Uralian [URL]
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Language type
International Auxiliary Language (IAL)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Uralian
Uralian is designed as a IAL for speakers of Uralic languages. Therefore it has a very regular grammar while still having distinctly Uralic features such as:
- Agglutination
- Lots of cases (14)
- Possessive suffixes
- No verb "to have"
- Negative verb
A warning: this is my first conlang I plan on fully fleshing out, and I don't actually speak any Uralic language, so don't expect greatness :)
- Agglutination
- Lots of cases (14)
- Possessive suffixes
- No verb "to have"
- Negative verb
A warning: this is my first conlang I plan on fully fleshing out, and I don't actually speak any Uralic language, so don't expect greatness :)
Sample of Uralian[view] Pejeve Tul da Šin vitaniš aka vivarib vis, amaak utazjo tulanis kerteva lembe vitarel. / Myniš et so aka sikerylnas okozna et utazjo korvaldanas vitausem vas vivarib mintu mud.
The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveler came along wrapped in a warm cloak. / / They agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveler take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other. / / Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew the more closely did the traveler fold his cloak around him; / / and at last the North Wind gave up the attempt. Then the Sun shined out warmly, and immediately the traveler took off his cloak. / / And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that the Sun was the stronger of the two.[view all texts]
The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveler came along wrapped in a warm cloak. / / They agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveler take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other. / / Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew the more closely did the traveler fold his cloak around him; / / and at last the North Wind gave up the attempt. Then the Sun shined out warmly, and immediately the traveler took off his cloak. / / And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that the Sun was the stronger of the two.[view all texts]
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
Nasal | m | n [nʲ]1 | ɲ | |||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | [x]2 | h | ||||||
Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l [lʲ]3 | ʎ | ||||||||||||
Approximant | j | |||||||||||||
Trill | r |
- allophone of /ɲ/
- allophone of /h/
- allophone of /ʎ/
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i | y | [ɨ]1 | u | ||
Close-mid | e | o | ||||
Open | a |
- allophone of /y/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Uralian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
UralianOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡s/ | Čč/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/, [x] | Ii/i/ |
Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Ľľ/ʎ/, [lʲ] | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Ňň/ɲ/, [nʲ] | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/ |
Šš/ʃ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Yy/y/, [ɨ] | Zz/z/ | Žž/ʒ/ | ||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |