Sanspirite
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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.
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".
Consonants
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 |