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Revision as of 19:05, 18 October 2022
Eomentesa is one of two modern dialects of Braereth, spoken primarily by witches. (The other dialect is Tenibvreth.)
The phonology is similar to Spanish or Catalan, marked by vowel lowering and unpacking of the palatal series from Classical Braereth.
Phonology
Consonants | Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Vowels | Front | Back | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plosive | p · b | t · d | k · ɡ | High | i, iː | u, uː | |||
Affricate | ʦ · ʣ | ʧ · ʤ | Mid | e̞, e̞ː | o̞ | ||||
Fricative | f · v | θ · [ð] | s · z | ç, ʃ · ʒ | Low | a | |||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | Diphthongs | To Front | To Back | |||
Lateral | l | Mid | eu̯ | ||||||
Trill | r [ɾ] | Low | au̯ |
* Characters in square brackets are allophones; they are not phonemic.
* Characters in parentheses only occur in borrowings.
Spelling Reform
While Eomentesa is traditionally spelled as classical Braereth, a recent spelling reform based on the current phonology of the language is used by many speakers, and renders it quite distinct. A few differences of notes:
- Palatal ⟨j⟩ is not used. It is elided entirely after obstruents, or changes to ⟨i⟩ after sonorants.
- ⟨bv⟩ is written as ⟨v⟩.
- ⟨ou⟩ is written as ⟨o⟩ (sometimes as ⟨u⟩ when it has the value /u/).
- ⟨cj⟩, ⟨ctj⟩, ⟨c⟩ before ⟨i⟩ or ⟨e⟩, and ⟨tj⟩ are written as ⟨x⟩ when initial and ⟨tx⟩ otherwise.
- ⟨gj⟩, ⟨g⟩ before ⟨i⟩ or ⟨e⟩, and ⟨dj⟩ are written as ⟨j⟩ when initial and ⟨dj⟩ otherwise.
- ⟨tz⟩ is written as ⟨s⟩ when initial, ⟨dz⟩ when voiced, and remains ⟨tz⟩ when unvoiced.
- ⟨ei⟩ is normally written as ⟨e⟩, or ⟨é⟩ when long.
- Some instances of ⟨u⟩ and most instances of ⟨ou⟩ are written as ⟨o⟩, and ⟨o⟩ is always used word-finally in place of ⟨u⟩.
- Some instances of ⟨i⟩ are written as ⟨e⟩.
- Some instances of ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩ are written as ⟨a⟩.
- ⟨qh⟩ is elided when initial; it is writte as ⟨h⟩ otherwise.
- Final ⟨e⟩ is elided.
- Final ⟨nje⟩ or ⟨gne⟩ becomes ⟨ng⟩.
- Final ⟨au⟩ and ⟨aou⟩ are written as ⟨ao⟩.
- Final ⟨eu⟩ and ⟨eou⟩ are written as ⟨eo⟩.
- The stress-indicator ⟨x⟩ is written as a grave accent (e.g. ⟨à⟩).
- Vowels become long and are marked with an acute accent before former ⟨ct⟩ clusters and in certain other environments.
- ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩ are inserted into consonant clusters which have become unpronounceable according to the phonotactics of the Eomentesa dialect.
Orthographic and Phonemic Mapping
Orth. | Phn. | Example | IPA | Classical | Environment/Notes |
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x̀ | [ˈ] | alià ‘there’ | [a.liˈa] | iljax | A grave accent is used to indicate stress. |
a | [a] | ath ‘to’ | [aθ] | ath | |
ao | [au̯] | aovro ‘tree’ | [ˈau.vro̞] | aubvru | |
ao | [a.o̞] | sao ‘salt’ | [sa.o̞] | saou | /___# (“When word-final.”) |
b | [b] | baclo ‘stick’ | [ˈba.klo̞] | baclu | |
c | [k] | coro ‘heart’ | [ˈko̞.ro̞] | couru | |
d | [d] | dent ‘tooth’ | [de̞nt] | dente | |
d | [ð] | xaodo ‘hot’ | [ʃau̯.ðo̞] | cjaudu | /V___V (“When between vowels.”) |
dj | [ʤ] | tradjer ‘to pull’ | [tɾaˈʤe̞r] | tragere | |
dz | [ʣ] | pedzito ‘small’ | [pe̞ˈʣi.to̞] | pitzitu | |
e | [e̞] | estelia ‘star’ | [e̞ˈste̞.li.a] | estelja | |
é | [e̞ː] | fétx ‘done’ | [fe̞ːʧ] | faectje | |
eo | [e̞u̯] | seova ‘forest’ | [ˈse̞u̯.va] | seuva | |
eo | [e̞.o̞] | beo ‘beautiful’ | [ˈbe̞.o̞] | beou | /___# (“When word-final.”) |
f | [f] | folia ‘leaf’ | [ˈfo̞.li.a] | folja | |
g | [ɡ] | grosto ‘thick’ | [ˈɡro̞s.to̞] | grostu | |
h | [ç] | ahma ‘life force’ | [ˈaç.ma] | aqhma | |
i | [i] | ilis ‘they’ | [ˈi.lis] | iljis | |
í | [iː] | dítx ‘ten’ | [ˈdiːʧ] | deice | |
j | [ʒ] | jeo ‘god’ | [ˈʒe̞.o̞] | djeou | |
l | [l] | lapid ‘stone’ | [lapid] | lapide | |
m | [m] | molir ‘to die’ | [mo̞ˈlir] | moulire | |
n | [n] | naxer ‘to be born’ | [naˈʃe̞r] | nascere | |
nc | [ŋk] | jinclo ‘knee’ | [ˈʒiŋ.klo̞] | ginclu | |
ng | [ŋɡ] | longo ‘long’ | [ˈlo̞ŋ.ɡo̞] | loungu | |
ng | [ŋ] | xang ‘dog’ | [ʃaŋ] | cjanje | /___# (“When word-final.”) |
o | [o̞] | ovo ‘egg’ | [ˈo̞.vo̞] | ouvu | |
p | [p] | pelio ‘hair’ | [ˈpe̞.li.o̞] | pelju | |
r | [r] | rider ‘to laugh’ | [riˈðe̞r] | ridere | |
s | [s] | sintx ‘five’ | [sinʧ] | tzince | |
t | [t] | tuto ‘all’ | [ˈtu.to̞] | tutu | |
th | [θ] | eth ‘and’ | [e̞θ] | eth | |
tx | [ʧ] | frútxo ‘fruit’ | [ˈfruːʧo̞] | fruictju | |
tz | [ʦ] | contzer ‘to fight’ | [conˈʦer] | countzere | |
u | [u] | untx ‘eleven’ | [unʧ] | unce | |
ú | [uː] | útxo ‘eight’ | [ˈuːʧo̞] | uictjou | |
v | [v] | voler ‘to want’ | [vo̞ˈle̞r] | voulere | |
x | [ʃ] | xentrao ‘central’ | [ʃe̞nˈtɾa.o̞] | centrau | |
z | [z] | espoza ‘wife’ | [e̞ˈspu.za] | espousa |