Vos language

Vosan
Vos Language Zur Boscam
Pronunciation	zur boʃam
Region	Vaniua
Ethnicity	Vos
Language family	Vaniuan Western Vaniuan Jiuzemic Vosan
Early forms:	Jiuzemic Old Vosan Middle Vosan Vosan
Dialects	Anevemi, Zurtusaen
Writing system	Vuchesian
Official status
Official language in	Vosan
CWS code	VOSAN

Vosan (Zur Boscam; Zur Boscam, [zur ˈboʃam]) is a Jiuzemic language within the Western Vaniuan branch of the Vaniuan language family.

Phonology

Phonemes

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Post-Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	m		n
Plosive	p b		t d			k g
Fricative	f v	θ ð	s z	ʃ ʒ	ç	x ɣ
Approximant	ʋ		l		j
Rhotic			r

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Mid	e	o
Open	a	ɒ

Phonotactics

The basic syllable structure of Vosan is (S)(C)(v/f)(j)V(S)(C); C denotes any consonant, V denotes any vowel, and S denotes any sibilant, although this is usually /s/ and /ʃ/. /v/ or /f/ may appear between correspondingly voiced or voiceless onset plosives, barring /p/ and /b/, and the nucleus of a syllable. All consonant clusters are limited to three consonants in hiatus, and follow a hierarchy, with more sonorant consonants appearing first in the cluster, and the more occlusive consonants coming after. However, exceptions do occur, with the aforementioned /v/ and /f/ clustering and in loan words.

Orthography

Vosan is written using the Vos Alphabet, a modified variant of the Vaniuan script that uses different pronunciation and additional letters not found in other Vaniuan languages.

Additions

The Vos Alphabet adds seven letters to the Vaniuan script, five of which are completely unique to the language.

Sound	Uppercase	Lowercase	Romanisation	Name
/ja/	Â	â	â	a cu bî
/ji/	Î	î	î	i cu bî
/je/	Ê	ê	ê	e cu bî
/jo/	Ô	ô	ô	o cu bî
/ju/	Û	û	û	u cu bî
/ɒ/	Å	å	å	ṣin a
/ð/	Ð	ð	ḍ	lênim da