Yaìst [YAIST]
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Yaìst
Yaìst [jaɪst]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Yaìst
Yaìst is spoken by the female-only race, the [name tbd].
Active-Stative. Active verbs being any verb which could be described as an event, stative being what are traditionally considered adjectives in English.
It has a strict word order of VOS. 'Adjectives' (actually stative verbs) precede nouns. Adverbs are fairly flexible, and can be put (almost) anywhere in a sentence.
Active-Stative. Active verbs being any verb which could be described as an event, stative being what are traditionally considered adjectives in English.
It has a strict word order of VOS. 'Adjectives' (actually stative verbs) precede nouns. Adverbs are fairly flexible, and can be put (almost) anywhere in a sentence.
Sample of Yaìst[view] Teyodne aìm k̀aàbastodokaì haàs̀de yaà aàm ùaì.
I killed them with a sword.[view all texts]
I killed them with a sword.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | q | [ɢ]1 | ʔ | |||||||||
| Fricative | v | s | ʃ | x | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | ʍ | w2 | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /g/
- Used to labialize vowels
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Near- back | Back | ||||
| Close | i i: | ɯ ɯ: | ||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||
| Close-mid | e e: | o: | ||||||
| Open | a a: | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | oʊ | aɪ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Yaìst. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 YaìstOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Èè/e:/ | Gg/g/, [ɢ] | Hh/x/ | Ii/i/ | Ìì/ɪ/ |
| Kk/k/ | K̀ k̀/q/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Òò/ʊ/, /ɯ/ | Oo/oʊ/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɾ/ |
| RR rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | S̀ s̀/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/w/1 | Ùù/ʍ/ | Vv/v/ | Yy/j/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
- Used to labialize vowels
