Language of the Abyss
"Thouːnh goj bynuu: oozonhouːj bynuu baashoong roong bonhaj shuubonhuunguumij geng zem saakh khookhynh rooshaem shoæːoomaam raanaein rylhej boobej thaouj aashuuzij, thouːj shoæːoomaam zem uuaalhoothaoubyj roothoom shegaanh rolhooj solloukhokh, shosen zem gouːlhaan roogooj ruung souːngoenuu saakh shoguulhakh bouːj thoom roogooj, isaeijaam zem uuaalhoothaoubyj baaboon uuthenuu sethuum, ishelhokh shosaam aanuu saakh uushoong boshelhokh? Bykh bonhaj shuubonhuunguumij gooshonh, raeinh zoonuu irym ruung thaajoolong boryn, thouːj saeingen, raeinh zoonuu uuoesaoukh thoomej zoonuu uushoong suurang roobanh bekh? Zem goj bynuu, sinuu igaalhej baaboenuu boxxon bobanh gikh im selhij sooj."
"Ask yourselves this: would you rather stand for the weak-willed 'rulers' of this world who allowed their homes to fall so quickly to a solitary foreign invader, or for the invader who had the strength to overtake that planet, the leader who was not afraid to claim what should have been his all along, the messiah imbued with the strength of the Dragon Queen, molded from the very elements that molded your world? Would you rather die knowing you fought for an unworthy cause, or live knowing that you might share in the immense power I can bring to this world? Ask yourselves that, and you may some day see the light of your precious sky once more."
~Excerpt from The Book of Lost Souls
Writing System
Modern Abyssal is written using the Common Alphabet, with an additional diacritic for long vowels. In The Abyss, Abyssal is written in its own alphabet, though it is said that any mortal who so much as glances at the letters will lose their sanity. For this reason, Abyssal is transliterated into the Common Alphabet by powerful mages who can withstand the effects of the original alphabet.
Geographical Distribution
Phonology
Consonant inventory: b g ɹ s z ʃ ʁ θ ɮ ɱ ɳ ɲ ŋ b n ʟ ɭ g ʕ ʄ
Vowel inventory: a aː æ æː o oː õ y i ɛ ɔ ɶ ɯ ʌ ɔː aɔ
Word initial consonants: b g ɹ s z ʃ ʁ θ
Mid-word consonants: ɮ ɱ ɳ ɲ ŋ b n ʟ ɭ g ʤ ʁ ɹ θ ʕ ʃ z s ʄ x
Word final consonants: ʤ ʁ ɱ ɳ ɲ ŋ n
Morphology
Derivational Morphology
Derivational morphology Adjective → noun = If starts with vowel: prefix aːɮ- Else: prefix aːɮoː- Noun → adjective = If starts with vowel: prefix yŋ- Else: prefix yŋõ- Noun → verb = prefix aː- Verb → noun = prefix i- Verb → adjective = prefix oː- Adjective → adverb = prefix aː- One who Xs (e.g. paint → painter) = prefix æː- Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: prefix æːɳ- Else: prefix æːɳõ- Diminutive = If starts with vowel: prefix iɮ- Else: prefix iɮaː- Augmentative = If starts with vowel: prefix õɱ- Else: prefix õɱæː-Syntax
As Abyssal is descended from Celestial,its word order is most typically Object-Subject-Verb, though in practice there is some variation, especially in epic poems such as The Book of Lost Souls. Prepositions are used in favor of postpositions, and adjectives tend to be placed after the noun that they modify, though these "rules" too are frequently broken. Rising intonation and subject-auxiliary inversion are used in the formation of questions.
Phonetics
Consonants of Abyssal: 
Vowels of Abyssal: 
Root Languages
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