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'''Phaleran''' is a [[fictional language]] by Thomas R. Wier.  The language is spoken on the fictional planet ''Phalera'' (though not on the entire planet) in the Upsilon Andromedae system in the far future.
'''Phaleran''' is a [[fictional language]] by Thomas R. Wier.  The language is spoken on the fictional planet ''Phalera'' (though not on the entire planet) in the Upsilon Andromedae system in the far future.  Related languages are spoken elsewhere on the planet and on the other two inhabited worlds of the Upsilon Andromedae system.


==Phonology==
==Phonology==

Revision as of 13:35, 24 March 2014

Phaleran
Spoken in: Phalera
Conworld: Tom Wier's future history
Total speakers: 18 million
Genealogical classification: Tlaspian
Upsilon Andromedae
Phalera
Phaleran
Basic word order: SOV
Morphological type: fusional
Morphosyntactic alignment: split
Created by:
Thomas R. Wier 19??-2004

Phaleran is a fictional language by Thomas R. Wier. The language is spoken on the fictional planet Phalera (though not on the entire planet) in the Upsilon Andromedae system in the far future. Related languages are spoken elsewhere on the planet and on the other two inhabited worlds of the Upsilon Andromedae system.

Phonology

Consonants

  Labial Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasals Voiced hm(*)   hn          
Voiceless m   n     ŋ(*)    
Stops Aspirated ph   th     kh    
Plain p   t     k    
Glottalized     t'     k'    
"Aspirated
Glottalized"
    th'(*)     kh'(*)    
"Voiced" b(*)   d(*)     g(*)    
Affricates Aspirated     ch čh        
Plain pf (*) c č        
Glottalized     c' č'        
"Voiced"     ĝ (*) dž (*)        
Fricatives Voicless f þ s š   x   h
"Voiced"   ð (*) z (*) ž (*)        
Laterals Voiced     l          
Voiceless     hl          
Trills Voiced     r       ř  
Voiceless     hr          
Glides Voiced w       j      
Voiceless hw       hj      

Vowels

  Front Central Back
High i ī   u ū
Mid e   o
Low   a ā  

Diphthongs: ai au āi āu ei eu eo oi ou