Otenian [OTEN]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersOtenian is spoken by a population of around 750,000 in Otenia.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Otenian
Otenian (Otenian: jenzyk ot'enski [ˈjenzək ɔˈcɛnski], ot'enc'ina [ɔˈcɛɲt͡ɕina], or simply ot'ensky [ɔˈcenskə]) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group written in the Latin script.
It is spoken natively by half a million people and is the second language of a quarter million, it serves as the official language of the Republic of Otenia, as well as being the native language of the Otens.
It is spoken natively by half a million people and is the second language of a quarter million, it serves as the official language of the Republic of Otenia, as well as being the native language of the Otens.
Sample of Otenian[view] WS'ECHNA DEKLARACJA PRAW L’UDI / / Artykul 1 (pjerwy) / Ws'ysty l’ud’e rod’on sy swobodni i rowni w dostojnosti i swoich praw. / Son oni obdar'eni rozumem i sumn'enim i mus'on zachowywac' s'en wobec inych w duchu braterstwa.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | [ŋ]1 | ||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | ɟ | k | g | ||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ̠ | [ð̠]2 | s | z | ɕ | ʑ | x | ɣ | ||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /θ̠/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | ɨ | u | |||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||
| Open | a | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Otenian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 OtenianOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡s/ | C' c'/t͡ɕ/ | Ch ch/x/ | Dd/d/ | D' d'/ɟ/ | Dz dz/d͡z/ | Dz' dz'/d͡ʑ/ | Ee/ɛ/ |
| Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/ɣ/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | L' l'/ʎ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ |
| N' n'/ɲ/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Pp/p/ | Qq// | Rr/r/ | R' r'/θ̠/ | Ss/s/ | S' s'/ɕ/ | Tt/t/ | T' t'/c/ |
| Uu/u/ | Vv// | Ww/v/ | Xx// | Yy/ɨ/ | Zz/z/ | Z' z'/ʑ/ | |||
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||
