Rivuja [RVJ]
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Rivuja
Rivûja [ɾivʌa]*
RivujaRivûja [ɾivʌa]*
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Rivuja
This language was created based on my desire for a language that is easy to translate and build words for, as well as lend itself easily to rhyming and flexible word order, mainly to be able to translate or write poems and songs.
The language thus follows a strict structure of 225 base "consonant-vowel" combinations conveying concepts that can be added together to form new words. The new word becomes greater than its parts because each such polysyllabic word's concept is literally translated by following the base words, going right-to-left, adding "of's" in between each unit; then the final ending consonant conveys the part of speech. For example, "ke" conveys the concept of creation, and "ye" conveys the concept of knowledge. "Keyen" literally means "knowledge of creation," more figuratively translated to "religion" or "historic knowledge."
So far, half of the base "consonant-vowel" combinations have been completed.
The language thus follows a strict structure of 225 base "consonant-vowel" combinations conveying concepts that can be added together to form new words. The new word becomes greater than its parts because each such polysyllabic word's concept is literally translated by following the base words, going right-to-left, adding "of's" in between each unit; then the final ending consonant conveys the part of speech. For example, "ke" conveys the concept of creation, and "ye" conveys the concept of knowledge. "Keyen" literally means "knowledge of creation," more figuratively translated to "religion" or "historic knowledge."
So far, half of the base "consonant-vowel" combinations have been completed.
Sample of RivujaCan't find any yet.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | |||||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʂ | χ | ɧ | ||||||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ɕ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | |||
| Open-mid | ʌ | |||
| Open | a | ɑ | ||
| Polyphthongs | eɪ | aɪ | oʊ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Rivuja. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 RivujaOrthography | ||||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Åå/ɑ/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/k/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Ii/i/ | Kk/χ/ | Ll/l/ |
| Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/ɧ/ | Řř/r/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ | SSß/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Ûû/ʌ/ | Uu/u/ |
| Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ð/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Ææ/aɪ/ | Ðð/ʔ/ | Þþ/θ/ | Œœ/oʊ/ | ∂/t͡ɕ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | ||||||||||
