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Arguably, Coscivian's most distinctive feature is it's written form, The most comprehensive to the idea of the language is [[Kíh'êad]], a semi-phonographic, semi-ideographic system, as well as others purely ideographic, phonogrphic, hieroglyphic, pictographic, geoglyphic, or specialized to certain fields. The language has been engineered so that it can be scripted in virually any writing system. | Arguably, Coscivian's most distinctive feature is it's written form, The most comprehensive to the idea of the language is [[Kíh'êad]], a semi-phonographic, semi-ideographic system, as well as others purely ideographic, phonogrphic, hieroglyphic, pictographic, geoglyphic, or specialized to certain fields. The language has been engineered so that it can be scripted in virually any writing system. | ||
| − | THere are at least 53 different Kih'êadic scripts used throughout | + | THere are at least 53 different Kih'êadic scripts used throughout the Empire |
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| + | The sociolinguistic status of Coscivian makes it possible for ideograms and other non-phonetic graphemes to be used in everyday life. In fact, in [[Despre-Tine]], phonograms are found only in dictionaries. This is acheived through knowlege of the ideoglyphic sytem being taught early in juvenile education, and stressing spacio-linguistic recognition skills. | ||
[[Category: Languages]] | [[Category: Languages]] | ||
Revision as of 20:55, 1 March 2007
This page is about the language. For the ethnic group, see Coscivian(race)
Coscivian is a Language spoken in Kirav and its colonies, as well as several other nations.
Origin
Coscivian was first spoken in the now-desolate nation of Coscivia. When the nation was destroyed, its seven colonies continued to speak and write it. When Kirav began building its empire, it spread Coscivian with it, adjusting to the local needs of colonized or conquered areas.
Structure
Coscivian sentance structure follows a "subject-verb-object" form. Adjectives are placed before nouns, as are adverbs, unlike many languages that have adverbs placed indiscriminantly, and adjectives proceeding nouns. Verb conjugation is unneeded, as there are only infinitives and participles.
Written Language
Arguably, Coscivian's most distinctive feature is it's written form, The most comprehensive to the idea of the language is Kíh'êad, a semi-phonographic, semi-ideographic system, as well as others purely ideographic, phonogrphic, hieroglyphic, pictographic, geoglyphic, or specialized to certain fields. The language has been engineered so that it can be scripted in virually any writing system. THere are at least 53 different Kih'êadic scripts used throughout the Empire
The sociolinguistic status of Coscivian makes it possible for ideograms and other non-phonetic graphemes to be used in everyday life. In fact, in Despre-Tine, phonograms are found only in dictionaries. This is acheived through knowlege of the ideoglyphic sytem being taught early in juvenile education, and stressing spacio-linguistic recognition skills.
