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Drakine (natively Drákirou /drækiroʊ/) is a language spoken as the native tongue of all Euthoran dragons and is a descendant of early Acaranian. While it can be taught to and understood by humans and other beings, its harsh sounds are suited to a dragon's capabilities. As such, some words are often unpronounceable by non-dragons. Archaic Drakine is the earliest form of Drakine, no longer in use, and is far more similar to Acaranian than modern Drakine is.
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General Information
Drakine consists of twenty-five consonants, eight vowels and five diphthongs. The language is characterized by heavy use of vowels and sibilants in many words and the dragons' "hissing" accent (due to the structure of a dragon's mouth). Its vocabulary works with a "root" system: designated "base words" or "roots" when combined give rise to words with other meanings.
Language History
The earliest known form of Drakine can be placed in the era following the birth of Skyking Shyr's offspring. As Shyr himself was raised speaking early Acaranian, he passed on the tongue to his descendants. Naturally, the language accumulated variations and corruptions as it was spread and passed down generation to generation. At some point during the mid-Radiant Era, Skyking Ausurath, Skyqueen Sahiri, and a handful of scholarly humans developed and finalised a written form of Drakine. This formalized the spellings of most words; previously, humans worte in Drakine using the Acaranian script, which was difficult—sounds present in Drakine were absent in Acaranian, and vice-versa.
Phonology
Consonants
| Drakine Consonants | Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Post-Alveolar | Alveo-Palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unvoiced | Voiced | Bidental | Unvoiced | Unvoiced | Voiced | Unvoiced | Voiced | Unvoiced | Voiced | Voiced | Unvoiced | Voiced | Variable | Variable | |
| Nasal | ɱ (m) | n (n) | ŋ (ng) | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | t (t) | d (d) | k (k) | g (g) | ʔ (-) | ||||||||||
| Sibilant | s (s) | z (z) | ɕ (sh) | ʑ (zh) | |||||||||||
| Fricative | f (f) | v (v) | h̪͆ (x) | θ (th) | h (h) | ||||||||||
| Approximant | j (y) | w (w) | |||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s (ts) | t͡ʃ (ch) | d͡ʒ (j) | ||||||||||||
| Lateral | l (l) | ||||||||||||||
| Rhotic | r (r) | ʀ (r) | |||||||||||||
| Percussive | ʭ (ç) | ||||||||||||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrounded | Rounded | Variable | Unrounded | Rounded | ||
| Close | i (i) | u (u) | ||||
| Near-close | ʊ (u) | |||||
| Close-mid | e (e) | o (o) | ||||
| Mid | ||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ (e) | ʌ (ú) | ||||
| Near-open | æ (é, áe) | |||||
| Open | ɑ (a) | |||||
Diphthongs
| Diphthong | ai | ei | eí | ou | au | je |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ai/ | /ei/ | /ei/ | /oʊ/ | /aʊ/ | /je/ |
- The following C-V clusters (all involving eí) are pronounced as such:
- reí: /ʀei/
- eíl: /eiɫ/
- deí: /dʰei/
- ie pronounced as /je/ appears only after /n/ /ŋ/ /t/ /d/ /d͡ʒ/ and /r/.
Alphabet
[Note to kuda: put the script here]
m n ng t d ts s z sh zh k g f v th ch j r h w y l x e é ei eí i a ai au o u ú ou - ç
Phonotactics
Grammar
Nouns
Verbs
Roots
Vocabulary
- Main Article: Drakine/Vocabulary
- Main Article: Drakine/Vocabulary
Drakine's vocabulary works with a "root phoneme" system, in which sounds are assigned connotations and merged together to create words. In most cases the roots themselves are not words, though there are exceptions.
Example Texts
| Drakine | IPA | English |
|---|---|---|
| Akor en kuu, teílosr-ta ziel | /ˈɑk.or en kuː tei.ˈɫo.sːrʔtɑ ˈzi.el/ | Power of water, wind, and earth |
| Siir ait miir sta tia asa féravel | /sːiːr ait miːr sːtɑ ˈti.ɑ ˈɑ.sːɑ ˈfɛr.ɑ.vel/ | Turn the fire back to its birth |
| Áfru ait riat ti isol ait miara | /ˈæf.ru ait ˈri.ɑt ti ˈi.sːol ait mi.ˈɑ.rɑ/ | Raise the spell to seal the flame |
| Arás ait akor relt karu seiára | /ɑr.ˈæsː ait ˈɑk.or relt kɑ.ˈru sːei.ˈæ.rɑ/ | By the power we have tamed |
Footnotes
- Turns /r/ into /ʀ/, velarizes /l/, aspirates /d/
