Peatonese [PEATO]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersPeatonese is spoken by a population of around 5,400,000 in Piatony.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Peatonese
Peatonese (Peatonese: pëatonéç, pronounced [pe̯a.to'neʃ]; GA English pronunciation [pi.æ.təˈniːz]) is a Western Romance language that is spoken primarily on the island of Piatony and its satellite islands. Peatonese evolved locally from Vulgar Latin and received significant influence from different Romance languages, such as Spanish, Catalan, Italian and French, due to the Mediterranean nation's history of foreign occupation. It's classified as a the only member of the Pedestrian language family, though this is still disputed by linguists, who also argue it could belong to the Iberian, Occitano-Romance or Italo-Dalmatian language families. To a lesser extent, there is Greek, Arabic and Basque influence.
Along with Serbian, Peatonese is practically the only European standard language whose speakers are fully functionally digraphic, using both Latin and Greek alphabets. This is a product of the Hellenist cultural movement experienced on the island nation during the Renaissance, amplified by the Greek War of Independence. It is a rare example of synchronic digraphia, a situation where all literate members of a society have two interchangeable writing systems available to them. Although Peatonese language authorities have recognised the official status of both scripts in contemporary Peatonese for more than half of a century now, due to historical reasons, the Latin script was made the official script of Piatony's administration by the 1995 Constitution. The Ministry of Culture believes that Greek script is the "identity script" of the Piatonese people, however, In general, the alphabets are used interchangeably. Media and publishers typically select one alphabet or the other. In online spaces, there is a clear preference for the Latin script, likely due to its closer compatibility with programming languages.
Along with Serbian, Peatonese is practically the only European standard language whose speakers are fully functionally digraphic, using both Latin and Greek alphabets. This is a product of the Hellenist cultural movement experienced on the island nation during the Renaissance, amplified by the Greek War of Independence. It is a rare example of synchronic digraphia, a situation where all literate members of a society have two interchangeable writing systems available to them. Although Peatonese language authorities have recognised the official status of both scripts in contemporary Peatonese for more than half of a century now, due to historical reasons, the Latin script was made the official script of Piatony's administration by the 1995 Constitution. The Ministry of Culture believes that Greek script is the "identity script" of the Piatonese people, however, In general, the alphabets are used interchangeably. Media and publishers typically select one alphabet or the other. In online spaces, there is a clear preference for the Latin script, likely due to its closer compatibility with programming languages.
Sample of Peatonese[view] De B̄ëante bof Nord i de Sole tsabial disqüínd bof qïetç sebiel de pi föartüe, qüantç e taxidëote adripabál enböaltüe pof e çale qald͏̌üe. / / Decibém qetç de primüe qetç qontseqibüél f̌ar qetç de taxidëote qital-el de çale teneriel af ser qontsiderált pi föartüe bof de aötre. / / Entond͏̌zi de B̄ëante bof Nord bufabál tanti föartüe qomtç pöa...[view all texts]
Sound samples in Peatonese
Some sound samples of Peatonese. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
De prezentaçone sted͏diyüe sel bof emořoëdes
Today's presentation is about hemorrhoids.
Today's presentation is about hemorrhoids.
Sem soli e fïere busqánd e f̌ogare.
I'm just an animal looking for a home.
I'm just an animal looking for a home.
B̄ebím e gate.
I saw a cat.
I saw a cat.
Nej qoncem sle lanǧe.
I do not know that language.
I do not know that language.
¿Mand͏̌yuqams f̌omirqes?
Do we eat ants?
Do we eat ants?
De faöl sel argentüe, maz d͏e silentse sel avrüe.
Speech is silver but silence is golden.
Speech is silver but silence is golden.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | |||||||||||
| Nasal | m | [ɱ]1 | n | ɲ | [ŋ]2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t̪ | d | c | ɟ | (k) | g | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | [β]3 β̞ | f | (v) | θ | [ð]4 ð̞ | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | [ç]5 | x | [ɣ]6 ɣ̞ | (ʁ) | (h) | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | (t͡ɬ) | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ɫ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | (ɬ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | (r) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Blends | ʒ͡ɹ |
- allophone of /m/
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /β̞/
- allophone of /ð̞/
- allophone of /x/
- allophone of /ɣ̞/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i i̯ | (y) | u u̯ | |||||
| Near-close | (ɪ) | |||||||
| Close-mid | e e̯ | o o̯ | ||||||
| Mid | (ə) | |||||||
| Open-mid | [ɛ]1 | (ɔ) | ||||||
| Open | a | (ɑ) | ||||||
- allophone of /e/
Syllable StructurePeatonese syllable structure can be summarized as follows; parentheses enclose optional components:
(C1 (C2) (C3)) (S1) V (S2) (C4 (C5) (C6))
It consists of an optional syllable onset, consisting of one, two consonants or three; an obligatory syllable nucleus, consisting of a vowel optionally preceded by or followed by a semivowel; and an optional syllable coda, consisting of one, two or three consonants.
Maximal onsets include "STRate" [ˈst̪ɾa.t̪e] or "SQLerose" [skleˈɾo.se].
Maximal nuclei include "pelÜE" [ˈpe.lwe] or "nEJ" [nei̯].
Maximal codas include "qoRPS" [koɾps] or "noRMS" [noɾms].
Peatonese syllable structure is phrasal, resulting in syllables consisting of phonemes from neighbouring words in combination, sometimes even resulting in elision.
(C1 (C2) (C3)) (S1) V (S2) (C4 (C5) (C6))
It consists of an optional syllable onset, consisting of one, two consonants or three; an obligatory syllable nucleus, consisting of a vowel optionally preceded by or followed by a semivowel; and an optional syllable coda, consisting of one, two or three consonants.
Maximal onsets include "STRate" [ˈst̪ɾa.t̪e] or "SQLerose" [skleˈɾo.se].
Maximal nuclei include "pelÜE" [ˈpe.lwe] or "nEJ" [nei̯].
Maximal codas include "qoRPS" [koɾps] or "noRMS" [noɾms].
Peatonese syllable structure is phrasal, resulting in syllables consisting of phonemes from neighbouring words in combination, sometimes even resulting in elision.
Stress informationStress most often occurs on any of the last three syllables of a word, with some rare exceptions at the fourth-to-last or earlier syllables. The orthographic system unambiguously reflects where the stress occurs: an acute accent ⟨á é í ó ú⟩ ("acente") or, in the case of loanwords, a circumflex accent ⟨â ê î ô û⟩ (cirqumflexe), marks the "strong" vowel on the tonic (stressed) syllable. Strong vowels are those that are considered fully syllabic, either as monophthongs or as part of diphthongs, so [a e i o u] (and, in loanwords, [ɑ ø ɪ ɔ y] when stressed and [ʌ ə ɪ ɔ y] when unstressed), rather than [w j u̯ i̯ o̯ e̯].
In the absence of one of these accent marks, the stress falls on the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable. There are some minimal pairs that contrast solely on stress, such as "fotografes" ('photographs') and "fotógrafes" ('photographers').
In the absence of one of these accent marks, the stress falls on the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable. There are some minimal pairs that contrast solely on stress, such as "fotografes" ('photographs') and "fotógrafes" ('photographers').
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Peatonese. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 PeatoneseOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa a /a/ | Bb beb /β̞/ | B̌ b̌ beb qaronüe /b/ | Cc ceç /ʃ/ | Dd ded /ð̞/ | Ď d͏̌ ded qaronüe /d/ | Ee e /e/ | Ff feff /f/ | F̌ f̌ feff qaronüe /θ/ | Gg geg /ɣ̞/ | Ǧǧ geg qaronüe /g/ |
| Hh xeh /h/1 | Ii i /i/ | Jj ïej /j/ | Kk kapak /k/2 | Ll lel /l/ | Ll l͏̌ lel qaronüe /ɫ/ | Mm mem /m/ | Nn nen /n/ | Oo o /o/ | Pp pep /p/ | Qq qeq /k/ |
| Rr rer /ɾ/ | Řř rer qaronüe /ʒ͡ɹ/ | Ss ses /s/ | Tt tet /t̪/ | Uu u /u/ | Vv üev /w/ | Ww dublüe üev /v/3 | Xx xex /x/ | Yy yey /ʒ/ | Zz zez /z/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||||
- loan words only
- loan words only
- loan words only
Additional NotesAlong with Serbian, Peatonese is practically the only European standard language whose speakers are fully functionally digraphic, using both Latin and Greek alphabets. This is a product of the Hellenist cultural movement experienced on the island nation during the Renaissance, amplified by the Greek War of Independence. It is a rare example of synchronic digraphia, a situation where all literate members of a society have two interchangeable writing systems available to them.
