/əʊ̯̄/ | EÚ eú/ǿ/ | Ff/ɸ/, [x]4 | Hh/h/5 | HM hm/ŋ͡m̥/6 |
HN hn/n̥/7 | HNG hng/ŋ̥/8 | Ii/ɪ̀/ | Íí/í/ | Īī[î] | IÍ ií/í/ | IÓ ió/ý/ | IÚ iú/ý/ | Kk/k/ | KP kp/k͡p/ | KPH kph/ɸ/9 |
Ll/l/ | Mm/ŋ͡m/ | MH mh/w/10 | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Óó/ó/ | Oo/ɞ̀/ | OÉ oé/ǿ/ | OÚ oú/ú/ | Pp/p/ | PH ph/ɸ/11 |
Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/, [ɕ]12 | SH sh/h/13 | Tt/t/, [t͡ɬ]14 | TH th/h/15 | TP tp/t͡p/ | Úú/ú/ | Ūū[û] | UÍ uí/ý/ | UÚ uú/ú/ | ÚXÍ úxí/ý/ |
Vv/w/ | Ww/ɸ/16, // | WH wh/w/17 | Xx/ɸ/18 | XH xh/j/19 | YÚ yú/ý:/ | Łł/ɬ/ | ||||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
- Intervocalically
- Developed from historical /aì̯/
- Lenition of /k/
- Before /k ŋ ŋ͡m/
- Only occurs intervocalically in some situations, silent otherwise
- Only occurs due to nasal mutation of /k͡p/
- Only occurs due to nasal mutation of /t/
- Only occurs due to nasal mutation of /k/
- Lenition of /k͡p/
- Lenition of /ŋ͡m/
- Lenition of /p/
- Before t͡ɬ and implosives
- Lenition of /s/
- Before /í ɪ̀/
- Lenition of /t/
- Developed from historical /ʍ/
- Lenition of /ɸ/
- Developed from historical /x/
- Only occurs due to lenition of /ɸ/