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Most nations of Azimuth speak Azbuka as their first language. Many have secondary, regional languages and some have strong accents and dialects that are not always mutually intelligible. | Most nations of Azimuth speak Azbuka as their first language. Many have secondary, regional languages and some have strong accents and dialects that are not always mutually intelligible. | ||
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==Notes on Azbuka== | ==Notes on Azbuka== | ||
| − | Azbuka is 'proxied' by writing English using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_alphabet Cyrillic alphabet]. It | + | Azbuka is 'proxied' by writing English using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_alphabet Cyrillic alphabet], because I'm something of a linguistic nerd and it seemed like fun. I have created languages before, and enjoy doing so, but with Azimuth I wanted to get the feel of a fictional language without the massive amount of work involved. It's also a neat way to learn Cyrillic! |
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| + | There are a couple of specific conventions. For example, there is no Cyrillic equivalent of the "TH" sound, so I have approximated with "фь", because trying to palatize an "F" sound (bringing your tongue to the top of your mouth) seems pretty close to a "TH". This isn't something I've seen elsewhere, though; most lump to substitute a simple "F", "D" or "Z" sound which I just can't bring myself to do. | ||
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| + | Azbuka also has some of its own made up words. They might seem familiar, like maybe they came from other, long-lost languages...: | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|Hello | | style="text-align: center;"|Hello | ||
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| − | | style="text-align: center;"| | + | | style="text-align: center;"|До'ваня |
| style="text-align: center;"|Da'vanya | | style="text-align: center;"|Da'vanya | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|Goodbye | | style="text-align: center;"|Goodbye | ||
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| − | | style="text-align: center;"| | + | | style="text-align: center;"|Ариспас'ба |
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| style="text-align: center;"|Arispas'ba | | style="text-align: center;"|Arispas'ba | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|Thankyou (formal) | | style="text-align: center;"|Thankyou (formal) | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|Ta | | style="text-align: center;"|Ta | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|Thankyou (informal) | | style="text-align: center;"|Thankyou (informal) | ||
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| + | | style="text-align: center;"|Шыют | ||
| + | | style="text-align: center;"|Shyut | ||
| + | | style="text-align: center;"|Coarse cursing word | ||
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| + | | style="text-align: center;"|Флак | ||
| + | | style="text-align: center;"|Flak | ||
| + | | style="text-align: center;"|Highly versatile cursing word | ||
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| − | In terms of voice-acting, | + | In terms of voice-acting, regional accents would be used to represent the regional variations of Azbuka (rather than using cultural stereotypes to convey character traits, as is more common). |
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{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 500px;" | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 500px;" | ||
| style="text-align: center;"|'''Azbuka region''' | | style="text-align: center;"|'''Azbuka region''' | ||
| − | | style="text-align: center;"|'''Real-world | + | | style="text-align: center;"|'''Real-world Accents''' |
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| style="text-align: center;"|[[Brazak West]] | | style="text-align: center;"|[[Brazak West]] | ||
| − | | style="text-align: center;"|Scottish & North | + | | style="text-align: center;"|Scottish & North English |
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| style="text-align: center;"|[[Brazak East]] | | style="text-align: center;"|[[Brazak East]] | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|[[Azrune]] | | style="text-align: center;"|[[Azrune]] | ||
| − | | style="text-align: center;"|Received Pronunciation | + | | style="text-align: center;"|Received Pronunciation & Estuary English |
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| style="text-align: center;"|[[Ganzabar]] (main) | | style="text-align: center;"|[[Ganzabar]] (main) | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|[[USK]] (Adelphia) | | style="text-align: center;"|[[USK]] (Adelphia) | ||
| − | | style="text-align: center;"| | + | | style="text-align: center;"|Canadian & Maritimes |
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| style="text-align: center;"|[[USK]] (Serulia) | | style="text-align: center;"|[[USK]] (Serulia) | ||
| − | | style="text-align: center;"| | + | | style="text-align: center;"|Massachusetts |
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| + | | style="text-align: center;"|[[USK]] (New Frander) | ||
| + | | style="text-align: center;"|New York | ||
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| style="text-align: center;"|[[Valya Free States|Valyan]] | | style="text-align: center;"|[[Valya Free States|Valyan]] | ||
| − | | style="text-align: center;"| | + | | style="text-align: center;"|Welsh |
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| style="text-align: center;"|[[Lystrata Commonwealth|Lystrata]] | | style="text-align: center;"|[[Lystrata Commonwealth|Lystrata]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:11, 15 February 2018
Azbuka is the modern form of the language standardised across the world during the Gold Age. It has since become the most common and most influential language of Azimuth. Its name derives from its own words for "global speak".
Speaking Azbuka
Most nations of Azimuth speak Azbuka as their first language. Many have secondary, regional languages and some have strong accents and dialects that are not always mutually intelligible.
Notes on Azbuka
Azbuka is 'proxied' by writing English using the Cyrillic alphabet, because I'm something of a linguistic nerd and it seemed like fun. I have created languages before, and enjoy doing so, but with Azimuth I wanted to get the feel of a fictional language without the massive amount of work involved. It's also a neat way to learn Cyrillic!
There are a couple of specific conventions. For example, there is no Cyrillic equivalent of the "TH" sound, so I have approximated with "фь", because trying to palatize an "F" sound (bringing your tongue to the top of your mouth) seems pretty close to a "TH". This isn't something I've seen elsewhere, though; most lump to substitute a simple "F", "D" or "Z" sound which I just can't bring myself to do.
Azbuka also has some of its own made up words. They might seem familiar, like maybe they came from other, long-lost languages...:
| Азбука | Translit | Meaning |
| Ю | Yoh | Hello |
| До'ваня | Da'vanya | Goodbye |
| Ариспас'ба | Arispas'ba | Thankyou (formal) |
| Та | Ta | Thankyou (informal) |
| Шыют | Shyut | Coarse cursing word |
| Флак | Flak | Highly versatile cursing word |
In terms of voice-acting, regional accents would be used to represent the regional variations of Azbuka (rather than using cultural stereotypes to convey character traits, as is more common).
| Azbuka region | Real-world Accents |
| Brazak West | Scottish & North English |
| Brazak East | Australian |
| Azrune | Received Pronunciation & Estuary English |
| Ganzabar (main) | West-Coast United States |
| Ganzabar (Quanduro) | Deep South United States |
| USK (Lorrocaux) | Québécois |
| USK (Adelphia) | Canadian & Maritimes |
| USK (Serulia) | Massachusetts |
| USK (New Frander) | New York |
| Valyan | Welsh |
| Lystrata | Near & Middle Eastern |
| Culku'la | Far-East Asian |
| Wildlands | Various |
