Uerdau [UERD]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersUerdau is spoken by a population of around 1,300,000 in Ei'aimija Span.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Uerdau
(Artlang) The liturgical lingua franca West Aimya, descended from Late Palerlrani and most closely related to contemporary Paterbonic.
default SOV, SVO used when the verb is ditransitive, head-initial noun phrases, head-initial relative clauses, has both prepositions and postpositions.
Notable features include:
negations are always inflected for tense and alienability (and doesn't have to agree with the head)
4 different grammatical voices, active, passive, middle, and applicative
possessive pronouns act as verbal nouns
verbalized noun cases
no distinction between verbs and adverbs
adjectives are considered a closed class
prolific use of intransitive verbs and relative clauses
no inherent gender distinctions, both semantically and grammatically
default SOV, SVO used when the verb is ditransitive, head-initial noun phrases, head-initial relative clauses, has both prepositions and postpositions.
Notable features include:
negations are always inflected for tense and alienability (and doesn't have to agree with the head)
4 different grammatical voices, active, passive, middle, and applicative
possessive pronouns act as verbal nouns
verbalized noun cases
no distinction between verbs and adverbs
adjectives are considered a closed class
prolific use of intransitive verbs and relative clauses
no inherent gender distinctions, both semantically and grammatically
Sample of Uerdau[view] Ei'aingai ekanchreun enamijen Livei Arhvei o tai. Sarh aupal ai urhn dim, Sarh arhtnzh as kliv kanjenouq Zhinarhamlann on, Sarh Leu nei zurh. edi dim, Sarh dn orh parhi as: "tje! es ngarh krazhen Jorh kalkemen onvo vei." Sarh nga orh nauvai lou, naupaut pe nanai vei. Sarh parhi o tai, as "tje! es pam krazhen Trou'im, xirh qou'eitpes Rhe paleun on k...[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeTaltoaic
⤷ Proto-Taltoaic
⤷ Taltoaic*
⤷ Proto-Lakartheen
⤷ Proto-Palterbonic
⤷ Central Palterbonic
⤷ Alvftish
⤷ Archaic Paterbonic
⤷ Palerlrani
⤷ Liturgical Palerlrani
⤷
Uerdau
⤷ Proto-Taltoaic
⤷ Taltoaic*
⤷ Proto-Lakartheen
⤷ Proto-Palterbonic
⤷ Central Palterbonic
⤷ Alvftish
⤷ Archaic Paterbonic
⤷ Palerlrani
⤷ Liturgical Palerlrani
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Uerdau[view] About TaltoaicDiverged around 3600 BV, contains the Subqani, Lakartheen, Almo-Rogollic, and Aogr-Hteimari subfamillies, prominent Taltoaic languages include the Palerlrani Languages, Standard Corelijen, Tynari, Classical Samiynic, Classical Rogollic, and Hteimari.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||
| Plosive | p | t | [d]1 | k | q | |||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | s | [z]2 | ʃ | [ʒ]3 | ç | x | |||||
| Affricate | t͡sʱ t͡s̰ | [d͡z]4 | c͡ç | [k͡x]5 | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||
| Approximant | β̞ | ɹ̈6 | j | [ɰ]7 | ||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||
| Flap | [ɾ]8 | |||||||||||
- occurs when adjacent to a vowel or a voiced consonant, allophone of /t/
- occurs when intervocalic, at a word boundary, or on the onset of a stressed vowel, allophone of /s/
- occurs when intervocalic, at a word boundary, or on the onset of a stressed vowel, allophone of /ʃ/
- in free variation, allophone of /t͡s̰/
- occurs when in the same syllable with /k/, allophone of /c͡ç/
- 'molar r', articulated as a velar but produces a retroflex-esque sound
- occurs on word-final codas of rounded vowels, allophone of /ɹ̈/
- occurs when intervocalic and followed by an unstressed syllable, allophone of /t/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | u | ||||
| Close-mid | e | ɘ | o | |||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||
| Open | a | [ɒ]1 | ||||
| Polyphthongs | ɒɰ | aj | oj |
- occurs when stressed, allophone of /ɔ/
Syllable StructureCCCCCVCCCCCC, specifically SPDrjVrhlDPP*; where S = s, ʃ, ç; P = plosives; D = t͡sʱ, t͡s̰; and P* = plosive of a different place of articulation than P.
Stress informationStress is placed on penult by default, and isn't phonemic. Stress patterns often (but not always) follow prosodic units instead of morphemes.
Certain morphemes have irregular stress due to their phonology and/or their etymology (eg. kanˈcçɾun), placing their stress instead on the ultima or the antepenult instead.
Certain morphemes have irregular stress due to their phonology and/or their etymology (eg. kanˈcçɾun), placing their stress instead on the ultima or the antepenult instead.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Uerdau. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| UerdauOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa/a/ | AI ai/aj/ | AU au/ɒɰ/, [ɒ]1 | CH ch/c͡ç/, [k͡x]2 | CS cs/ç/ | Dd/t/, [ɾ]3, [d]4 | Ee/ɛ/ | EI ei/e/ | EU eu/u/ | Ff/ɸ/ | Ii/i/ |
| Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Oo/ɔ/, [ɒ]5 | OI oi/oj/ | OU ou/o/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/q/ |
| Rr/r/, [ɾ]6 | RH rh/ɹ̈/7, [ɰ]8 | Ss/s/, [z]9 | Tt/t͡sʱ/ | UH uh/ɘ/ | Vv/β̞/ | Xx/x/ | Zz/t͡s̰/, [d͡z]10 | ZH zh/ʃ/, [ʒ]11 | ||
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||||
- in free variation
- occurs when in the same syllable with /k/
- occurs when intervocalic and followed by an unstressed syllable
- occurs when adjacent to a vowel or a voiced consonant
- occurs when stressed
- occurs when in a cluster
- 'molar r', articulated as a velar but produces a retroflex-esque sound
- occurs on word-final codas of rounded vowels
- occurs when intervocalic, at a word boundary, or on the onset of a stressed vowel
- in free variation
- occurs when intervocalic, at a word boundary, or on the onset of a stressed vowel
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