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|colspan="2" bgcolor="#33ff33" align="center" |'''Phaleran'''
|-
|-
|valign="top"|Spoken in:
|valign="top"|Spoken in:
||(country) {{ #if:  | () | {{ #if:  | () }} }}
||Phalera
|-
|-
|valign="top"|[[Conworld]]:
|valign="top"|[[Conworld]]:
||(universe)
||Tom Wier's future history
|-
|-
|valign="top"|Total speakers:
|valign="top"|Total speakers:
||(number of speakers)
||18 million
|-
|-
|valign="top"|Genealogical classification:
|valign="top"|Genealogical classification:
||(Family)
|| Tlaspian
:(Branch)
: Upsilon Andromedae
::(Subbranch)
:: Phalera
:::{{#if:  ||{{#if: dialect english ||{{#if: dialect English ||'''}}}} }}(Language){{#if:  ||{{#if: dialect english ||{{#if: dialect English ||'''}}}} }}
::: '''Phaleran'''
{{#if:  |::::'''  ('''')''' | {{#if:  | '''''' | {{#if:  | '''''' | }} }} }}
|-
|-
|valign="top"|[[Basic word order]]:
|valign="top"|[[Basic word order]]:
||
|| SOV
|-
|-
|valign="top"|[[Morphological type]]:
|valign="top"|[[Morphological type]]:
||  
|| fusional
|-
|-
|valign="top"|[[Morphosyntactic alignment]]:
|valign="top"|[[Morphosyntactic alignment]]:
||  
|| split
|-
|-
|colspan="2" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center" |'''Created by:'''
|colspan="2" bgcolor="#33ff33" align="center" |'''Created by:'''
|-
|-
||author ||date
||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.
'''Phaleran''' is a [[fictional language]] by Thomas R. Wier, an American academic linguist specializing in Caucasian languages.  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.
 
Phaleran is a member of the ''Tlaspian'' language family which descends from ''Tlaspi'', a trade language of an interstellar human empire which by the time Phaleran as described here is spoken, has long since fallen apart.  Wier once hinted at Tlaspi possibly being a descendant of English (is ''Tlaspi'' perhaps derived from ''trade speech''?), which would make Tlaspian technically a branch of Germanic and thus of [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], but if that is the case, the language has changed utterly beyond recognition (we don't even know how far in the future Phaleran is spoken).  At any rate, Phaleran is typologically very far from [[Standard Average European]].
 
==Phonology==
 
===Consonants===
 
The following chart follows the transcription system used by Wier, rather than IPA.
 
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"| &nbsp;
! Labial
! Dental
! Alveolar
! Postalveolar
! Palatal
! Velar
! Uvular
! Glottal
|-
!rowspan="2"| Nasals
! Voiced
| hm(*)
| &nbsp;
| hn
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
! Voiceless
| m
| &nbsp;
| n
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| ŋ(*)
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
!rowspan="5"| Stops
! Aspirated
| ph
| &nbsp;
| th
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| kh
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
! Plain
| p
| &nbsp;
| t
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| k
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
! Glottalized
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| t'
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| k'
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
! "Aspirated<br>Glottalized"
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| th'(*)
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| kh'(*)
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
! "Voiced"
| b(*)
| &nbsp;
| d(*)
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| g(*)
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
!rowspan="4"| Affricates
! Aspirated
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| ch
| čh
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
! Plain
| pf (*)
| tþ
| c
| č
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
! Glottalized
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| c'
| č'
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
! "Voiced"
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| ĝ (*)
| dž (*)
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
!rowspan="2"| Fricatives
! Voicless
| f
| þ
| s
| š
| &nbsp;
| x
| &nbsp;
| h
|-
! "Voiced"
| &nbsp;
| ð (*)
| z (*)
| ž (*)
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
!rowspan="2"| Laterals
! Voiced
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| l
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
! Voiceless
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| hl
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
!rowspan="2"| Trills
! Voiced
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| r
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| ř
| &nbsp;
|-
! Voiceless
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| hr
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
!rowspan="2"| Glides
! Voiced
| w
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| y
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
! Voiceless
| hw
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| hy
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
|}
 
Consonants marked with (*) are not true phonemes of the language but artifacts of the writing system and are only encountered in hyperliterate speech.
 
===Vowels===
 
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! &nbsp;
! Front
! Central
! Back
|-
! High
| i ī
| &nbsp;
| u ū
|-
! Mid
| e
| &nbsp;
| o
|-
! Low
| &nbsp;
| a ā
| &nbsp;
|-
|}
 
The vowels with macron are long vowels.
 
Diphthongs: ai au āi āu ei eu eo oi ou
 


[[Category:Conlangs]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]

Latest revision as of 14:01, 25 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, an American academic linguist specializing in Caucasian languages. 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.

Phaleran is a member of the Tlaspian language family which descends from Tlaspi, a trade language of an interstellar human empire which by the time Phaleran as described here is spoken, has long since fallen apart. Wier once hinted at Tlaspi possibly being a descendant of English (is Tlaspi perhaps derived from trade speech?), which would make Tlaspian technically a branch of Germanic and thus of Indo-European, but if that is the case, the language has changed utterly beyond recognition (we don't even know how far in the future Phaleran is spoken). At any rate, Phaleran is typologically very far from Standard Average European.

Phonology

Consonants

The following chart follows the transcription system used by Wier, rather than IPA.

  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 (*) tþ 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       y      
Voiceless hw       hy      

Consonants marked with (*) are not true phonemes of the language but artifacts of the writing system and are only encountered in hyperliterate speech.

Vowels

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

The vowels with macron are long vowels.

Diphthongs: ai au āi āu ei eu eo oi ou

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