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[[Firen]] was the primary language in what has become the eastern states of the [[Union of Six]]. It may be considered "Proto-[[Fulren]]", the primary language of the [[Empire]]. |
[[Firen]] was the primary language in what has become the eastern states of the [[Union of Six]]. It may be considered "Proto-[[Fulren]]", the primary language of the [[Empire]]. |
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| − | Firen is am agglutinative and highly-inflected language with mostly ergative-absolutive alignment, however particularly active verbs mark their subject in the ergative case (this is called "Split-S" alignment) and fairly free word order, but the most basic word order is VSO. It has 17 |
+ | Firen is am agglutinative and highly-inflected language with mostly ergative-absolutive alignment, however particularly active verbs mark their subject in the ergative case (this is called "Split-S" alignment) and fairly free word order, but the most basic word order is VSO. It has 17 [[Firen:case]]s, 6 [[Firen:mood]]s, 5 [[Firen:voice]]s, and 3 [[Firen:noun class]]es based on an animacy hierarchy. |
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| + | The native orthography of Firen is [[baofusk]], or 'blocked-writing'. |
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==Grammar== |
==Grammar== |
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| + | ''Main article: [[baofusk]]'' |
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| + | ===Romanization=== |
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| + | Transliteration of baofusk into the latin alphabet is mostly straightforward. Most letters refer to their IPA values, with the exceptions of ⟨f⟩ /ɸ/, ⟨v⟩ /β/, ⟨č⟩ /tʃ/, ⟨j⟩ /dʒ/, ⟨r⟩ /ʀ/, ⟨ů⟩ /ɵ/, ⟨ao⟩ /aʊ/ and all the rhotic vowels, which are written as digraphs with ⟨ṙ⟩. Syllable divisions, though marked in baofusk, are not preserved when transliterating. |
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[[Category:Empire]] [[Category:Language]] [[Category:Firen]] [[Category:Culture]] [[Category:Lore]] [[Category:Pages needing expansion]] |
[[Category:Empire]] [[Category:Language]] [[Category:Firen]] [[Category:Culture]] [[Category:Lore]] [[Category:Pages needing expansion]] |
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Latest revision as of 06:19, 20 May 2020
Firen was the primary language in what has become the eastern states of the Union of Six. It may be considered "Proto-Fulren", the primary language of the Empire.
Firen is am agglutinative and highly-inflected language with mostly ergative-absolutive alignment, however particularly active verbs mark their subject in the ergative case (this is called "Split-S" alignment) and fairly free word order, but the most basic word order is VSO. It has 17 Firen:cases, 6 Firen:moods, 5 Firen:voices, and 3 Firen:noun classes based on an animacy hierarchy.
The native orthography of Firen is baofusk, or 'blocked-writing'.
Grammar
Orthography
Main article: baofusk
Romanization
Transliteration of baofusk into the latin alphabet is mostly straightforward. Most letters refer to their IPA values, with the exceptions of ⟨f⟩ /ɸ/, ⟨v⟩ /β/, ⟨č⟩ /tʃ/, ⟨j⟩ /dʒ/, ⟨r⟩ /ʀ/, ⟨ů⟩ /ɵ/, ⟨ao⟩ /aʊ/ and all the rhotic vowels, which are written as digraphs with ⟨ṙ⟩. Syllable divisions, though marked in baofusk, are not preserved when transliterating.
