Ðanmarc

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Ðanmarc
Pronounced: /'ðænmarʃ/
Timeline and Universe: Aarð, Classical Period
Species: Human
Spoken: Ðanmar Empire
Total speakers: 0
Writing system: Ðanmarc (unique)
Typology
Morphological type: Inflecting
Morphosyntactic alignment: Nominative-Accusative
Basic word order: SVO
Credits
Creator: Navidel
Created: May 25, 2007

Description

Ðanmarc is a language spoken in the ancient Ðanmar Empire. The language uses SVO word order in most cases but OSV is sometimes used to highlight the object in literature and poetry. Since the empire's fall, the language has had no native speakers, but is used as a diplomatic and general-purpose interlanguage in the region, similar to Latin in our world.

The alphabet consists of six vowels and 20 consonants, for a total of 26 letters, which are listed below.

Hh - Hatc‡ &009; /ħ, x/

Mm - Mē:/m/

Nn - Nē:/n/

Ŋŋ - Ŋē:/ŋ/

Ee - E:/ε/

Bb - Be:/b/

Ēē - Ē:/e/

Vv - Va:/β/

Pp - Pa:/p/

Gg - Gi:/g/

Ff - Fi:/φ/

Tt - To:/t/

Oo - O:/o/

Dd - Do:/d/

Kk - Ka:/k/

Rr - Ra*:/r/

Aa - A:/a/ (/æ/ before m, n, or ŋ)

Ww - Wa:/w, ɰ/

Ss - Sa:/s/

Zz - Zē:/z/

Ii - I:/i/

Cc - Ci:/ʃ/

Jj - Ji:/ʒ/

Ðð - Þa*:/ð, θ/

Uu - U:/ɔ/

Yy - Yog:/j/