Vogian language
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Vogian | |
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Vogo Vogo | |
Pronunciation | [vogo] |
Ethnicity | Vogians |
Native speakers | TBD (2018) |
Language family | Vaniuan
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Early forms: | Proto-Southern-Vaniuan
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Dialects | TBD |
Writing system | Vaniuan |
Official status | |
Official language in | Zinsha-Vogia |
CWS code | VGN |
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Vogian (Vogo; Vogo, /ˈvo.go/) is a language in the Southern Vaniuan language family spoken mainly in Zinsha-Vogia, and the Autonomous Republic of Vogia. With it being the official language of both.
Geographic Distribution
Classification
Dialects
Vogian has a number of dialects, most of which are mutually intelligible to eachother. The standard language is based on the Jìmúžìl dialect.
History
Phonology
Vogian is made up of 23 distinct consonant phonemes and 9 distinct vowels.
Consonants
Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Pharyngeal | Other | |
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Nasal | ||||||||||
Plosive | ||||||||||
Fricative | ||||||||||
Affricate | ||||||||||
Approximant | ||||||||||
Trill | ||||||||||
Flap or tap | ||||||||||
Lateral app. |
Vowels
Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
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Close | |||||
Near-close | |||||
Close-mid | |||||
Mid | |||||
Open-mid | |||||
Near-open | |||||
Open |
Phonotactics
Orthography
Vogian uses the Vaniuan Script
Grammar
Morphology
There are six noun cases. Verbs are conjugated by person, tense, and other things.
Syntax
Word order is usually SOV or SVO.