Redentran Musescorian

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Redentran Musescorian
Redentroða
Pronunciation ɾɛ'dɛn.tr̥o.ða
Native to Redentro
Ethnicity Redentran
Rayunjin
Early forms
Gershingklitho
  • Zdelmyor
    • Mityazyanda
      • Redentran Musescorian
Dialects
Rayunjin
Zualan
Latin
Redentran Signed Language
Official status
Official language in
Redentro
Language codes
ISO 639-1 rm
ISO 639-3
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Redentran Musescorian (shown in purple) where spoken in the Lands of Musescorrun.

Redentran Musescorian (Redentroða [ɾɛˈdɛn.tr̥o.ða] (listen)) is a mixed language with a grammar similar to that of Mityazyanda and a vocabulary similar to that of Musescorian. It is spoken in much of Redentro, where it formed through a relexification of Mityazyanda.


Geographical Distribution

In the Lands of Musescorrun

Places in the Lands of Musescorrun where Redentran Musescorian is official.

Spoken by about 92% of the population of Redentro, Redentran Musescorian is the second most widely spoken mother tongue in the Lands of Musescorrun, after Musescorian. It is also the third most widely known language in the region, after Musescorian and English (89% of the region's population reports knowing Musescorian, 48% English, and 39% Redentran Musescorian).

Under the Redentran Treaty of Unification, the Redentran dialect of Musescorian (now called the language of Redentran Musescorian) is the official primary language of the Grand Commonwealth of Redentro since its inception in 2006. All legal documents and contracts must be either officiated in Redentran Musescorian or have a certified Redentran Musescorian translation. Prior to this treaty, the dialect had been the sole official language of the City-States of Penzer and Redentro and the Realm of Thermapole, and was co-official in the City-State of Wirthal. The language had had no official status in the Nation of Mityazyanda People, the Zdelmyor tribal nation, or the Nation of the Amaskurath.

On the Elmorican Continent

The city of Grebnujay, located in the exact geographic center of the Elmorican continent, as part of the Grand Commonwealth of Redentro, has Redentran Musescorian as its official language. However, only about 30% of the population of the city speaks Redentran Musescorian, as the city functions primarily as a trading hub between Elmorica and the Elmorican colonial provinces, making the language relatively useless. Most residents of the city (98%), therefore, speak both Elmorican and English.

History

The language, initially considered a dialect of Musescorian, formed in the former Nation of Mityazyanda Peoples on the southern section of Blue Island in the present-day Redentran district of Thermapole and Mityazyanda. Use of Redentran Musescorian spread throughout Blue Island, and in 1708 it was declared the official dialect of The Realm of Thermapole. Because of Thermapole's persistent role as a mediator in disputes between the Redentran City-States, the dialect quickly spread through the city-states of Redentro, Penzer, and Wirthal. By 1874, the dialect was official in all three nations.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes
Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular
Nasal m n
Stop p b t d k ɡ
Affricate t͡ʃ d͡ʒ
Fricative ɸ β θ ð s z ʃ ʒ x ʁ
Approximant ɬ l j w
Tap ɾ
Trill r
Co-articulated Voiced uvularized alveolar trill
r̥ʶ Voiceless uvularized alveolar trill

R, and L, and the apostrophe

The letters 〈r〉, 〈l〉, and 〈'〉 in Redentran Musescorian can make different sounds depending on what other consonants, if any, are present near them. The letter 〈r〉, which represents the phoneme /r/, makes the sound [ɾ] when not adjacent to any other consonants. When grouped with voiced consonants, it sounds as [r], and when grouped with unvoiced consonants, it sounds as []. The letter 〈l〉 sounds as [l] when not adjacent to any other consonants, and when grouped with voiced consonants, and sounds as [ɬ] when grouped with unvoiced consonants. The symbol 〈'〉 is pronounced as [x] when not adjacent to any other consonants and with unvoiced consonants, and as [ʁ] when with voiced consonants. Very rarely in Redentran Musescorian, the combination ⟨r'⟩ can occur. This combination uniquely has the strange property that the pronunciation of the uvular fricative begins before the end of the alveolar trill, leading to both being pronounced at the same time. This is often written as [rʶ] for the voiced variant and [r̥ʶ] for the unvoiced variant when recording pronunciation. These sounds are often taught using the following tongue-twister, as it contains all nine of these sounds (listen):

'Hdyn eb'avi enhlini aprhmi.
Mi ebhva apr'Hdyn þar.
Kur'Hdyn neb'avi 'hlen.
Klmarðaþ nebhva klamiċ.
Kur'Hdyn mi nebhva þar, apr'Hdyn neb'avi.

ˈxe.dn̩ ɛb.ʁaˈβi ɛ.ne.liˈni ap.eˈmi
mi ɛbˈe.βa apˈr̥ʶe.dn̩ θaɾ
kuˈe.dn̩ nɛb.ʁaˈβi xeˈlɛn
kɬ̩ˈmɑr.ðaθ nɛb.eˈβa kɬaˈmid͡ʒ
kuˈrʶe.dn̩ mi nɛb.eˈβa θaɾ apˈr̥ʶe.dn̩ nɛb.ʁaˈβi

Vowels