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| Continental English was a conlang sketch by [[Jashan|Jashan A'al]] (aka Valeska Scholl). It was designed as a form of english which diverged from standard Modern English around the 1300-1400 CE time period. | | Continental English was a conlang sketch by [[Jashan|Jashan A'al]] (aka Valeska Scholl). It was designed as a form of english which diverged from standard Modern English around the 1300-1400 CE time period. |
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| ===Phonology=== | | ===Phonology / Orthography=== |
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| The phonology of the language has been lost. The following is reconstructed from surviving samples: | | The phonology of the language has been lost. The following is reconstructed from surviving samples: |
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| {| style="text-align: center; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0;"
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| !colspan=17 style="text-align:center; background: #efefef;"| Consonants
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| |- style="vertical-align: center; font-size: x-small; height: 2em"
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| | ||colspan=2| Bilabial ||colspan=2| Labiod. ||colspan=2| Dental ||colspan=2| Alveolar ||colspan=2| Post-alv. ||colspan=2| Palatal ||colspan=2| Velar ||colspan=2| Glottal
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| |style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Nasal || || {{IPA|m}} || || || || || || {{IPA|n}} || || || || {{IPA|ɲ}} || || {{IPA|ŋ}}
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| |style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Plosive || {{IPA|p}} || {{IPA|b}} || || || || || {{IPA|t}} || {{IPA|d}} || || || || || {{IPA|k}} || {{IPA|g}}
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| |style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Fricative || || || {{IPA|f}} || {{IPA|v}} || {{IPA|θ}} || {{IPA|ð}} || {{IPA|s}} || {{IPA|z}} || {{IPA|ʃ}} || {{IPA|ʒ}} || || || {{IPA|x}} || {{IPA|ɣ}} || {{IPA|h}}
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| |style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Affricate || || || || || {{IPA|ts}} || {{IPA|dz}}
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| |style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Approximants || || {{IPA|w}} || || || || || || || || || || {{IPA|j}}
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| |style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Trill || || || || || || || || {{IPA|r}}
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| |style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Lateral Approximant || || || || || || || || {{IPA|l}}
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| {| style="text-align: center; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0;"
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| !colspan=11 style="text-align:center; background: #efefef;"| Vowels
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| |- style="vertical-align: center; font-size: x-small; height: 2em"
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| | ||colspan=2| Front ||colspan=2| Near-front ||colspan=2| Central ||colspan=2| Near-back ||colspan=2| Back
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| |style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| High || {{IPA|i}} || {{IPA|y}} || || || || || || || {{IPA|ɯ}} || {{IPA|u}}
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| |style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Near-high || || || || || || || || {{IPA|ʊ}} || ||
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| |style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| High-mid || || || {{IPA|e}} || || || || || || || {{IPA|o}}
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| |style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Mid || || || || || {{IPA|ə}}
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| |style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Low-mid || || || {{IPA|ɛ}} || || || || || || || {{IPA|ɔ}}
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| |style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Near-low || || || {{IPA|æ}}
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| |style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Low || || || || || {{IPA|a}}
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