Created page with "'''Liðakuin''' (IPA: [{{IPA|ˌli.ðɐ.ˈkɵ̞jn}}]), also referred to as '''Lidakuin''' or '''Lidhakuin''', is a Gomensayan language spoken on the continent of Gomensai. It is spoken by about 10,000,000 people, being the official language of the Fennril Federation. ==Out-of universe context== Liðakuin is Astaryuu's third conlang, first started in 2023 as part of Drawn to AfterLife. However, it..." Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
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===Native script=== | ===Native script=== | ||
Liðakuin uses an evolved version of the original runes from around the time of Proto-West-Gomensayan. Since the Fenril Federation has historically mandated that most of its languages use this script, it is referred to in modern times as the Fenrilian script or alphabet. | Liðakuin uses an evolved version of the original runes from around the time of Proto-West-Gomensayan. Since the Fenril Federation has historically mandated that most of its languages use this script, it is referred to in modern times as the Fenrilian script or alphabet. Natively it is referred to as the {{lida-terml|fúþad|}}, after the first five letters of the alphabet. | ||
The Fenrilian script is a bicameral alphabet with 35 letters, each in capital and lowercase letters. Each letter is commonly referred to by a word that starts with that letter, though the sound value may have shifted since its coining to one that is no longer the primary sound of the letter. | The Fenrilian script is a bicameral alphabet with 35 letters, each in capital and lowercase letters. Each letter is commonly referred to by a word that starts with that letter, though the sound value may have shifted since its coining to one that is no longer the primary sound of the letter. | ||
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<þ ð> are not normally distinguished in modern Liðakuin, thanks to how the common way Middle Liðakuin made an altered version of a rune when converting to the bicameral system is not very distinct for the letterforms {{Lida-text|}}. Liðakuin dictionaries (and orthographies for other Gomensayan languages) often add a diacritic to ''þóda'' to represent /ð/ separately; although not mandated or standard, the resulting letter {{Lida-text|}} is sometimes used for /ð/ in words with it. This especially holds for areas of the Fenril Federation where multilanguage contact is common. | <þ ð> are not normally distinguished in modern Liðakuin, thanks to how the common way Middle Liðakuin made an altered version of a rune when converting to the bicameral system is not very distinct for the letterforms {{Lida-text|}}. Liðakuin dictionaries (and orthographies for other Gomensayan languages) often add a diacritic to ''þóda'' to represent /ð/ separately; although not mandated or standard, the resulting letter {{Lida-text|}} is sometimes used for /ð/ in words with it. This especially holds for areas of the Fenril Federation where multilanguage contact is common. | ||
The letters for /æ o/ {{Lida-text| }} are technically ligatures (specifically, of {{Lida-text| | The letters for /æ o/ {{Lida-text| }} are technically ligatures (specifically, of {{Lida-text| }}), but are considered distinct letters. | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||