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{{Infobox|name=Âsti | {{Infobox|name=Âsti | ||
|pronounce=/'ɒsti/ | |pronounce=/'ɒsti/ | ||
|tu=[[Aarð | |tu=[[Aarð]] | ||
|species=Human | |species=Human | ||
|in=Âstâl (The Eastland) | |in=Âstâl (The Eastland) | ||
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*'''''x''''' -- Pronounced as English single ''h'' or Spanish ''j'' (Sometimes an x, like that in México, is pronounced this way). | *'''''x''''' -- Pronounced as English single ''h'' or Spanish ''j'' (Sometimes an x, like that in México, is pronounced this way). | ||
*'''''f, j, k, q, v, w,''''' and '''''y''''' are not used. | *'''''f, j, k, q, v, w,''''' and '''''y''''' are not used. | ||
Note to speakers of American English: RP stands for Received Pronunciation, sometimes called "High British" or "Queen's English". I don't think I can explain about the Father-bother and Caught-cot mergers here, so if you can't find some other resource to explain this to you, try pronouncing ''a'' /æ/ as in ''cat'' and ''â'' /ɑ/ as in ''bother''. Since /æ/ and /ɑ/ are not phonemic in Âsti and close to the actual pronunciations, the ''(fictitious)'' native speakers would probably perceive only a foreign accent. | |||
=Grammar= | =Grammar= | ||
==Nouns== | ==Nouns== | ||
Revision as of 13:41, 21 November 2007
| Âsti | |
|---|---|
| Pronounced: | /'ɒsti/ |
| Timeline and Universe: | Aarð |
| Species: | Human |
| Spoken: | Âstâl (The Eastland) |
| Total speakers: | 30,000 (approx.) |
| Writing system: | Ðanmarc |
| Genealogy: | Âsti Group
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| Typology | |
| Morphological type: | Inflecting |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | Fluid-S |
| Basic word order: | SOV |
| Credits | |
| Creator: | Navidel |
| Created: | June 6, 2007 |
| Note on transliteration in this article: This article makes use of two distinct transliteration schemes for the Âsti language. While older sections of the article employ the double vowel ("aa") scheme, newer areas are transliterated by the circumflex ("â") scheme. By the time the edit is finished, this discrepancy should be resolved. |
Âsti is the language of the peoples of Âstâl, often referred to as the Aasti tribes. It is a fluid-S language, and uses SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) word order, meaning that the normal form of the sentence He saw her would be rendered as *He her saw.
Script
For our purposes, Âsti will be written using the Latin alphabet. (Note: Because the (mostly illeterate) speakers of the language live in a world where the Latin alphabet does not exist, in the rare cases that Âsti is written down by a native speaker, an adaptation of the common Ðanmarc Alphabet is used.) The general rules of pronunciation follow:
- a, e , i, o, u -- Pronounced as in Spanish or IPA, respectively like taco, play, beet, boot,
- â -- Pronounced as in RP* bother (/ɒ/). In some dialects this vowel has unrounded to (/ɑ/), a sound similar to that (/ɑ/) found in RP* father .
- b -- Pronounced as in English boat, except before the vowels i or e, where it is pronounced like the v in very unless doubled (see h).
- c -- As in cat or car, except for before i or e (where most "soft" c's are found in English), where it is said like the sh in shout. However a cce or cci retains the k-like pronunciation. For the pronunciation of ch, see h.
- d -- As in dock or day, except before i or e, where it is pronounced like the th in that (not that in thin) unless doubled (See h).
- g -- As in game or goal, except when singly before i or e (where most "soft" English g's are found), where its pronunciation changes to a sound like French j or the s in vision.
- h -- Never on its own, Âsti h is found only in consonant clusters (i.e., following b, c, d, g, p, or t). In those cases, the cluster is pronounced like the soft form of the initial consonant (/v/ for b, /ʃ/ for c, /ð/ for d, /ʒ/ for g, /f/ for p, or /θ/ for t).
- l, m, n, r, s, z -- Same as English
- p -- As in part or play except singly when followed by an i, e, or h, when it is said like the ph in phonetics or telephone (see h).
- t -- As in tired or try except singly when followed by an i, e, or h, when it is pronounced like the th in thrift or thin (but not that in that or the).
- x -- Pronounced as English single h or Spanish j (Sometimes an x, like that in México, is pronounced this way).
- f, j, k, q, v, w, and y are not used.
Note to speakers of American English: RP stands for Received Pronunciation, sometimes called "High British" or "Queen's English". I don't think I can explain about the Father-bother and Caught-cot mergers here, so if you can't find some other resource to explain this to you, try pronouncing a /æ/ as in cat and â /ɑ/ as in bother. Since /æ/ and /ɑ/ are not phonemic in Âsti and close to the actual pronunciations, the (fictitious) native speakers would probably perceive only a foreign accent.
Grammar
Nouns
N A SN -ē PL -a -o SP -ez -ēz PP -u -u
- N = nominative; A = accusative
- SN = singular; PL = plural; SP = singular possessive; PP = plural possessive
Verbs
PF PR F -aav -av -am PR -aaz -az -an P -ēg -eg -eŋ
- PF = perfect; PR = progressive
- F = future; PR = present; P = past
Adjectives and adverbs
Basic Pronouns
- Va: I
- Ti: We (exclusive)
- Zi: We (inclusive)
- Da: You (singular)
- Ri: You (plural)
- Pa: He
- Sa: She
- Ca: [E]*
- Ta: It
- Ci: They
- Note: English has no exact equivalent to Aasti Ca, which is a third person singular pronoun of indefinite gender (sometimes a singular they is used to informally fill this gap).
- The forms shown here are subject forms. Objects are formed by changing the final a to an o, or i to ē. Possessive pronouns are formed by adding a final -r.
