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{{Infobox|name=Parseltongue-inspired|pronounce=''n.a.''|tu=''Harry Potter'' world|species=Ophidic<br/>(snakes and snake-likes)|in=All over the HP world|no=''unknown''|script=''n.a.''|tree=Isolate|morph=Inflecting|ms=Accusative|wo=SOV|creator=[[User:Denihilonihil|Eugene Oh]]|date=July 2005}}
{{Infobox|name=Parseltongue-inspired|pronounce=''n.a.''|tu=''Harry Potter'' world|species=Ophidic<br/>(snakes and snake-likes)|in=All over the HP world|no=''unknown''|script=''n.a.''|tree=Isolate|morph=Inflecting|ms=Accusative|wo=SOV|creator=[[User:Denihilonihil|Eugene Oh]]|date=July 2005}}


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The '''Parseltongue''' referred to below in this article refers to '''Parseltongue-inspired''', a hypothetical form of the abovementioned snake-speak. Because the tongue has no written form, the text samples appearing hereafter are in romanised form.
The '''Parseltongue''' referred to below in this article refers to '''Parseltongue-inspired''', a hypothetical form of the abovementioned snake-speak. Because the tongue has no written form, the text samples appearing hereafter are in romanised form.
==Phonology==
Being a language spoken by snakes (and the like), Parseltongue is rich in sibilants and other fricatives.
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{| style="text-align: center; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0;"
|- style="vertical-align: center; font-size: x-small; height: 2em"
| style="font-size: 90%;" | [[Place of articulation]] →
! colspan=2 | [[Labial consonant|Labial]]
! colspan=4 | [[Coronal consonant|Coronal]]
! colspan=4 | [[Dorsal consonant|Dorsal]]
! colspan=4 | [[Radical consonant|Radical]]
! colspan=2 | [[Glottal consonant|(none)]]
|- style="vertical-align: center; font-size: x-small; height: 3em"
| style="font-size: 90%;" | [[Manner of articulation]] ↓
! style="width: 4em;" | [[Bilabial consonant|Bi&shy;la&shy;bial]]
! style="width: 4em;" | [[Labiodental consonant|La&shy;bio&#x2010;<br/>den&shy;tal]]
! style="width: 4em;" | [[Dental consonant|Den&shy;tal]]
! style="width: 4em;" | [[Alveolar consonant|Al&shy;veo&shy;lar]]
! style="width: 4em;" | [[Postalveolar consonant|Post&#x2010;<br/>al&shy;veo&shy;lar]]
! style="width: 4em;" | [[Retroflex consonant|Re&shy;tro&#x2010;<br/>flex]]
! style="width: 4em;" | [[Palatal consonant|Pa&shy;la&shy;tal]]
! style="width: 4em;" | [[Velar consonant|Ve&shy;lar]]
! colspan="2" style="width: 4em;" | [[Uvular consonant|Uvu&shy;lar]]
! colspan="2" style="width: 4em;" | [[Pharyngeal consonant|Pha&shy;ryn&#x2010;<br/>geal]]
! colspan="2" style="width: 4em;" | [[Epiglottal consonant|Epi&#x2010;<br/>glot&shy;tal]]
! colspan="2" style="width: 4em;" | [[Glottal consonant|Glot&shy;tal]]
|- style="font-size: 120%;"
! style="font-size: x-small; text-align:left" | [[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| class="nounderlines" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[bilabial nasal|{{IPA|m}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[labiodental nasal|{{IPA|ɱ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" colspan="3" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[alveolar nasal|{{IPA|n}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[retroflex nasal|{{IPA|ɳ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[palatal nasal|{{IPA|ɲ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[velar nasal|{{IPA|ŋ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" colspan="2" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[uvular nasal|{{IPA|ɴ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" colspan="6" style="background:#ccc" | &nbsp;
|- style="font-size: 120%;"
! style="font-size: x-small; text-align:left" | [[Plosive consonant|Plosive]]
| class="nounderlines" | [[voiceless bilabial plosive|{{IPA|p}}]] [[voiced bilabial plosive|{{IPA|b}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | [[voiceless labiodental plosive|*]] [[voiced labiodental plosive|*]]
| class="nounderlines" colspan="3" |[[voiceless alveolar plosive|{{IPA|t}}]] [[voiced alveolar plosive|{{IPA|d}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | [[voiceless retroflex plosive|{{IPA|ʈ}}]] [[voiced retroflex plosive|{{IPA|ɖ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | [[voiceless palatal plosive|{{IPA|c}}]] [[voiced palatal plosive|{{IPA|ɟ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | [[voiceless velar plosive|{{IPA|k}}]] [[voiced velar plosive|{{IPA|ɡ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" colspan="2" | [[voiceless uvular plosive|{{IPA|q}}]] [[voiced uvular plosive|{{IPA|ɢ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" colspan="2" style="background:#ccc" | &nbsp;
| class="nounderlines" colspan="2" | [[epiglottal plosive|{{IPA|ʡ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" style="width: 1em;" | [[glottal stop|{{IPA|ʔ}}]]
| style="width: 1em; background:#ccc" | &nbsp;
|- style="font-size: 120%;"
! style="font-size: x-small; text-align:left" | [[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
| class="nounderlines" | [[voiceless bilabial fricative|{{IPA|ɸ}}]] [[voiced bilabial fricative|{{IPA|β}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | [[voiceless labiodental fricative|{{IPA|f}}]] [[voiced labiodental fricative|{{IPA|v}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | [[voiceless dental fricative|{{IPA|θ}}]] [[voiced dental fricative|{{IPA|ð}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | [[voiceless alveolar fricative|{{IPA|s}}]] [[voiced alveolar fricative|{{IPA|z}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | [[voiceless postalveolar fricative|{{IPA|ʃ}}]] [[voiced postalveolar fricative|{{IPA|ʒ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | [[voiceless retroflex fricative|{{IPA|ʂ}}]] [[voiced retroflex fricative|{{IPA|ʐ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | [[voiceless palatal fricative|{{IPA|ç}}]] [[voiced palatal fricative|{{IPA|ʝ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | [[voiceless velar fricative|{{IPA|x}}]] [[voiced velar fricative|{{IPA|ɣ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" style="width: 1em;" | [[voiceless uvular fricative|{{IPA|χ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" rowspan="2" style="width: 1em;" | [[voiced uvular fricative|{{IPA|ʁ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" style="width: 1em;" | [[voiceless pharyngeal fricative|{{IPA|ħ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" rowspan="2" style="width: 1em;" | [[voiced pharyngeal fricative|{{IPA|ʕ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" style="width: 1em;" | [[voiceless epiglottal fricative|{{IPA|ʜ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" rowspan="2" style="width: 1em;" | [[voiced epiglottal fricative|{{IPA|ʢ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" rowspan="2" colspan="2" | [[voiceless glottal fricative|{{IPA|h}}]] [[voiced glottal fricative|{{IPA|ɦ}}]]
|- style="font-size: 120%;"
! style="font-size: x-small; text-align:left" | [[Approximant consonant|Approx&shy;imant]]
| class="nounderlines" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[bilabial approximant|{{IPA|β̞}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[labiodental approximant|{{IPA|ʋ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" colspan="3" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[alveolar approximant|{{IPA|ɹ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[retroflex approximant|{{IPA|ɻ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[palatal approximant|{{IPA|j}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[velar approximant|{{IPA|ɰ}}]]
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|- style="font-size: 120%;"
! style="font-size: x-small; text-align:left" | [[Trill consonant|Trill]]
| class="nounderlines" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[bilabial trill|{{IPA|ʙ}}]]
|
| class="nounderlines" colspan="3" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[alveolar trill|{{IPA|r}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[retroflex trill|{{IPA|*}}]]
|
| class="nounderlines" style="background:#ccc" |
| class="nounderlines" colspan="2" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[uvular trill|{{IPA|ʀ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" colspan="2" style="background:#ccc" |
| class="nounderlines" colspan="2" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[epiglottal trill|*]]
| class="nounderlines" colspan="2" style="background:#ccc" | &nbsp;
|- style="font-size: 120%;"
! style="font-size: x-small; text-align:left" | [[Flap consonant|Tap or Flap]]
|  class="nounderlines" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[bilabial flap|*]]
| class="nounderlines" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[labiodental flap|<sup>†</sup>]]
| class="nounderlines" colspan="3" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[alveolar tap|{{IPA|ɾ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[retroflex flap|{{IPA|ɽ}}]]
| &nbsp;
| class="nounderlines" style="background:#ccc" |
| class="nounderlines" colspan="2" | &nbsp;
| class="nounderlines" colspan="2" style="background:#ccc" | &nbsp;
| class="nounderlines" colspan="2" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[epiglottal flap|*]]
| class="nounderlines" colspan="2" style="background:#ccc" | &nbsp;
|- style="font-size: 120%;"
! style="font-size: x-small; text-align:left" | [[Lateral consonant|Lateral Fricative]]
| class="nounderlines" colspan="2" style="background:#ccc" |
| class="nounderlines" colspan="3" | [[voiceless alveolar lateral fricative|{{IPA|ɬ}}]] [[voiced alveolar lateral fricative|{{IPA|ɮ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | [[voiceless retroflex lateral fricative|*]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| class="nounderlines" | [[voiceless palatal lateral fricative|*]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| class="nounderlines" | [[voiceless velar lateral fricative|*]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| class="nounderlines" colspan="2" | &nbsp;
| class="nounderlines" colspan="7" style="background:#ccc" | &nbsp;
|- style="font-size: 120%;"
! style="font-size: x-small; text-align:left" | [[Lateral consonant|Lateral Approx&shy;imant]]
| class="nounderlines" colspan="2" style="background:#ccc" |
| class="nounderlines" colspan="3" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[alveolar lateral approximant|{{IPA|l}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[retroflex lateral approximant|{{IPA|ɭ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[palatal lateral approximant|{{IPA|ʎ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[velar lateral approximant|{{IPA|ʟ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" colspan="2" | &nbsp;
| class="nounderlines" colspan="7" style="background:#ccc" |
|- style="font-size: 120%;"
! style="font-size: x-small; text-align:left" | [[Lateral consonant|Lateral Flap]]
| class="nounderlines" colspan=2 style="background:#ccc" | &nbsp;
| class="nounderlines" colspan=3 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[alveolar lateral flap|{{IPA|ɺ}}]]
| class="nounderlines" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[retroflex lateral flap|*]]
| class="nounderlines" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[palatal lateral flap|*]]
| class="nounderlines" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[velar lateral flap|*]]
| class="nounderlines" colspan="2" | &nbsp;
| class="nounderlines" colspan="7" style="background:#ccc" | &nbsp;
|}
</div>

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Parseltongue-inspired
Pronounced: n.a.
Timeline and Universe: Harry Potter world
Species: Ophidic
(snakes and snake-likes)
Spoken: All over the HP world
Total speakers: unknown
Writing system: n.a.
Genealogy: Isolate
Typology
Morphological type: Inflecting
Morphosyntactic alignment: Accusative
Basic word order: SOV
Credits
Creator: Eugene Oh
Created: July 2005

Parseltongue is a fictional language spoken by snakes in the Harry Potter series of novels (author: J. K. Rowling), whose known human speakers include the Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter. This language has, however, not been publicly described by Rowling and has no known form.

The Parseltongue referred to below in this article refers to Parseltongue-inspired, a hypothetical form of the abovementioned snake-speak. Because the tongue has no written form, the text samples appearing hereafter are in romanised form.

Phonology

Being a language spoken by snakes (and the like), Parseltongue is rich in sibilants and other fricatives.


Place of articulation → Labial Coronal Dorsal Radical (none)
Manner of articulation ↓ Bi­la­bial La­bio‐
den­tal 		Den­tal Al­veo­lar Post‐
al­veo­lar 		Re­tro‐
flex 		Pa­la­tal Ve­lar Uvu­lar Pha­ryn‐
geal 		Epi‐
glot­tal 		Glot­tal
Nasal    m    ɱ    n    ɳ    ɲ    ŋ    ɴ  
Plosive p b * * t d ʈ ɖ c ɟ k ɡ q ɢ   ʡ ʔ  
Fricative ɸ β f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ ʂ ʐ ç ʝ x ɣ χ ʁ ħ ʕ ʜ ʢ h ɦ
Approx­imant    β̞    ʋ    ɹ    ɻ    j    ɰ      
Trill    ʙ    r    *    ʀ    *  
Tap or Flap    *    †    ɾ    ɽ          *  
Lateral Fricative ɬ ɮ *    *    *       
Lateral Approx­imant    l    ɭ    ʎ    ʟ  
Lateral Flap      ɺ    *    *    *    
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