Difference between revisions of "Neo-Virgean"
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Revision as of 14:00, 13 February 2005
Neo-Virgean is one of the official languages spoken in Archtovia.
History
In-Character: Neo-Virgean was a language spoken in Constellation Virgo, created by a patriotic linguist who, one day in a Starbucks-affiliated cafe, exclaimed that it's sad that every language today is polluted with elements from other languages, but still sadder that Virgo doesn't even have its own language to represent its culture. (Yeah. Imagine everyone speaks "American".)
Real Life: After several failed attempts at creating an alternative language, I was convinced that it is totally nonsense to ever try to create a language that can actually be spoken & written. However, seeing that a lot of the nations on NS have their own languages, I began to doubt my old beliefs. Maybe I should try it again.
Pronunciations
Vowels
There are six vowels in Neo-Virgean: a, e, i, o, v (the Spanish "u"), and y (the French "u").
Consonants
The consonants "c" and "g" are always hard
Consonant Diphthongs
- consonant+h =>consonant+uvular"r"
- consonant+j =>consonant+"h" with a slight palatal approximant sound
