Western Zági [ZAGI]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersWestern Zági is spoken by a population of around 2,350,000 in Zhartaj.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Western Zági
Language of the Jaguar Peoples and neighbors of the Aʻoonirob.
Featuring:
Palatalization contrast in plosives and nasals
Ejective contrast in plosives
Three phonemic vowel lengths
Meow
Featuring:
Palatalization contrast in plosives and nasals
Ejective contrast in plosives
Three phonemic vowel lengths
Meow
Sample of Western ZágiCan't find any yet.
Language family relationships
Language treeHepteidola
⤷ Languages of The Seven Seams
⤷ Natural Languages
⤷ Zhartaic Languages
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Western Zági
⤷ Languages of The Seven Seams
⤷ Natural Languages
⤷ Zhartaic Languages
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Western Zági[view] About HepteidolaLanguages of The Seven Seams organized by natural and divine languages, with the former being categorized by continent of origin while the latter being organized by deity responsible.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | |||||||
| Nasal | m mʲ | n nʲ | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʼ pʲ | b bʲ | t tʼ tʲ | d dʲ | k kʼ kʲ | g gʲ | ||||||||
| Fricative | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡sʼ | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
| Trill | [r̥]1 | r | ʀ̥ | ʀ [ʀ̆]2 | ||||||||||
- preceeding bilabials and alveolars, allophone of /ʀ̥/
- Single-contact trill word finally, allophone of /ʀ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Back | |||
| Close | i iˑ i: | |||||
| Near-close | [ɪ]1 | |||||
| Close-mid | o oˑ o: | |||||
| Open | a aˑ a: | ɒ ɒˑ ɒ: | ||||
| Polyphthongs | iia2 | iio3 | oi̯: oi̯ | io̯: io̯ | ia̯ | aɪ̯ |
- In unstressed syllables, allophone of /i/
- /iːa̯/
- /iːo̯/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Western Zági. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Western ZágiOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| a/a/ | á/aˑ/ | Aa aa/a:/ | b/b/ | c/ʃ/ | d/d/ | g/g/ | í/iˑ/ | i/i/ | Ii ii/i:/ | j/ʒ/ |
| k/k/ | K k'/kʼ/ | m/m/ | n/n/ | ó/oˑ/ | o/o/ | Oo oo/o:/ | p/p/ | P p'/pʼ/ | r/r/ | Rh rh/ʀ/ |
| s/s/ | t/t/ | T t'/tʼ/ | u/ɒ/ | ú/ɒˑ/ | Uu uu/ɒ:/ | w/w/ | x/ʀ̥/ | y/j/ | z/z/ | Z z'/t͡sʼ/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
