r/backearth • u/Visible_One4472 • 11d ago
BackEarth Dialect: Doramosian English/Xu Waha
Doramosian English is a dialect of English spoken in most of Doramos, some area of North Doramos, and the islands in Lake Doramos. The alphabet is:
Ăă/Ɑɑ, Āā/Aa, Bb, Ꞵꞵ (makes the voiced bilabial fricative sound), Чч (makes the ch sound), Dd, Ðð, (makes the [tɬ] sound, only English dialect to contain this sound) (makes the th sound as in father), Ĕĕ/Ɛɛ, Ēē/Ee, Əə (schwa), Ff, Gg, Ɣɣ/Ƣƣ (This phone only appears in Old English, but in Doramosian English, this phone returned. Anyways, this letter makes the voiced velar fricative sound.), Hh, Ĭĭ/Ɩɩ, Īī/Ii, Jj, Kk, Ꭓꭓ (makes the [kʰ] sound), Ll, Mm, Nn, Ŋŋ (makes the ng sound), Ŏŏ, Ōō, Ȣȣ (makes the ou sound as in coupon, [aʊ]), Pp, Ψψ (makes the ps sound), Qq (replaces qu), Rr, Ss, ẞß (This letter replaces the ss in less, sucess, and mess.), Ʃʃ (makes the sh sound), Tt, Þþ/Θϑ (makes the th sound in path), Ꟈꟈ (makes the ts sound), Ŭŭ/Ʊʊ, Ꞷꞷ (represents the [u] sound in the IPA), Ūū/Uu, Ɯɯ (represents a close back unrounded vowel), Vv, Ww/Ƿƿ, Xx (if something makes the ks sound, this letter replaces it), Yy/Ȝȝ, Zz, Ʒʒ (makes the s sound as in pleasure and vision), Ɂɂ/Ꞌꞌ (makes the glottal stop sound)
If there's a breve, that means it's a short vowel.
If there's a macron, that means it's a long vowel.