Sylvanian language

Sylvanian (Shylvakë) is a language predominantly spoken in the nation of Sylvania from which it originates.
Sylvanian is thought to have originally come into existence from a creole formed from the languages of the nomadic Sylvanic tribes of lands east of Leifmyrr, aswell as the previously dead High Aristii of the Aristii settlers.
== History ==
The Sylvanian language and it's dialects evolved from a creole between the native Central Sylvic language and the foreign High Aristii brought there by Aristii settlers. Not much is known of the early Sylvic languages, but language historians have pointed out that there seemed to coexist three versions of proto-Sylvanian, named after their respective geographical locations. 
The oldest of these, and the least evolved from proto-Sylvic was Central Sylvic, which predominantly existed in the peninsular region of Sylvania, where the modern-day city of Noxwind exists. 
Northern Sylvic, or upper-Sylvic, evolved in modern day Riverheim. Northern Sylvic was influenced by the ancient Valdic language, and the modern day version still shares some characteristics of this ancient Valdic language. 
Southern Sylvic, or Lower-Sylvic, evolved in the modern day Andrimar province of Sylvania. Southern Sylvic differs the most from the other languages, as it adopted and was heavily influenced from the Lo'oi language which developed nearby. 
Central Sylvic eventually fused with Low Aristii, also called bastard Aristii, and formed the modern day Haízed Shylvakë (lit. "Grand Shylvakë). Haízed Shylvakë came to replace the now dead Southern and Northern Sylvic, however they did not disappear entirely, as some parts of the language still exist in dialects spoken in their respective areas.
==Phonology==
The phonetics of Sylvanian often vary depending on the dialect, however all language varieties within Sylvanian are mutually intelligible. 
===Consonants===
The consonant inventory of standard Sylvanian. Voiceless velar /x/, uvular /χ/ and pharyngeal /ħ/ fricatives are abscent from most Riverheimian and Andrimarian dialects.
Consonant Phonemes
 	Labial	Alveolar	Dental	Palato-Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop 	p  b 	t  d 	 	 	 	k g 	ʔ
Affricative	 	(ts) 	 	(tʃ)  (dʒ) 	 	 	
Fricative 	f  v 	s  z 	θ 	ʃ  (ʒ) 	 	x 	h
Nasal 	m 	n 	 	 	 	ɲ 	ŋ
Rhotic 	 	r 	 	 	 	 	
Approximant	 	l  ɹ̠ 	 	 	j 	w 	
===Vowels===
Pronounciation of vowels can vary significantly between dialects.
Vowel Phonemes
 	Front unrounded	Front rounded	Central	Back
Close 	ɪ i: 	Y y: 	 	u u:
Close Mid	e e: 	 	 	
Mid 	 	 	ə ə: 	
Open Mid 	ɛ ɛ: 	 	 	ɔ ɔ:
Open 	 	 	ä ä: 	
==Alphabet and orthography==
Sylvanian orthography is very phonemic. A common grammatic rule in Sylvanian is that no more than 2 consonant phonemes may be after each other in a word.
Sylvanian is written in the Sylvanic Script, which is traditionally written vertically (however after the widespread adoption of paper it is now more common to write horizontally, left to right) and comprises over 44 characters (some letters are archaic or see limited use). Below is the complete Sylvanian alphabet, transliterated into the Traveler's Script.
Letter 	Name 	Phoneme
A, a 	Ar 	/ä/
Á, á 	Aw 	/ä:/
E, e 	Er 	/e/
É, é 	Ew 	/e:/
Ë, ë 	Ëda 	/ɛ/
Ë, ë (long)	Ëdra 	/ɛ:/
Ẽ, ẽ 	Ẽne 	/ə/
Ẽ, ẽ (long)	Ẽshe 	/ə:/
I, i 	Ir 	/ɪ/
Í, í 	Íw 	/i:/
Y, y 	Yr 	/Y/
Ý, ý 	Ýw 	/y:/
U, u 	Ur 	/u/
Ú, ú 	Úw 	/u:/
Ü, ü 	Ũne 	/ʉ/
Ü, ü 	Ũshe 	/ʉ:
O, o 	Or 	/ɔ/
Ó, ó 	Ów 	/ɔ:/
B, b 	Bán 	/b/
P, p 	Pán 	/p/
S, s 	Sán 	/s/
SH, sh 	Shán 	/ʃ/
TS, ts 	Tsán 	/ts/
Z, z 	Zán 	/z/
ZH 	Zhán 	/ʒ/
T 	Tán 	/t/
TH 	Thán 	/θ/
D 	Dán 	/d/
H 	Hán 	/h/, /ħ/
G 	Gán 	/g/
J 	Ján 	/j/
M 	Mán 	/m/
N 	Nán 	/n/
Ñ 	Áng 	/ɲ/
Ń 	Gnán 	/ŋ/
L 	Lán 	/l/
R 	Rán 	/r/
W 	Wán 	/w/
V 	Vén 	/v/
F 	Fán 	/f/
KH 	Khán 	/x/, /χ/
K 	Kán 	/k/
KS 	Ksán 	/ks/
KW/Q 	Kwán/Qán	/kw/ /q/
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