Old Celestial [OCEL]
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Language type
Proto-Conlang
Species
Human/humanoid
About Old Celestial
Spoken primarily by groups such as the Court of Eyes (aka that group of cats living in the woods outside of town).
Sample of Old Celestial[view] eˈee xyeˈsaiqe ˈuufyoˈqoorˈwejarˈya / zyaˈqeeqaˈyari ˈzyajarya ˈziiqowˈfa / eˈee xyeˈsaiqe ˈuufyoˈqoorˈwejarˈya / ˈziirweˈjarya yaoˈfoo jyoˈveeriˈqowfa
and the universe said I love you / and the universe said you have played the game well / and the universe said everything you need is within you / and the universe said you are stronger than you know / and the universe said you are the daylight / and the universe said you are the night / and the universe said the darkness you fight is within you / and the universe said the light you seek is within you / and the universe said you are not alone / and the universe said you are not separate from every other thing / and the universe said you are the universe tasting itself, talking to itself, reading its own code / and the universe said I love you because you are love.[view all texts]
and the universe said I love you / and the universe said you have played the game well / and the universe said everything you need is within you / and the universe said you are stronger than you know / and the universe said you are the daylight / and the universe said you are the night / and the universe said the darkness you fight is within you / and the universe said the light you seek is within you / and the universe said you are not alone / and the universe said you are not separate from every other thing / and the universe said you are the universe tasting itself, talking to itself, reading its own code / and the universe said I love you because you are love.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeElder
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Old Celestial [edit] [view] Archaic (Archaic)Marks words that are considered out of date and are no longer really used but are still relevant due to being root words.
[edit] [view] say (Court Celestial)This is the only form of Old Celestial still spoken; the primary dialect went extinct as Modern Celestial gained prominence. It is spoken exclusively by That One Group of Cats That Lives in the Woods Outside of Town.
Contains a number of borrowings from human languages.
Contains a number of borrowings from human languages.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | Other | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | |||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʒ | x | h | |||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ɬ | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i | y | ||||||
| Near-close | [ɪ]1 | [ʏ]2 | ||||||
| Close-mid | e | |||||||
| Mid | [ə]3 | |||||||
| Open-mid | [ɛ]4 | [œ]5 | ɔ | |||||
| Open | a | |||||||
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /y/
- allophone of /ɔ/
- allophone of /e/
- allophone of /a/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Old Celestial. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Old CelestialOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| a a ˈaafacya /a/ | b b ˈboifacya /b/ | c c ˈcayfacya /t͡ɬ/ | d d ˈdwofacya /d/ | e e ˈyefacya /e/ | f f ˈfyufacya /f/ | g g ˈgiwfacya /g/ | h h ˈhaofacya /h/ | i i ˈifacya /i/ |
| j j ˈjiifacya /ʒ/ | k k ˈkowfacya /k/ | l l ˈlwifacya /l/ | m m ˈmoyfacya /m/ | n n ˈnoafacya /n/ | o o ˈofacya /ɔ/ | p p ˈpefacya /p/ | q q ˈqoufacya /ʔ/ | r r ˈriafacya /ɾ/ |
| s s ˈsayfacya /s/ | t t ˈtwafacya /t/ | u u ˈuufacya /y/ | v v ˈviifacya /v/ | w w ˈowfacya /w/ | x x ˈxiofacya /x/ | y y ˈyafacya /j/ | z z ˈzyofacya /z/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
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