Shatavian [RUSV]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersShatavian is spoken by a population of around 800,000 in Oyazan.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Shatavian
Shatavian (Şatavaçenə [ʃɑ:tɑvɑt͡ʃenæ] is an endangered Jiuzemic language in the Vaniuan language family, which in turn is a branch of the Ryamaian macrofamily; with its earliest forms spoken by the Jiuzemic tribes that migrated to present-day Oyazan. It is most closely related to other Jiuzemic languages, namely Vosan, Siyan and Hitagi; although it has been separated from them for more than a millenium, making it slightly more divergent than other Jiuzemic languages. Shatavian has been influenced by and in turn influenced the Bashan, Ulvash and Khezian languages in chronological order due to extensive contact over centuries.
The language is divided into two (mostly) mutually intelligible dialects, Fama and Maychen. They are sometimes considered separate languages, but Shatavian nationalists (read: Shatavians) consider them dialects of a single language.
The language is divided into two (mostly) mutually intelligible dialects, Fama and Maychen. They are sometimes considered separate languages, but Shatavian nationalists (read: Shatavians) consider them dialects of a single language.
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Language family relationships
Language treeVaniuan
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Proto-Vaniu
⤷ Proto-Western Vaniuan
⤷ Jiuzemic
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Shatavian
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Proto-Vaniu⤷ Proto-Western Vaniuan
⤷ Jiuzemic
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Shatavian[view] About VaniuanThe Vaniuan language is a family of languages originating from a disputed urheimat of either Western Parshita or around Lake Melkanchuta. Its descendant languages consist of around an estimated 400-700 Million speakers with varying phonologies, vocab...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Epiglottal | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | q | |||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | ɣ1 | χ | ʜ2 | h | |||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | ɰ3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
- in most dialects, pronounced as [ɰ]
- free/dialectal variation with [ħ]
- in most dialects, unpronounced
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: [i̯] | u u: [u̯] | ||
| Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||
| Near-open | æ æ: | |||
| Open | ɑ ɑ: | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Shatavian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| ShatavianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Ll Ll /l/ | Bb Bb /b/ | Pp Pp /p/ | Vv Vv /v/, [u̯] | Ff Ff /f/ | Ss Ss /s/ | Zz Zz /z/ | Dd Dd /d/ | Ďď Cc /d͡ʒ/ | Tt Tt /t/ | Ťť Çç /t͡ʃ/ |
| Rr Rr /r/ | Kk Kk /k/ | Ǩ ǩ KH kh /x/ | KXkx Qq /q/ | ǨX ǩx QH qh /χ/ | Gg Gg /g/ | Ǧ ǧ GH gh /ɣ/1 | Mm Mm /m/ | Jj Jj /ʒ/ | Cc Şş /ʃ/ | Ğğ Ğğ /ɰ/2 |
| Nn Nn /n/ | Yy Yy /j/, [i̯] | Hh Hh /h/ | HXhx Ħħ /ʜ/3 | Ææ Əə /æ/ | Aa Aa /ɑ/ | Ii Ii /i/ | Ee Ee /e/ | Oo Oo /o/ | Uu Uu /u/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||||
- in most dialects, pronounced as [ɰ]
- in most dialects, unpronounced
- free/dialectal variation with [ħ]
