Okuädan [OKUAD]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersOkuädan is spoken by a population of around 1,000,000 in Oghep-Thut.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Okuädan
Okuädan is spoken among the people of Oghep-Thut and more generally in the Okuädan-Omun in the west of the Okanydh. It evolved between 2500 and 2000 A.E, and was spoken extensively during the Rivalist Omun Period. Okuädan evolved from 
Muepeton.
A defining feature of Okuädan is its auxiliary verb system, which involves three gerunds, four tense/aspect auxiliaries, five modal auxiliaries (and their negative forms), a future auxiliary, and two coice auxiliaries (a passive and an active) Another interesting feature is how the language handles "active" verbs as opposed to "passive" ones, that is to say verbs in which the subject is analyzed as the agent (eg. "to run") as opposed to ones in which it is analyzed as a patient (eg. "to believe").
Okuädan is spoken among the people of Oghep-Thut and more generally in the Okuädan-Omun in the west of the Okanydh. It evolved between 2500 and 2000 A.E, and was spoken extensively during the Rivalist Omun Period. Okuädan evolved from Muepeton.A defining feature of
Okuädan is its auxiliary verb system, which involves three gerunds, four tense/aspect auxiliaries, five modal auxiliaries (and their negative forms), a future auxiliary, and two coice auxiliaries (a passive and an active) Another interesting feature is how the language handles "active" verbs as opposed to "passive" ones, that is to say verbs in which the subject is analyzed as the agent (eg. "to run") as opposed to ones in which it is analyzed as a patient (eg. "to believe").
Sample of Okuädan[view] Ano ṙudo yudë uëksuo yebu ano ṙudo käqueduo. Ko dë unomähsuo ṙodë.
Time has existed since before time began, and today, it's all around us.[view all texts]
Time has existed since before time began, and today, it's all around us.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeNaosian Family
⤷ Proto-Naosian
⤷ Meptõ
⤷ Muepeton
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Okuädan
⤷ Proto-Naosian
⤷ Meptõ
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Muepeton⤷
Okuädan[view] About Naosian FamilyThe Naosian Language Family encompasses all language families descended from Proto-Naosian, including the Omun-Quposhyn Family and the Baḳr Family. Proto-Naosian forms the main language group of the Metoan continent, along with the Al'o-Árièn Family.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ɳ]1 | ŋ | [ɴ]2 | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | ʈ | ɖ | k | q | ||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | s | z | ʂ | x | ʕ | |||||||||||
| Affricate | (d͡ʒ) | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | ʀ | ||||||||||||||||
| Flap | [ɾ]3 | |||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /ŋ/
- allophone of /r/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | ʉ | u | ||||
| Close-mid | ø | o | ||||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open | a | ɑ | ||||
| Polyphthongs | øʏ | oʊ | aɪ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Okuädan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| OkuädanOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Ää/ɑ/ | AY ay/aɪ/ | Bb/b/ | BH bh/β/ | Ḍḍ/ɖ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/ø/ | Ëë/ə/ | EY ey/øʏ/ | Hh/ʕ/ |
| Jj/d͡ʒ/1 | Kk/k/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/, [ɳ] | NG ng/ŋ/, [ɴ] | Oo/o/ | OU ou/oʊ/ | Pp/p/ | PH ph/ɸ/ | Qq/q/ | Rr/r/, [ɾ] |
| Ṙṙ/ʀ/ | Ṣṣ/ʂ/ | Ss/s/ | Ṭṭ/ʈ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/w/, /u/ | Üü/ʉ/ | Xx/x/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
- loan words only
