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* Final ⟨é⟩ indicates the vowel is spoken rather than modifying a medial vowel (there is no silent final 'e' in the language). | * Final ⟨é⟩ indicates the vowel is spoken rather than modifying a medial vowel (there is no silent final 'e' in the language). | ||
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| + | | colspan="7" style="font-size:smaller;" | '''Drake alphabet''' | ||
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| + | | A a | ||
| + | || B b | ||
| + | || C c | ||
| + | || D d | ||
| + | || E e | ||
| + | || G g | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | || /a/ | ||
| + | || /b/ | ||
| + | || /k/ | ||
| + | || /d/ | ||
| + | || /e/ | ||
| + | || /g/ | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | || I i | ||
| + | || K k | ||
| + | || L l | ||
| + | || M m | ||
| + | || N n | ||
| + | || O o | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | || /i/ | ||
| + | || /k/ | ||
| + | || /l/ | ||
| + | || /m/ | ||
| + | || /n/ | ||
| + | || /o/ | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | || R r | ||
| + | || S s | ||
| + | || T t | ||
| + | || U u | ||
| + | || V v | ||
| + | || Z z | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | || /r/ | ||
| + | || /s/ | ||
| + | || /t/ | ||
| + | || /u/ | ||
| + | || /v/ | ||
| + | || /z/ | ||
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== Oceanic Languages == | == Oceanic Languages == | ||
Latest revision as of 18:04, 17 June 2026
For now, not much is known about the linguistic landscape of Wesnoth and its peoples.
Contents
Drake Languages
Continental Drake
Phonology
According to the game files, Continental Drake phonology consists of the following phonemes:
| Labial | Coronal | Post- alveolar |
Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Obstruent | b | t d | t͡ʃ | k g | ʔ |
| Fricative | v | θ s | ʃ | ||
| Liquid | r l |
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Mid | e | o |
| Open | a | |
| Diphthong | au̯ | |
Presumably, all consonants can be geminated and all vowels have a corresponding nasal variant due to the outlined spelling peculiarities.
Orthography
- All phonemes are orthographically represented the same way they are in english, except for /ʔ/, which is written as an apostrophe ⟨'⟩.
- Final ⟨hn⟩ serves as a nasalization marker.
- Final ⟨é⟩ indicates the vowel is spoken rather than modifying a medial vowel (there is no silent final 'e' in the language).
- Word-final ⟨ck⟩ has the value /k/.
| Drake alphabet | ||||||
| A a | B b | C c | D d | E e | G g | |
| /a/ | /b/ | /k/ | /d/ | /e/ | /g/ | |
| I i | K k | L l | M m | N n | O o | |
| /i/ | /k/ | /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /o/ | |
| R r | S s | T t | U u | V v | Z z | |
| /r/ | /s/ | /t/ | /u/ | /v/ | /z/ | |
Oceanic Languages
Oceanic language family includes two major branches: western and eastern oceanic, commonly refered to as the "merman" and "naga" branches respectively.
Naga Language
Phonology
The phonology of the naga language appears to be typologically unusual in comparison to other languages of Irdya. It has several laterals, but no voiced [l]. The voicing distinction among obstruents is missing as well, unlike in its sister language.
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Dorsal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Obstruent | Lenis | b̥ | d̥ | ɡ̊ | |
| Fortis | p | t | t͡ɬ | k | |
| Sibilant | s̻ | s̺ | ç~ɕ | ||
| Fricative | ʋ | ɬ | x | ||
| Sonorant | ɾ | j | |||
The dorsal sibilant varies in pronunciation depending on the dialect. Voiced variants of lateral consonants appear intervocalically as allophones, as does the phone [v] as an allophone of /ʋ/ before an onset of a syllable.
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | o |
| Mid | e | |
| Open | a aː | |
| Diphthong | eɪ̯ aɪ̯ i̯a | |
Front vowels /i/, /e/ and /a/ tend to lenite into [ɪ], [ə] and [ɐ] when unstressed.
Orthography
Although the majority of the naga prefer to use the script of the dunefolk, learned from them due to years of coexistence, several communities in the Far North tend to use the wesnothian steel-hand as well.
| Naga alphabet | ||||||
| A a | Ą ą | B b | D d | E e | G g | H h |
| /a/ | /aː/ | /b̥/ | /d̥/ | /e/ | /ɡ̊/ | /x/ |
| I i | Į į | K k | L l | M m | N n | O o |
| /i/ | /iː/ | /k/ | /ɬ/ | /m/ | /n/ | /o/ |
| P p | R r | S s | T t | V v | X x | Z z |
| /p/ | /ɾ/ | /s̺/ | /t/ | /ʋ/ | /ɕ/ | /s̻/ |