Trudanse Goblinic
Goblinic isn't a true language of its own, rather a catch-all term for local dialects and pidgins of Undercommon used by goblin tribes that live in or nearby sections of the Underdark. They often take influence from other nearby languages, transposing loanwords onto a more limited phonetic system.
Trudanse Goblinic is a pidgin of Undercommon and Caesic, with a few influences of Anuic that can be traced back to the time the Golden Horde Orcs reigned. These influences likely came in as once surface-bound tribes made their way underground to avoid eradication after the Horde fractured.Phonology
Similar to Undercommon, Trudanse Goblinic uses only a few phonemes. The phonemes have shifted so they are more comfortable for goblin anatomy to pronounce.
Undercommon consonants
N - Closed mouth consonant > shifted to 'n' sound.
B - Closing/opening mouth consonant > shifted to 'p' sound and transcribed as P.
H - Breath consonant > shifted to 'k' sound and transcribed as K.
Undercommon vowels
A - Air-out vowel > shifted to 'ah' sound (aː).
I - Air-in vowel > shifted to 'ee' sound (i:) and transcribed as EE.
Additional consonants
B - as in big
R - as in row
' - glottal stop
Additional vowels
U - as in hut
O - as in hot
I - as in sick
Additionally, a distinction is made between short and long vowels for the letters A, U, and O, each transcribed as AA, UU, and OO, respectively.
Dictionary
PIK - Affirmative
NAN - Negative
KEE - Interrogative
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