Parascots [PRSC]
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[Deactivated User] on 13 April 2020
Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Parascots
Like Shetlandic (qv) Paraskots is not actually a conlang, but a real language, officially called Scots. However, since the real language receives no support in its home country, and any attempt to codify it is repudiated, I have decided to do so under the alternative name of Paraskots.
Sample of Parascots[view] Áld Lang Sæn / / Shúd áld aquäntans bí forgot / an nivir brocht te mænd. / Shúd áld aquäntans bí forgot / an áld lang sæn. / / Chorus / / Fur áld lang sæn, mǽ dír / Fur áld lang sæn, / Wí’l tak a kup o kændnes yet / Fur áld lang sæn. / / An shÿrli ʒí’l bí ʒur pænt stúp / An shÿrli ǽ’l bí mæn, / An wí́’l tak...[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | [ʔ]1 | |||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | h | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | ʍ | w | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /t/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i | y | [ʉ]1 | u | ||||
| Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ | ɔ | |||||
| Open | ä | ɑ | ||||||
- allophone of /u/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Parascots. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ParascotsOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Áá/ɑ/ | Aa/ä/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | Éé/e/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ |
| Ii/ɪ/ | Íí/i/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Óó/o/ |
| Pp/p/ | Qq/ʍ/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ | SH sh/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Úú/u/ | Uu/ʌ/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ |
| Xx/x/ | Yy/j/ | Ÿÿ/y/ | Zz/z/ | ZH zh/ʒ/ | Ðð/ð/ | Þþ/θ/ | |||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
