Sanspirite

Overview

Sanspirite is the official language of Sante Spirite and is primarily spoken by their citizens. It is related to the Romance branch of Earth's Indo-European language family with many of the language's features directly coming from Spanish, Sicilian and French. Due to cultural exchange with Ka'aktu Tanunate, a small diaspora of Sanspirite speakers now exists that numbers around 10,000.

Phonology

The language consists of eighteen consonants and uses the five-vowel system. It is written using the Latin alphabet with the letter "w" being an outlier, as most other Romance languages use a combination of vowels to substitute the sound. The letter "x" is another outlier in that it is used to make the sound "ʃ", or "sh" in words such as "shirt".

In regards to "r", both a tapped and trilled pronunciation is acceptable in general speech, although cases where "rr" appears are generally a stronger trill.

Consonants

• Romanization is shown through a letter surrounded by parentheses where the romanization is different than the symbol in the IPA.

	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar
Affricate				d͡ʒ (y)
Plosive	m		n			k (c), g
Nasal	p, b		t, d		ɲ (ñ)
Fricative		f,v	s, z	ʃ (x)
Approximant			l			w
Tap/Trill			r

Vowels

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Close-mid	e	o
Front	a