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Meljua
Melīu
[mɛli:ɯ]
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 10 March 2023
Language type A priori
Species Human/humanoid
About Meljua A language of the Meljua Language Family, a race of cat people in my fantasy world (basically Khajiit). The name 'Meljua' is a transliteration of 'Melīu' to the languages of men( Nlaikamea ), the 'j' is pronounced like in the IPA not like in English. The name of this exact language is "Bīkomasu tsu Nitzūshiba"
Sample of Meljua[view] wetāng ūmun naitzūmare teh'oun d'anfunji tsu ǔshi xi ǔshi tsu d'anfunji

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Language family relationships
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Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
AlveolarPost-
Alveolar
Alveolo-
palatal
PalatalLabio-
velar
VelarGlottal
Nasal m   n         ŋ  
Plosive p b   t d         k  
Fricative   f s z ʃ ʒ ɕ       h
Affricate     t͡s d͡z t͡ʃ d͡ʒ          
Lateral approximant     l            
Approximant           j w    
Trill     r            
VowelsFrontCentralBack
Close i [i:]1 [í]2 [i᷉]3   ɯ [ɯ:]4 [ɯ́]5 [ɯ᷉]6
Open-mid ɛ [ɛ:]7 [ɛ́]8 [ɛ᷉]9   ɔ [ɔ:]10 [ɔ́]11 [ɔ᷉]12
Open   ä [ä:]13 [ä́]14 [ä᷉]15  
  1. allophone of /i/
  2. allophone of /i/
  3. allophone of /i/
  4. allophone of /ɯ/
  5. allophone of /ɯ/
  6. allophone of /ɯ/
  7. allophone of /ɛ/
  8. allophone of /ɛ/
  9. allophone of /ɛ/
  10. allophone of /ɔ/
  11. allophone of /ɔ/
  12. allophone of /ɔ/
  13. allophone of /ä/
  14. allophone of /ä/
  15. allophone of /ä/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Meljua. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 MeljuaOrthography [edit]
Aa/ä/Bb/b/CH ch/t͡ʃ/Dd/d/Ee/ɛ/Ff/f/Hh/h/Ii/i/Jj/d͡ʒ/Kk/k/
Ll/l/Mm/m/Nn/n/NG ng/ŋ/Oo/ɔ/Pp/p/Rr/r/Ss/s/SH sh/ʃ/Tt/t/
TS ts/t͡s/TZ tz/d͡z/Uu/ɯ/Ww/w/Xx/ɕ/Yy/j/Zz/z/ZH zh/ʒ/
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change]
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    Possessor-possessee orderPossessor first

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