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authorNgô Ngọc Đức Huy <huyngo@disroot.org>2021-04-23 22:35:30 +0700
committerNgô Ngọc Đức Huy <huyngo@disroot.org>2021-04-23 22:35:30 +0700
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-# Introduction
-
-## In-world background
-
-Hàësdáëga is a dead language spoken by ancient people in Gaëdaäna.
-In the day, there was only one language in the continent, shared by people from
-five peoples: *Wood* farmers, *Fire* hunters, *Earth* monks, *Metal* smiths and
-*Water* seafarers.  They embraced the philosophy and that reflected in their
-languages.  They not only used the language to communicate, but also to define
-a method with which they could control these five natural forces.
-
-Later, as these peoples mixed up, their ability to harness these five natural
-forces strengthened for some and weakened for the others.  Most notably, the
-*Metal* and *Water* people lost almost all of this power, and only a minority
-could still use it.  Science and trade thus became their main strength.  On the
-other hand, *Fire* and *Wood* people could control it so well, they no longer
-needed the language to guide their power.  *Earth* monks were the most pure
-with this power, but chose to distance themselves from others' affairs.
-Naturally, the language was divided into five different languages (and two
-pidgins) and the old way of using natural force was forgotten.
-
-Incidentally, *Arrow*, the son of *Blade* and *Pearl*[^1], re-invented the way.
-Born as a child of a Metal mage warrior and a magicless aristocrat in a
-science-oriented society, he learned to use one heritage to support the other.
-He tried to reconstruct the ancient language and defined a way to use it to combine
-his magic ability.  Independently, *Iceberg*[^1] also discovered it by reading
-old text he was lucky to find
-
-We are interested in the linguistic features of this language as well as its magical
-structure. In this book we discuss both of them.
-
-[^1]: These names are temporary, but they carry the meaning of their future names.
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-# Phonology
-
-## Consonants
-
-Main consonants are listed in the table below:
-
-|               | labial | alveolar | palatal | uvular    | glottal |
-|---------------|--------|----------|---------|-----------|---------|
-| **nasal**     | m      | n        | ɲ (*nj*)  | ŋ (*n*, *ng*) |         |
-| **plosive**   | p b    | t d      |         | k (*c*) ɡ (*g*)   | ʔ       |
-| **fricative** | f v    | s z      |         | x (*ch*) ɣ (*gh*) | h   |
-| **sonorant**  | w      | ɹ (*r*) l  | j       |           |         |
-
-Notes:
-
-- *n* is pronounced as /ŋ/ only if it is followed by another consonant
-- The glottal stop /ʔ/ is not written. It's implied when a syllable does not
-  have other consonants (similar to Vietnamese).
-- *nj* is pronounced as /ɲ/ even when the two letters are from different words.
-  The sames go for other digraphs (ng, ch, gh)
-- Some dialects may pronounce *s*, *z* as 
-
-## Vowels
-
-|       | front        | centre | back        |
-|-------|--------------|--------|-------------|
-| open  | i y          | ɨ (*uë*) | u           |
-| mid   | ɛ (*e*) e (*aë*) | ə (*oë*) | ɔ (*o*) o (*oü*)|
-| close | a            |        |             |
-
-Notes: In Hàësdáëga's native script all vowels are written as only one character.
-
-### Diphthongs and long vowels
-
-Long vowels are written as duplicated vowels, with the second character having
-a diaresis (for example *aä* is pronounced /aː/). For vowels whose
-romanizations contain two characters, the later vowel is duplicated (for
-example, long version of *aë* is *aëë*)
-
-Diphthongs are written similarly. They're listed below:
-
-- aï /aɪ/
-- aü /aʊ/
-- aëï /eɪ/
-- oëï /əɪ/
-- oÿ /oʏ/
-- uï /uɪ/
-
-## Tones
-
-There are three tones in Hàësdáëga:
-
-- level tone (a) /˧˧/
-- rising tone (á) /˧˥/
-- falling tone (à) /˥˩/
-
-## Phonotactics
-
-Syllables in Hàësdáëga have a simple structure: **CVT(C)**
-
-The final consonants can't be sonorants, /h/, /ʔ/, and voiced vowels if they
-have voiceless equivalents.  Other than that, there isn't any constraints.
-
-There are thus:
-
-\\( 22  × (10 × 2 + 6 )  × 3  × 11  = 18876  \\) (possible syllables)
-
-Note: These numbers mean:
-
-- 22 consonants
-- 10 vowels and their long version
-- 6 diphthongs
-- 3 tones
-- 10 final consonants