Asterian Language

Welcome to the official site of the Asterian conlang! You can find our currently in-progress online dictionary, here.

About the Asterian language

The Asterian Language is a constructed language by a group of individuals, starting development in December 2024. It aims to function like a semi-naturalistic language and plans to grow naturally as generations of users pick up the language. It is written using primarily a Latin form, known simply as Asterian, but is also written using a Cyrillic form, known as Asterian Cyrillic.

Asterian alphabet (Latin)

The Asterian Latin alphabet has a total of thirty-two letters - eight vowels and twenty-four consonants.

The letters of the latin Asterian alphabet, categorized between vowels and consonants, in alphabetical order, including their IPA phonemic values are as follows:

Vowels

a = /æ~a/

ä = /ɑ/

ë = /ə/

e = [e]

i = /i/

y = /y/

o = [o]

u = /u/

Consonants

b = /b/

č = [t͡ʃ]

d = /d/

f = /f/

g = /g/

ǧ = /dʒ/

h = /h/

j = /j/

k = /k/

l = /l/

ł = [ɬ]

m = /m/

n = /n/

ñ = /ɲ/, /ŋ/

p = /p/

r = /r/, [ɾ]

s = [s]

š = [ʃ]

t = /t/

v = /v/

w = /w/

z = /z/

ž = /ʒ/

þ = /θ/

Asterian alphabet (Cyrillic)

The Asterian Cyrillic Alphabet is the Cyrillic form of the Asterian Language. Just like the Asterian Latin alphabet, it has a total of thirty-two letters - eight vowels and twenty-four consonants.

The letters of the Asterian Cyrillic alphabet, categorized between vowels and consonants, in alphabetical order, including their IPA phonemic values are as follows:

Vowels

а = /æ~a/

ӓ = /ɑ/

ә = /ə/

е = [e]

и = /i/

ӱ = /y/

о = [o]

у = /u/

Consonants

б = /b/

ч = [t͡ʃ]

д = /d/

ф = /f/

г = /g/

џ = /dʒ/

х = /h/

й = /j/

к = /k/

л = /l/

ԓ = [ɬ]

м = /m/

н = /n/

њ/ҥ = /ɲ/, /ŋ/

п = /p/

р = /r/, [ɾ]

с = [s]

ш = [ʃ]

т = /t/

в = /v/

w = /w/

з = /z/

ж = /ʒ/

ц = /θ/

Vocabulary examples

žen - human, person

čično - food

guva - water

miho - I (nominative) *

vri - you *

flores - flowers

gulam - big

peti - small

dëko - bird

govas - to see

kjëti - bad

firko - good

spetetas - to watch

foras - to want

tanas - to go

jë - yes

në - no

bojž - house

japas - to talk

kite - cat

hunzo - dog

*miho has a shortened alternative form, which is mi

*vri is currently under discussion of having an alternative form, vi

Kingdom of Asteria

The Asterian language is associated with the Kingdom of Asteria (formerly the Empire of Asteria), a micronation located in North America. The Kingdom of Asteria is a constitutional monarchy, with its reigning monarch since its establishment being Nathan I. The Kingdom of Asteria currently consists of 1 state and 4 city-states (in the Kingdom of Asteria, city-states are subdivisional entities whose size are too small to have full state status, and are therefore classified as both cities and states themselves. They are not legally permitted to have a designated state capital, and do not have any administrative divisions or regions within them.)