Languages of Wesnoth
For now, not much is known about the linguistic landscape of Wesnoth and its peoples.
Drake Language
Phonology
According to the game files (specifically, wesnoth/data/core/macros/names.cfg), the Drake language's phonological inventory consists of the following phonemes:
| Labial | Coronal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||
| Plosive | b | t d | k g | ʔ |
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | |||
| 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 spelling peculiarities outlined in the game files.
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/.