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The primary language encountered in Riftspace is for names of the main civilization I'm working with (which itself needs a name).
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The primary language encountered in [[Riftspace]] is for names of the main civilization I'm working with (which itself needs a name).
  
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== Canonical Names ==
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== Canonical Words ==
  
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# Bhazaf • [ 'bʰæ.zəf ], [ 'bʰæɛ.zæf ]
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=== Character Names ===
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# Bhäzäf • [ 'bʱæ.zæf ]
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# Benoc • [ 'bɛ.nɔk ]
 
# Cor • [ 'kɔɹ ]
 
# Cor • [ 'kɔɹ ]
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# Hasu • [ 'ha.su ], [ 'aʱ.sʊ ]
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# Dhävur • [ 'dʱæ.vuɹ ]
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# Haruset • [ 'hä.ɹu.sɛt ]
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# Hasu • [ 'hä.su ], [ 'aʱ.sʊ ]
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# Ide'a • [ 'i.dɛʔ.ə ]
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# Ihera • [ 'i.hə.ɹə ], [ 'i.hɛ.ɹə ]
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# Käsuru • [ 'kʰæɛ.su.ɹu ]
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# Konot • [ 'kʰɔ.nɔt ]
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# Mihzät • [ 'mi.zʱæt ]
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# Nänere • [ 'nʌ.nɛ.ɹə ], [ 'næɛ.nɛ.ɹə ]
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# Rhezerë • [ 'ɹʱɛ.zɛ.ɹɛ ]
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# Säserhë • [ 'sæɛ.sɛ.ɹʱɛ ]
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# Sumë • [ 'su.mɛ ]
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# Nohe • [ 'nɔ.hə ]
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# Tätemë • [ 'tʰæ.tʰɛ.mɛ ]
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# Täseta • [ 'tʰæ.sɛ.tʰə ]
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# Väna • [ 'væ.nə ]
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# Zana • [ 'zä.nə ]
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=== Spaceship Names ===
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# A'tevh • [ 'äʔ.tʰɛvʱ ], [ 'äʔ.tʰɛf ]
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# Bhäzäf • [ 'bʰæ.zəf ], [ 'bʰæɛ.zæf ]
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# Maru • [ 'mä.ɹu ]
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# Sävanes • [ 'sæɛ.və.nɛs ]
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# Veset • [ 'vɛ.sɛt ] • blade
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=== Location Names ===
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# Äbhäräs • solar system
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# Aves • [ 'ä.vəs ]
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# Cänäf • [ 'kæ.nəf ], [ 'kæɛ.næf ]
 
# Ijeve • [ 'i.dʒɛ.və ]
 
# Ijeve • [ 'i.dʒɛ.və ]
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# Kasuru • [ 'kʰæɛ.su.ɹu ]
 
 
# Kotanuf • [ 'kʰɔʔ.tə.nuf ]
 
# Kotanuf • [ 'kʰɔʔ.tə.nuf ]
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# Maru • [ 'ma.ɹu ]
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# Misarha • kingdom
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# Nanere • [ 'nʌ.nɛ.ɹə ], [ 'næɛ.nɛ.ɹə ]
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# Rhezeri • [ 'ɹɛ.zɛ.ɹɛ ]
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=== Spare Names ===
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# Zana • [ 'za.nə ]
 
  
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== Phonology ==
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# 'ota
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# surahtë
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# ahzetu
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# mäzë
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=== Titles ===
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# Säfahe • [ 'sæ.fə.hɛ ] • big sister
  
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'''Consonants'''
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=== Vocabulary ===
  
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* Labial: b, bh, m, f
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# bhesë
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* Alveolar: n, j, z, s
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# hamahe • [ ha.'ma.ə ] • integrated spaceship
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* Post-Alveolar: r / rh
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# häzän
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* Velar: k, c
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# hesocem • [ 'hɛ.sɔ.kɛm ] • earrings
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* Other: h, ʔ
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# ivarem • [ 'i.və.ɹɛm ] • a person's hair
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# isosem • The Esodesë ethnic group wear braided bracelets to signify personal loyalties toward family or a team or group one belongs to at a similar level of loyalty. A gift of an addition to an isosem bracelet is considered intimate, but in a friendly or familial way.
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# marhë • [ 'ma.ɹʱɛ ] • ethnic or people group
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# mäze • a kind of fish
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# mäza • a dish made from fish
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# neze • The Cänävesë equivalent of isosem is neze, which is braided into the hair instead of around the wrist. Anything woven into a braid represents one’s personal loyalty, family, or significant other.
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# säfa • [ 'sæ.fə ] • sister
  
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Balancing this ought to be fun.
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== Phonology ==
  
 
=== Vowels ===
 
=== Vowels ===
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! examples
 
! examples
 
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| a₁
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| ä
 
| /æɛ/ or /æ/
 
| /æɛ/ or /æ/
 
| bhazaf, nanere, kasuru, canaf, saserhi, dhavur
 
| bhazaf, nanere, kasuru, canaf, saserhi, dhavur
 
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| a₂
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| a
 
| /ä/ or /ə/
 
| /ä/ or /ə/
 
| zana, maru, haruset, a'tevh, kotanuf, aves
 
| zana, maru, haruset, a'tevh, kotanuf, aves
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| nanere, tatemi, haruset, rhezeri, aves, avezesi
 
| nanere, tatemi, haruset, rhezeri, aves, avezesi
 
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| i
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| i or ë
 
| /i/ or /ɛ/
 
| /i/ or /ɛ/
 
| ijeve, rhezeri, tatemi, saserhi, canavesi
 
| ijeve, rhezeri, tatemi, saserhi, canavesi
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=== Consonants ===
 
=== Consonants ===
  
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STOPS
 
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* voiceless/voiced ?
 
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* aspirated / murmured ?
 
  
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Hindustani does break out all four, can do that
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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|+ Phonemic Consonants
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FRICATIVES
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! colspan="2"| || Labial || Coronal || Post-alveolar || Velar || Glottal
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* voiceless
 
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* voiced
 
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==== Labials ====
 
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{| class="wikitable"
 
 
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|-
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! glyph
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| colspan="2"|'''nasal''' || m || n || || ||
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! phoneme
 
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! examples
 
 
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|-
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| m
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| rowspan="4"|'''obstruent''' || <small>'''aspirated'''</small> || || t /tʰ/ || || k /kʰ/ ||
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| /m/
 
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| maru
 
 
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|-
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| bh
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| <small>'''voiceless'''</small> || || t /t/ || || c /k/ || ' /ʔ/
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| /bʱ/ or /ʰp/
 
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| bhazaf
 
 
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|-
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| b
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| <small>'''voiced'''</small> || b /b/ || d || j /dʒ/ || ||
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| /b/
 
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| benok
 
 
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| vh
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| <small>'''murmured'''</small> || bh /bʱ/ || dh /dʱ/ || || ||
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| /vʱ/ or /ʰf/
 
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| a'tevh
 
 
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| v
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| rowspan="3"|'''fricative''' || <small>'''voiceless'''</small> || f /f/ || s /s/ || || || h /h/
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| /v/
 
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| ijeve, canavesi, vana
 
 
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|-
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| f
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| <small>'''voiced'''</small> || v /v/ || z /z/ || || ||
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| /f/
 
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| bhazaf, kotanuf, canaf
 
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|}
 
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Missing /p/
 
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==== Coronals ====
 
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{| class="wikitable"
 
 
|-
 
|-
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! glyph
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| <small>'''murmured'''</small> || vh /vʱ/ ||  hz /zʱ/ || || ||
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! phoneme
 
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! examples
 
 
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| n
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| rowspan="2"|'''approximant''' || <small>'''voiced'''</small> || || r /ɾ-ɹ/ || || ||
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| /n/
 
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| nanere, benok, nohe, canaf
 
 
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| dh
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| <small>'''murmured'''</small> || || rh /ɹʱ/ || || ||
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| /dʱ/
 
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| dhavur
 
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| t
 
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| /tʰ/ or /ʰt/
 
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| tatemi, haruset, a'tevh
 
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|-
 
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| z
 
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| /z/
 
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| zana, avezesi
 
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|-
 
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| s
 
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| /s/
 
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| saserhi, haruset, kasuru, aves
 
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|-
 
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| rh
 
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| /ɹʲ/
 
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| rhezeri, saserhi
 
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|-
 
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| r
 
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| /ɾ/ or /ɹ/
 
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| rhezeri, maru, kasuru, cor, dhavur
 
 
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|}
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==== Velars ====
 
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{| class="wikitable"
 
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|-
 
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! glyph
 
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! phoneme
 
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! examples
 
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|-
 
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| c
 
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| /k/
 
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| cor, canaf
 
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|-
 
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| k
 
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| /kʰ/
 
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| kotanuf, benok, kasuru
 
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|}
 
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Missing /g/
 
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==== Glottals ====
 
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{| class="wikitable"
 
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|-
 
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! glyph
 
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! phoneme
 
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! examples
 
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|-
 
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| '
 
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| /ʔ/
 
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| a'tevh
 
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|-
 
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| h
 
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| /h/
 
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| hasu, haruset, nohe
 
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|}
 
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== Phonological Rules ==
 
  
 
# Voiced consonants cannot be word final.
 
# Voiced consonants cannot be word final.
 
# /f/ cannot be word initial.
 
# /f/ cannot be word initial.
  
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=== Phonological Table ===
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== Grammar ==
  
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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==== 2/7/18 ====
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! colspan="3"| || Labial || Coronal || Post-alveolar || Velar || Glottal
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''Updated 5/30/18''
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|-
 
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| colspan="3"|'''nasal''' || m || n || || ||
 
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|-
 
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| rowspan="4"|'''obstruent''' || colspan="2"|<small>'''aspirated'''</small> || || t /tʰ/ || || k /kʰ/ ||
 
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|-
 
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| colspan="2"|<small>'''voiceless'''</small> || || t /t/ || || c /k/ || ' /ʔ/
 
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|-
 
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| colspan="2"|<small>'''voiced'''</small> || b /b/ || || j /dʒ/ || ||
 
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|-
 
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| colspan="2"|<small>'''murmured'''</small> || bh /bʱ/ || dh /dʱ/ || || ||
 
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| rowspan="3"|'''fricative''' || colspan="2"|<small>'''voiceless'''</small> || f /f/ || s /s/ || || || h /h/
 
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|-
 
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| colspan="2"|<small>'''voiced'''</small> || v /v/ || z /z/ || || ||
 
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|-
 
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| colspan="2"|<small>'''murmured'''</small> || vh /vʱ/ || || || ||
 
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| rowspan="4"|'''approximant''' || colspan="2"|<small>'''voiced'''</small> || || r /ɾ-ɹ/ || || ||
 
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|-
 
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| colspan="2"|<small>'''murmured'''</small> || || rh /ɹʱ/ || || ||
 
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== Grammar ==
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# Aves, n.
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## Avezesë, adj.
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# Cänäf, n. place name
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## Cänävesë, adj. of or related to Cänäf, e.g. ''The woman was Cänävesë and wore Cänävesë clothing.''
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# Ijeve, n.
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## Ijevesë / Ijevenë, adj.
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# Kotanuf, n.
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## Kotanuves / Kotanuven, adj.
  
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==== 2/7/18 ====
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==== 4/16/18 ====
  
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# Canaf, Canavesi
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So the other day, I figured out Veset meant blade, so since there's a blade class spaceship, it's been noodling in the back of my brain how to call that. Today, I settled on <em>hamahe vezesot</em>, with the first word meaning "integrated spaceship" vs. a ship that has no human avatar, and <em>-esot</em> meaning "class" essentially, though I can tell it's not that simple were I to unpack it. Hamahe is also my first riftspace word with stress on the second syllable rather than the first and the medial &lt;h&gt; is silent, particularly interesting to me because it is <em>not</em> silent in the name Nohe.
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# Aves, Avezesi
 
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# Ijeve, Ijeveni
 
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# Kotanuf, Kotanuves / Kotanuven
 

Latest revision as of 14:17, 12 November 2018


The primary language encountered in Riftspace is for names of the main civilization I'm working with (which itself needs a name).

Canonical Words

Character Names

  1. Bhäzäf • [ 'bʱæ.zæf ]
  2. Benoc • [ 'bɛ.nɔk ]
  3. Cor • [ 'kɔɹ ]
  4. Dhävur • [ 'dʱæ.vuɹ ]
  5. Haruset • [ 'hä.ɹu.sɛt ]
  6. Hasu • [ 'hä.su ], [ 'aʱ.sʊ ]
  7. Ide'a • [ 'i.dɛʔ.ə ]
  8. Ihera • [ 'i.hə.ɹə ], [ 'i.hɛ.ɹə ]
  9. Käsuru • [ 'kʰæɛ.su.ɹu ]
  10. Konot • [ 'kʰɔ.nɔt ]
  11. Mihzät • [ 'mi.zʱæt ]
  12. Nänere • [ 'nʌ.nɛ.ɹə ], [ 'næɛ.nɛ.ɹə ]
  13. Rhezerë • [ 'ɹʱɛ.zɛ.ɹɛ ]
  14. Säserhë • [ 'sæɛ.sɛ.ɹʱɛ ]
  15. Sumë • [ 'su.mɛ ]
  16. Nohe • [ 'nɔ.hə ]
  17. Tätemë • [ 'tʰæ.tʰɛ.mɛ ]
  18. Täseta • [ 'tʰæ.sɛ.tʰə ]
  19. Väna • [ 'væ.nə ]
  20. Zana • [ 'zä.nə ]

Spaceship Names

  1. A'tevh • [ 'äʔ.tʰɛvʱ ], [ 'äʔ.tʰɛf ]
  2. Bhäzäf • [ 'bʰæ.zəf ], [ 'bʰæɛ.zæf ]
  3. Maru • [ 'mä.ɹu ]
  4. Sävanes • [ 'sæɛ.və.nɛs ]
  5. Veset • [ 'vɛ.sɛt ] • blade

Location Names

  1. Äbhäräs • solar system
  2. Aves • [ 'ä.vəs ]
  3. Cänäf • [ 'kæ.nəf ], [ 'kæɛ.næf ]
  4. Ijeve • [ 'i.dʒɛ.və ]
  5. Kotanuf • [ 'kʰɔʔ.tə.nuf ]
  6. Misarha • kingdom

Spare Names

  1. 'ota
  2. surahtë
  3. ahzetu
  4. mäzë

Titles

  1. Säfahe • [ 'sæ.fə.hɛ ] • big sister

Vocabulary

  1. bhesë
  2. hamahe • [ ha.'ma.ə ] • integrated spaceship
  3. häzän
  4. hesocem • [ 'hɛ.sɔ.kɛm ] • earrings
  5. ivarem • [ 'i.və.ɹɛm ] • a person's hair
  6. isosem • The Esodesë ethnic group wear braided bracelets to signify personal loyalties toward family or a team or group one belongs to at a similar level of loyalty. A gift of an addition to an isosem bracelet is considered intimate, but in a friendly or familial way.
  7. marhë • [ 'ma.ɹʱɛ ] • ethnic or people group
  8. mäze • a kind of fish
  9. mäza • a dish made from fish
  10. neze • The Cänävesë equivalent of isosem is neze, which is braided into the hair instead of around the wrist. Anything woven into a braid represents one’s personal loyalty, family, or significant other.
  11. säfa • [ 'sæ.fə ] • sister

Phonology

Vowels

glyph phoneme examples
ä /æɛ/ or /æ/ bhazaf, nanere, kasuru, canaf, saserhi, dhavur
a /ä/ or /ə/ zana, maru, haruset, a'tevh, kotanuf, aves
e /ɛ/ or /ə/ nanere, tatemi, haruset, rhezeri, aves, avezesi
i or ë /i/ or /ɛ/ ijeve, rhezeri, tatemi, saserhi, canavesi
o /ɔ/ kotanuf, nohe, cor, benok
u /u/ kotanuf, kasuru, maru
  1. a₁ does not occur word-initially or word-finally in open syllables.
  2. /æɛ/ occurs only on stressed syllables, even in the dialects that prefer it. /æ/ occurs in all other conditions.
  3. /ä/ occurs only on stressed syllables. /ə/ occurs in all other positions.
  4. /ɛ/ and /i/ occur in all positions, except unstressed word-final open syllables, where their allophones /ə/ and /ɛ/ occur instead, respectively.
Front Central Back
Close i u
Open-Mid ɛ ɔ
Open æ ä

Consonants

Phonemic Consonants
Labial Coronal Post-alveolar Velar Glottal
nasal m n
obstruent aspirated t /tʰ/ k /kʰ/
voiceless t /t/ c /k/ ' /ʔ/
voiced b /b/ d j /dʒ/
murmured bh /bʱ/ dh /dʱ/
fricative voiceless f /f/ s /s/ h /h/
voiced v /v/ z /z/
murmured vh /vʱ/ hz /zʱ/
approximant voiced r /ɾ-ɹ/
murmured rh /ɹʱ/
  1. Voiced consonants cannot be word final.
  2. /f/ cannot be word initial.

Grammar

2/7/18

Updated 5/30/18

  1. Aves, n.
    1. Avezesë, adj.
  2. Cänäf, n. place name
    1. Cänävesë, adj. of or related to Cänäf, e.g. The woman was Cänävesë and wore Cänävesë clothing.
  3. Ijeve, n.
    1. Ijevesë / Ijevenë, adj.
  4. Kotanuf, n.
    1. Kotanuves / Kotanuven, adj.

4/16/18

So the other day, I figured out Veset meant blade, so since there's a blade class spaceship, it's been noodling in the back of my brain how to call that. Today, I settled on hamahe vezesot, with the first word meaning "integrated spaceship" vs. a ship that has no human avatar, and -esot meaning "class" essentially, though I can tell it's not that simple were I to unpack it. Hamahe is also my first riftspace word with stress on the second syllable rather than the first and the medial <h> is silent, particularly interesting to me because it is not silent in the name Nohe.

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