Early Modern Thuvalōt [TVLOT]
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Shanā Thuvalōt [ˈʃana: ˈθufaˌlo:t̚]
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Shanā Thuvalōt [ˈʃana: ˈθufaˌlo:t̚]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Early Modern Thuvalōt
Welcome to the CWS page for Early Modern Thuvalōt!
Early Modern Thuvalōt (endonym Shanā Thuvalōt) is the ancestor of Modern Thuvàlot.
There may be posterior worldbuilding to nest the language in. For now, this is an independent project.
Early Modern Thuvalōt (endonym Shanā Thuvalōt) is the ancestor of Modern Thuvàlot.
There may be posterior worldbuilding to nest the language in. For now, this is an independent project.
Sample of Early Modern Thuvalōt[view] Atis alot p'avan ulesjym.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.[view all texts]
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeThuvalian
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Early Modern Thuvalōt
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Early Modern Thuvalōt[view] About ThuvalianThuvalian family is the language family that Early Modern Thuvalōt and Modern Thuvàlot is in.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | [t̪]1 | t | [c]2 | k | |||||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | [v]3 | θ | [s]4 | ʃ | ɕ | [ç]5 | [x]6 | [ħ]7 | h | ||||||||||||
| Affricate | p̪͡f | t̪͡θ | t͡ʃ | t͡ɕ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j8 | w | ||||||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /t/ before i, y and j in some dialects; some dialects have an allophonic [t͡ɕ] instead
- before i, y and j, allophone of /k/
- word- or morpheme- initially, allophone of /w/
- word- or morpheme- finally, allophone of /ɕ/
- before i, y and j, allophone of /h/
- in some dialects, allophone of /h/
- in some dialects, allophone of /h/
- arguably phomenic
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | y y: | u u: | |
| Close-mid | o o: | |||
| Mid | [e̞] [e̞:]1 | |||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | |||
| Open | a a:2 | |||
| Polyphthongs | ao | io | ie3 | ei | ai |
- before or after i, y and j, allophones of /ɛ/ and /ɛ:/
- open vowel /a/ is of variable frontness
- allophony: /i̯e, i̯o/ = [e, o] before /ɕ/
Syllable StructureEarly Modern Thuvalōt has syllable structure of CV(C)(C). consonant clusters as coda are rare; the most noticeable attestation is in one reflectional ending, i.e. the equative suffix -(l)int.
Stress informationThree types of syllable lengths in Early Modern Thuvalōt can be discerned:
(1) short: open syllables with short vowel nucleus; short vowel + coda [-nasal]
(2) long: open syllables with long vowel nucleus; short vowel + coda [+nasal]; long vowel + coda [-nasal]
(3) overlong: long vowel + coda [+nasal]
Short syllables count as one mora, long syllables count as two morae, and overlong syllables count as three morae. Onsets are not considered when calculating moraic syllable length.
In terms of words or phrases, the stress tends to fall on the first mora (from right to left) of every two morae (from right to left).
(1) short: open syllables with short vowel nucleus; short vowel + coda [-nasal]
(2) long: open syllables with long vowel nucleus; short vowel + coda [+nasal]; long vowel + coda [-nasal]
(3) overlong: long vowel + coda [+nasal]
Short syllables count as one mora, long syllables count as two morae, and overlong syllables count as three morae. Onsets are not considered when calculating moraic syllable length.
In terms of words or phrases, the stress tends to fall on the first mora (from right to left) of every two morae (from right to left).
OtherThe phonemic-ness of /j/ is debatable in Early Modern Thuvalōt, as /je/ and /jo/ sequences do not contrast with /ie/ and /io/ sequences, and /ja/, /jy/, /ji/ or /ju/ sequences are only marginally attested.
Also note that in most dialects all stop consonants are inaudibly released word-finally.
Also note that in most dialects all stop consonants are inaudibly released word-finally.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Early Modern Thuvalōt. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Early Modern ThuvalōtOrthography | |||||||||||
| a/a/ | ā/a:/1 | ai/ai/ | ao/ao/ | ch/t͡ʃ/ | e/ɛ/ | ē/ɛ:/ | ei/ei/ | f/f/ | h/h/ | i/i/ | ī/i:/ |
| j/j/2 | je/ie/3 | jo/io/ | k/k/ | l/l/ | m/m/ | n/n/ | ō/o:/ | o/o/ | p/p/ | pf/p̪͡f/ | sh/ʃ/ |
| sj/ɕ/ | t/t/ | th/θ/ | tsj/t͡ɕ/ | tth/t̪͡θ/ | ū/u:/ | u/u/ | w/w/ | ȳ/y:/ | y/y/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | |||||||||||
- open vowel /a/ is of variable frontness
- arguably phomenic
- allophony: /i̯e, i̯o/ = [e, o] before /ɕ/
Additional Notes19 plain latin letters plus 6 letters with macrons are used for romanisation. Some peculiar choices are listed below:
(1) /ɕ/ is written as <s> word- or morpheme- finally partly to represent the allophony and partly for aesthetic purposes. It is written as <s> before another consonant solely for aesthetic purposes (still pronounced as [ɕ]), and as <sj> elsewhere.
(2) /k/ is written as <c> word-finally and <k> elsewhere. This is an aesthetic preference.
(3) /f/ is written as <v> within words or word-finally and <f> word-initially. This is also an aesthetic preference; /f/ has no voiced-voiceless distinction. The [v] allophonic with /w/ is not represented as <v> but still <w>.
(4) You will notice that <j> is used both as a consonant itself and part of a digraph for <sj> and diphthongs. The reasoning of this choice is (i) Early Modern Thuvalōt does not contrast j-vowel sequences and i-vowel diphthongs, and (ii) [ɕi̯e, ɕi̯o] → [ɕe, ɕo], so confusion is unlikely to ensue.
(1) /ɕ/ is written as <s> word- or morpheme- finally partly to represent the allophony and partly for aesthetic purposes. It is written as <s> before another consonant solely for aesthetic purposes (still pronounced as [ɕ]), and as <sj> elsewhere.
(2) /k/ is written as <c> word-finally and <k> elsewhere. This is an aesthetic preference.
(3) /f/ is written as <v> within words or word-finally and <f> word-initially. This is also an aesthetic preference; /f/ has no voiced-voiceless distinction. The [v] allophonic with /w/ is not represented as <v> but still <w>.
(4) You will notice that <j> is used both as a consonant itself and part of a digraph for <sj> and diphthongs. The reasoning of this choice is (i) Early Modern Thuvalōt does not contrast j-vowel sequences and i-vowel diphthongs, and (ii) [ɕi̯e, ɕi̯o] → [ɕe, ɕo], so confusion is unlikely to ensue.
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