Beshus
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The Bèshus Language: Derivational Morphology
This section describes how derivation works in Bèshus. All Bèshus words in this section are written in the orthography described in the Phonology section. Morphophonological Rules When adding affixes or creating compounds, the following rules must be applied: Sometimes a suffix may cause a monophthong a to become an e…
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The Bèshus Language: Phonology
This is a summary of the pronunciation of the Bèshus language, focusing on the standard language. Bèshus is a mora-timed language with pitch-accent. The phonemic inventory comprises 21 consonants and five vowels. An introduction to the language can be found here. Consonants Broad transcription IPA is given in // where…
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The Bèshus Language: An Introduction
Bèshus is a daughter language of Nìmpyèshiu primarily spoken in the nation of Bèrangus on the Bèdan continent. It evolved from a dialect of western Nìmpyèshiu spoken by the founders of Bèrangus in 423 NC. It is classified as being part of the ‘Èshustic’ branch of the Nìmpyèrànic language family…
Stephen Escher 