Shivithaan [SHVI]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Place & SpeakersShivithaan is spoken by a population of around 311,000 in Laanot.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Shivithaan
"civifán"
!cumazatpraímok! ní tuo co krajo "civifán". civifán krajo, atasakpon civialiri co lánot.
Shivithaan
Hello! This is the page for the Shivithaan language. Shivithaan is the language spoken by the Shiviali people of
Laanot.
!cumazatpraímok! ní tuo co krajo "civifán". civifán krajo, atasakpon civialiri co lánot.
Shivithaan
Hello! This is the page for the Shivithaan language. Shivithaan is the language spoken by the Shiviali people of
Laanot.
Sample of Shivithaan[view] Shumasjatpraiimok. ?Tasak mok Shivithaan?
Hello. Do you speak [your conlang]?[view all texts]
Hello. Do you speak [your conlang]?[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeAtaka-Tjaruni
⤷ Proto-Ataka-Tjaruni
⤷ Tjaruni
⤷ South Tjaruni
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Shivithaan
⤷ Proto-Ataka-Tjaruni
⤷ Tjaruni
⤷ South Tjaruni
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Shivithaan[view] About Ataka-TjaruniThis language family is largely incomplete. Currently only SHVI is shown.
The Ataka-Tjaruni languages are a family of languages primarily spoken on the Ataka Islands and throughout ...
The Ataka-Tjaruni languages are a family of languages primarily spoken on the Ataka Islands and throughout ...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | ||||||||
| Nasal | m [mʷ]1 mʲ | n [nʷ]2 nʲ | [ŋ]3 | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p [p̚]4 pʲ | [b]5 [bʲ]6 | t [t̚]7 tʲ | [d]8 [dʲ]9 | k [k̚]10 kʲ | [g]11 [gʲ]12 | ||||||||||
| Fricative | θ | [ð]13 | s sʲ | [z]14 [zʲ]15 | ʃ | [ʒ]16 | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l lʲ | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | j | w | |||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
- before /u/, allophone of /m/
- before /u/, allophone of /n/
- before velar plosives, allophone of /n/
- syllable-finally, allophone of /p/
- intervocalically, allophone of /p/
- intervocalically, allophone of /pʲ/
- syllable-finally, allophone of /t/
- intervocalically, allophone of /t/
- intervocalically, allophone of /tʲ/
- syllable-finally, allophone of /k/
- intervocalically, allophone of /k/
- intervocalically, allophone of /kʲ/
- intervocalically, allophone of /θ/
- intervocalically, allophone of /s/
- intervocalically, allophone of /sʲ/
- intervocalically, allophone of /ʃ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||||
| Near-close | [ɪ]1 [ɪ:]2 | [ʏ]3 [ʏ:]4 | ||||
| Close-mid | o o: | |||||
| Open | a a: | |||||
- unstressed, allophone of /i/
- unstressed, allophone of /i:/
- unstressed, allophone of /u/
- unstressed, allophone of /u:/
Syllable Structure(C)(L)V(S)
L = /ɾ/, /l/, /w/, /ʋ/
S = /p/, /t/, /k/, /m/, /n/
Only plain obstruents (i.e. not palatalised) can cluster with L
L = /ɾ/, /l/, /w/, /ʋ/
S = /p/, /t/, /k/, /m/, /n/
Only plain obstruents (i.e. not palatalised) can cluster with L
Stress informationThe penultimate syllable is always stressed
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Shivithaan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| ShivithaanOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| i i i /i/, [ɪ]1 | í ii i sawa /i:/, [ɪ:]2 | a a a /a/ | á aa a sawa /a:/ | u u u /u/, [ʏ]3 | ú uu u sawa /u:/, [ʏ:]4 | o o o /o/ | ó oo o sawa /o:/ | v v vi /ʋ/ | j j ja /j/ |
| s s su /s/, [z]5 | z sj sjo /sʲ/, [zʲ]6 | f th thi /θ/, [ð]7 | k k ka /k/, [g]8, [k̚]9 | g kj kju /kʲ/, [gʲ]10 | w w wo /w/ | m m mi /m/, [mʷ]11 | h mj mja /mʲ/ | c sh shu /ʃ/, [ʒ]12 | t t to /t/, [d]13, [t̚]14 |
| d tj tji /tʲ/, [dʲ]15 | p p pa /p/, [b]16, [p̚]17 | b pj pju /pʲ/, [bʲ]18 | n n no /n/, [ŋ]19, [nʷ]20 | q nj nji /nʲ/ | r r ra /ɾ/ | l l lu /l/ | y lj ljo /lʲ/ | ||
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||
- unstressed
- unstressed
- unstressed
- unstressed
- intervocalically
- intervocalically
- intervocalically
- intervocalically
- syllable-finally
- intervocalically
- before /u/
- intervocalically
- intervocalically
- syllable-finally
- intervocalically
- intervocalically
- syllable-finally
- intervocalically
- before velar plosives
- before /u/
