Azoz Language (Origo Mundi)

The Azoz Language is the language used in Azoz in both spoken and written forms, as well in various other surrounding regions (such as Gara, Eskaladun, Neum, and Zuen). It is considered to be branched off from the Proto-Mesallian language family around 3000 BR.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes of Standard Azourian

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar		Postalveolar/palatal		Velar	Glottal
				plain	emphatic	plain	emphatic
Plosive	voiceless	[p]		[d]	[dˤ]			[k]
	voiced	[b]		[t]				[ɡ]
Affricate	voiceless			[ts]	[tsˤ]	[tʃ]	[tʃˤ]
	voiced					[dʒ]
Fricative	voiceless	[f]	[θ]	[s]	[ʃ]				[h]
	voiced	[v]	[ð]	[z]
Nasal		[m]		[n]
Trill				[r]
Approximant	Lateral			[l]				[w]
	Non-lateral		[ɺ]			[j]

Vowels

Vowel phonemes of Standard Azourian

	Short		Long
	Front	Back	Front	Back
Close	/i/	/u/	/iː/	/uː/
Close-mid	/e/	/o/	/eː/	/oː/
Open	/a/		/aː/
Diphthongs	/aw/, /aj/

Alphabet

Calligraphy

Letters of the Azoz Alphabet

No.	Calligraphy	Pronunciation
1		A/au
2		S/Z/sh
3		T/th
4		P/B
5		R
6		RR (rolling or emphatic R)
7		M
8		N
9		K
10		D
11		Emphatic D
12		L
13		F
14		G
15		V
16		J
17		ng
18		Ch/ts
19		Emphatic ch/ts
20		Y/H
21		Ri/ree (uncommon)
22		O/U/W
23		E/I

Vocabulary

• uluru, people group, humanity
• oolem, holy wisdom
• thot, practical wisdom
• ayan, person, man
• foth, small, new
• verra, true, real
• varus, savior
• guri, awesome, terrible, inspiring
• maa, not, without, no
• liam, chains
• reem, spirit
• nell, god, deity
• naa, son, boy
• jar, to see