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Typology Functional 190 words Terranese
Terrashaykon
[teraʂeɪkon]*
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 4 February 2018
Language type A priori
Species Human/humanoid
About Terranese Terranese, or Terrshankon as the speakers call it, is the undisputed lingua franca of the fictional planet Terran, home to the Terrakuon. This language is characterized by hard sounds, rolled rr's, and low vowels.
Sample of Terranese[view] Jon ge kanaho sheugaho gat iegeghao

John's small black cat ran into the misty night when the loud crowd of people arrived at the doorbell, which was rotting away slowly, and rang it 3 times. The twisted tree curls along the cracked dim street which is illuminated by dusty lamps, as the tall man walks by swiftly, then turns around in order to walk the other way. I will go to meet the old woman, who lives in the house surrounded by leering trees, in order to give her a carefully arranged bouquet of flowers because she is celebrating her birthday, if her guests will turn up to the party
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Latest vocabulary
hi'onnight
hinmoon
'ontime
Language family relationships
[edit] [view] Terramesha (Aquatic Terranese)Spoken by the aquatic siblings of the Terrakuon, the Terraquom.
Phonology
ConsonantsAlveolarPost-
Alveolar
RetroflexAlveolo-
palatal
PalatalVelarGlottal
Nasal n            
Plosive t d         k g ʔ
Fricative z   ʂ       h
Affricate   d͡ʒ   t͡ɕ      
Lateral approximant         ʎ    
Approximant ɹ            
Trill r            
Flap ɾ            
Blends khʰ ghʰ
VowelsFrontNear-
front
Back
Close [i]1   u
Near-close   ɪ  
Close-mid e   o
Open a    
Polyphthongs
  1. allophone of /ɪ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Terranese. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 TerraneseOrthography [edit]
'
'
/ʔ/
Aa
Aa
/a/
AI ai
AI ai
/aɪ/
AO ao
AO ao
/aʊ/
AY ay
AY ay
/eɪ/
CH ch
CH ch
/t͡ɕ/
Dd
Dd
/d/
Ee
Ee
/e/
EU eu
EU eu
/eʊ/
Gg
Gg
/g/
GH gh
GH gh
/ghʰ/
Hh
Hh
/h/
Ii
Ii
/ɪ/, [i]
Jj
Jj
/d͡ʒ/
Kk
Kk
/k/
KH kh
KH kh
/khʰ/
Nn
Nn
/n/
Oo
Oo
/o/
Rr
Rr
/ɹ/
RH rh
RH rh
/ɾ/
RR rr
RR rr
/r/
SH sh
SH sh
/ʂ/
Tt
Tt
/t/
Uu
Uu
/u/
Yy
Yy
/ʎ/
Zz
Zz
/z/
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change]
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