Centaurian

A Romance language primarily descended from Italian and Spanish, with some influence from Ecclesiastical Latin. It emerged in Northern Occidenta in the 27th century.

Writing System

A modified version of the Roman alphabet is used; below are the letters used, uppercase and lowercase:
Aa = /a/
Bb = /b/
Cc = /tʃ/
Dd = /d/
Ee = /e/
Ff = /f/
Gg = /g/
Ii = /i/
Ll = /l/
Mm = /m/
Nn = /n/
Oo = /o/
Pp = /p/
Qq = /k/
Rr = /r/
Ss = /s/ or /z/
Tt = /t/
Uu = /u/ or /w/
Vv = /v/
Xx = /ks/
Yy = /i/ or /j/
Zz = /ts/ or /dz/

Phonology

Polyletter diagraphs and their sounds:
"gi" = /dʒ/
"gl" = /ʎ/
"mb" = /ɱb/
"mp" = /ɱp/
"mf" = /ɱf/
"mv" = /ɱv/
"ng" = /ŋg/
"nq" = /ŋk/
"nx" = /ŋks/
"gn" = /ɲ/
"sci" = /ʃ/

Phonetics

Consonants
b d z ʒ f g j k l ʎ m ɱ n ŋ ɲ p r s ʃ t v w
Vowels
a e i o u

Dictionary

10 Words.

Spoken by

• Centaurian