Darsavian language

Darsavian
strȧm ‘darsavьel Stråm Tarsavjel
Pronunciation	[ˈstrɑm tarˈsavʲel]
Region	North-central Anidon
Ethnicity	Darsavians
Era	1240 ANB - Present
Language family	Krasno-Ravic Krasnic North Krasnic Darsavian
Early forms	Elder Darsavian Classical Darsavian Middle Darsavian
Writing system	Phyrean script
Official status
Official language in	Official language Darsavia Working language Eszval

Darsavian (strȧm ‘darsavьel Stråm Tarsavjel [ˈstrɑm tarˈsavʲel]) is a North Krasnic language spoken in Darsavia and neighbouring countries as a regional lingua franca. It is descended from Classical Darsavian, one of the two major political languages of the Duumvirate of Phyrea and Krasnia.

Overview

Darsavian uses a modified 26-letter Phyrean script with long vowels, b, d, z, ϙ, q, y, ȳ, w, g, x and k removed, and 6 additional letters, marked in yellow below.

V v

U u

N n

M m

L l ḷ

E e ẹ

Ð ð

S s

Ś ś

З з

Ź ź

A a

Ȧ ȧ

T t

Ć ć

Ċ ċ

C c

R r

H h

I i

J j

P p

F f

O o

Ь ь

Ы ы

[v]

[u]

[n]

[m]

[l]

[e]

[ð]

[s]

[ʃ]

[z]

[ʒ]

[a]

[ɑ]

[t]

[t͡ʃ]

[t͡s]

[k]

[r]

[x]

[i]

[j]

[p]

[f]

[o]

[ʲ]

[ˤ]

The additional letters (with the exception of ȧ, borrowed from Ascon late into the language's evolution) are attributed to Rachev of Prina, who invented them in 722 ANB in an attempt to better reflect the sounds of the early Middle Darsavian language in writing. One of his letters, ğ, originally represented a voiced velar fricative [ɣ], but as this sound began disappearing and giving way to the modern language's plain-narrow-broad consonant distinction, it was simplified in handwriting and eventually became ы.

Plain, narrow and broad consonants

The Darsavian language makes a three-way distinction between all consonants in the form of plain, narrow (palatalised) and broad (glottalised). In writing, plain consonants aren't marked, narrow consonants are marked with a following ь, while broad consonants are marked with ы.