Virgian [VIR]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Virgian
Virgian, also known as Virgic, Virgat, Virgatic, and Virgatian is spoken on Viŗga Island off the coast of Albania, which controls it. Though at its core it is a Slavic language, it has a profusion of Latinate, Albanian, and Greek loanwords, plus some ones from English, Arabic, and other languages.
Language family relationships
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | |||||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | (ŋ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | ɟ | k | g | ||||||||||||||
Fricative | (f) | s | z | ç | ʝ | x | (h) | |||||||||||||||
Affricate | t̪͡θ | d̪͡ð | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | (c͡ç) | |||||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | (ɫ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Lateral flap | ɺ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | (w) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Trill | ʙ | r | ʀ | |||||||||||||||||||
Implosive | [ɓ]1 |
Blends | rç |
- allophone of /b/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
Close | i: ĩ: | ɨ | u: ũ: | |||||||
Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||||
Close-mid | e | o | ||||||||
Mid | ə | |||||||||
Open-mid | ɛ | |||||||||
Near-open | ɐ | |||||||||
Open | a: ã: |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Virgian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
VirgianOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
Ââ/ə/ | Ãã/ã:/ | Aa/ɐ/ | Ăă/a:/ | Bb/b/, [ɓ] | Cc/t̪͡θ/ | Çç/ç/ | Ĉĉ/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | Ḑḑ/d̪͡ð/ |
Ee/ɛ/ | EY ey/e/ | Ff/f/1 | Gg/g/ | Ğğ/c/ | Ĝĝ/ɟ/ | Hh/h/2 | Ii/ɪ/ | Ĩĩ/ĩ:/ | Ĭĭ/i:/ |
Jj/j/ | Ĵĵ/ʝ/ | Kk/k/ | Ķķ/ʀ/ | Ll/l/ | Ļļ/ɫ/3 | Mm/m/ | Ņņ/ŋ/4 | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ |
Pp/p/ | Qq/c͡ç/5 | Ŗŗ/ɺ/ | Rr/r/ | SSß/d͡ʒ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Ŭŭ/u:/ | Uu/ʊ/ | Ũũ/ũ:/ |
Vv/ʙ/ | Ww/w/6 | Xx/x/ | Yy/ɨ/ | Zz/z/ | Þþ/rç/ | Ɲɲ/ɲ/ | ȷ/ʎ/ | ||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
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Affixes
The derivational affixes
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How loanwords happen
31-Dec-17 12:42Miscellaneous Irregular Changes
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