Omawatian language

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The Omawatian language (Standard Omawate: Кису Омавате/Kisu Omawate; Sinitic soon, Koreanic: 키수 오마와테, Japonic: きすオマワテ/語オマワテ) is an Omawatic language and the official national language of Omawate.

History[edit | edit source]

The history of the language stretches back to the first tribal settlements. The language was built upon eight phonemes: three vowels (/a/, /i/ and /u/) and five consonants (/p/, /t/, /k/, /m/ and /n/). The language seemed to have a slow development, yet still considered vital for such, and most of the phonemes were still basic ones.

Creation of the dialects[edit | edit source]

By the arrival of the Soviets, new dialects were created.

Dialects[edit | edit source]

Omawatian is divided into a series of accents, as described below.

Standard Omawate[edit | edit source]

Standard Omawate is also known as Tomoweru Omawate. This dialect is spoken in much of the country

Sinitic Omawate[edit | edit source]

This dialect is spoken in parts of Omawate and by the Sinitic Omawatian diaspora in Sondria. The dialect has a few traits of the Mandarin language and the phonetics and terminology are closer to that of Mandarin than Omawate.

Phonology[edit | edit source]

Vowels: /a, e, i, o, u/

Consonants: /p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, s, ts, f, l, r, h, j, w/

Writing systems[edit | edit source]

Nari[edit | edit source]

Nari, also known as Classic Omawate, is a script devised in the 10th century, conceived in 954 at earliest. Over time, the Nari alphabet - formerly an abugida - began developing new letters in order to accomodate changes to phonology.

Standard Omawate[edit | edit source]

The official writing system for the standard dialect is Cyrillic. It is used since the 1920s when the Cyrillic script was imposed under government control as means to combat illiteracy and is still used today. The current Omawate alphabet is as follows: Аа, Бб, Вв, Гг, Дд, Ее, Ёё, Жж, Ии, Йй, Кк, Ққ, Лл, Мм, Нн, Ңң, Оо, Пп, Рр, Сс, Тт, Уу, Фф, Хх, Цц, Чч, Шш, Ыы, Ээ, Юю, Яя.

Official romanization is used, but not a lot, and goes as follows: Aa, Bb, CHch, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, NGng, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, TSts, Uu, Üü, Ww, Yy. Some people use Zz for TSts or Vv for Üü.

Sinitic Omawate[edit | edit source]

Sinitic Omawate uses Chinese characters, but not exclusively. It's usually the reverse of the Japonic system: emphasis is put on Chinese characters while some Hiragana is used to express terminologies not used in the characters.

Koreanic Omawate[edit | edit source]

Koreanic Omawate is largely reliant on Korean syllables. However this system consists of a handful of shortcomings.

Japonic Omawate[edit | edit source]

Japonic Omawate relies on a mixture of Japanese kana and kanji, with limited additional letters. This system is used by the Oriencian Omawates.

Romanization[edit | edit source]

The first romanization of Omawatian came in 1929, inspired by the Uniform Turkic Alphabet. There were 25 letters, one for each phoneme. However the initial alphabet was criticized by many: Aa, Bʙ, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, N̡ᶇ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Vv, Zz, Ƶƶ

There were a few shortcomings with this version of the script. Z was used to represent the normal TS letter and Ƶ was used for J. Since there was no separate "zh" phoneme, the letter in question was met with a number of issues. C represented CH, V represented W and J represented Y.

In 1930, the alphabet was rearranged. Aa, Bʙ, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, N̡ᶇ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Ww, Yy, Zz.

J now represented the Nari J, V was switched with W and Y was added.

Comparison chart[edit | edit source]

Letter 1929 1930 OSR OTR IPA
А а A a A a A a A a [a]
Б б B ʙ B b B b B b [b]
В в V v W w W w V v [w]
Г г G g G g G g G g [g]
Д д D d D d D d D d [d]
Е е E e E e E e E e [e]
Ё ё JO jo YO yo YO yo ÝO ýo [jo]
Ж ж Ƶ ƶ J j J j J j [dʒ]
И и I i I i I i İ i [i]
Й й J j Y y Y y Y y [j]
К к K k K k K k K k [k]
Қ қ Q q Q q Q q Q q [q]
Л л L l L l L l L l [l]
М м M m M m M m M m [m]
Н н N n N n N n N n [n]
Ң ң N̡ ᶇ Ñ ñ NG ng Ñ ñ [ŋ]
О о O o O o O o O o [o]
П п P p P p P p P p [p]
Р р R r R r R r R r [r]
С с S s S s S s S s [s]
Т т T t T t T t T t [t]
У у U u U u U u U u [u]
Ф ф F f F f F f F f [f]
Х х H h H h H h H h [h]
Ц ц Z z C c TS ts Z z [ts]
Ч ч C c Ç ç CH ch Ç ç [tʃ]
Ш ш Ş ş Ş ş SH sh Ş ş [ʃ]
Ы ы Ь ь Ы ы I' i' Y y [ɯ]
Э э JE je YE ye YE ye ÝE ýe [je]
Я я JU ju YU yu YU yu ÝU ýu [ju]
Я я JA ja YA ya YA ya ÝA ýa [ja]

Phrases[edit | edit source]

Greetings, salutations and farewells[edit | edit source]

  • Hello: Царои/Jaroi
  • Good morning: Аса ва/Asa wa
  • Good afternoon: Канна ва/Kanna wa
  • Good evening: Конра ва/Konra wa
  • Good night: Яи ва/Yai wa

Numbers[edit | edit source]

Politeness[edit | edit source]

Other basic vocabulary[edit | edit source]

Days of the week:

  • Яняң/Yanyang
  • Моняң/Monyang
  • Хеняң/Henyang
  • Руняң/Runyang
  • Циняң/Tsinyang
  • Ноняң/Nonyang
  • Киняң/Kinyang

Months:

  • Яо
  • Фено
  • Муко
  • Суро
  • Цуно
  • Хоно
  • Хаңро
  • Хиро
  • Рукно
  • Нуро
  • Цоро
  • Цухо

Countries and continents[edit | edit source]

  • Eurectipheria: Юректиперия/Yurektiperiya
  • Bulungi: Пулуңи/Pulungi
  • Sondria: Соңри/Songri/宋佳
  • Northulia: Нортулия/Nortuliya
  • Sierra: Сиэра/Siyera
    • North Sierra: Пук Сиэра/Puk Siyera
    • South Sierra: Нан Сиэра/Nan Siyera
  • Catalonia: Каталуня/Katalunya

The following are real-world continents and countries and have been published in this article for reference.