{"id":2,"date":"2017-04-24T21:46:50","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T04:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artoflanguageinvention.com\/cal\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2017-05-10T17:38:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T00:38:14","slug":"qarth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artoflanguageinvention.com\/cal\/the-lands-of-ice-and-fire\/qarth\/","title":{"rendered":"Qarth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ancient city-state of Qarth is of vital important to the lands of ice and fire. From the <a href=\"http:\/\/awoiaf.westeros.org\/index.php\/Qarth\" target=\"_blank\">Wiki of Ice and Fire<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Qarth&#8217;s prime position makes it the gateway between the lands of Westeros, Free Cities and Slaver&#8217;s Bay, and more eastern lands such as Asshai, the Shadow Lands, and Yi Ti. Qarth has been described as the center of the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Challenge Level: Intermediate<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/awoiaf.westeros.org\/index.php\/Qarth\" target=\"_blank\">Wiki of Ice and Fire Entry for Qarth<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Characters Associated with Qarth: <a href=\"http:\/\/awoiaf.westeros.org\/index.php\/Pyat_Pree\" target=\"_blank\">Pyat Pree<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/awoiaf.westeros.org\/index.php\/Xaro_Xhoan_Daxos\" target=\"_blank\">Xaro Xhoan Daxos<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/awoiaf.westeros.org\/index.php\/Mathos_Mallarawan\" target=\"_blank\">Mathos Mallarawan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/artoflanguageinvention.com\/cal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/qarth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"157\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-163\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Proto-Phonology<\/h3>\n<h4>Consonants<\/h4>\n<table id=\"phon\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n<tr>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Labial<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Dental<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Alveolar<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Retroflex<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Palatal<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Velar<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Uvular<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Glottal<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Stops<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">p\/b<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">t\u032a\/d\u032a<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">\u0288\/\u0256<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">k\/\u0261<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">q<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Fricatives<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">\u03b8\/\u00f0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">s\/z<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">\u0282\/\u0290<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">\u029d<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">h<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Nasals<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">m<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\u014b~\u0274<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Approximants<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">\u027e<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">\u027d<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">j<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">w<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h4>Vowels<\/h4>\n<table id=\"phon\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n<tr>\n<th>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Front<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Central<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Back<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Close<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">i, i\u02d0, y<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">u, u\u02d0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Close-Mid<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">e, e\u02d0, \u00f8<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Open-Mid<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">\u025b<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">\u0254, \u0254\u02d0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:inherit;\">Open<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\">\u0251, \u0251\u02d0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> For the sake of simplicity, the following changes have been made to the usual phonetic descriptions of various IPA characters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Labial&#8221; is used as a cover term for bilabial and labio-dental.<\/li>\n<li>[\u01dd] has been placed in the Open Mid row.<\/li>\n<li>To shorten the tables, &#8220;Approximant&#8221; is used as a cover term for approximants, glides, taps, and trills.<\/li>\n<li>Where a consonant or pair of consonants appears in two columns, it means that place distinction is unimportant for the 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