Xohian Lesson No. 1
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Learn about Xohian's phonology
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[comments] xohlessonslesson 1 Hello, reader.
If you're reading this, then that means you want to learn about Xohian. If so, then let's begin.
The first thing you need to know about Xohian is its phonology. Just make sure you can pronounce some of these phonemes.
NOTE: Although Xohian mainly uses a conscript, I'll be using the transliterated version of it for easier readability.
Fun fact: Three of these phonemes were added as I was writing this lesson (two on 22/03/2023, one on 23/03/2023)
Xohian has 29 consonant phonemes, those being:
/m/ m - like m in English "mother"
/n/ n - like n in English "nose"
/ŋ/ ŋ - like ng in English "sing"
/p/ p - like p in English "pet"
/b/ b - like b in English "broom"
/t/ t - like t in English "tea"
/d/ d - like d in English "drum"
/k/ k - like k in English "kill"
/ɡ/ g - like g in English "good"
/q/ q - like ق in Modern Standard Arabic "قط (qiṭṭ)"
/ɸ/ ṗ - like ff in English "pfft"
/β/ ḃ - like ⲃ in Bohairic Coptic "ⲧⲱⲃⲓ (tōbi)"
/θ/ ṫ - like th in English "thing"
/ð/ ḋ - like th in English "this"
/x/ x - like х in Russian "хорошо (khorosho)"
/ħ/ ẋ - like ح in Arabic "حال (ḥal)"
/h/ h - like h in English "hat"
/t͡s/ c - like צ in Hebrew "ציפור (tzipor)"
/d͡z/ z - like ц in Russian "плацдарм (placdarm)"
/t͡ʃ/ ċ - like ch in English "chat"
/d͡ʒ/ ż - like j in English "jump"
/t͡ɬ/ ț - like tl in Nahuatl "Nahuatl"
/l/ l - like ל in Hebrew "למה (lama)"
/ɮ/ ł - like л in Mongolian "монгол (mongol)"
/ɹ/ ṙ - like ر in Persian "فارسی (farsi)"
/j/ j - like y in English "yes"
/w/ w - like w in English "way"
/r/ r - like ρ in Standard Greek "άρτος (ártos)"
/ǁ/ : - like x in Xhosa "xoxa"
Xohian has 14 vowels, each having a short and long variant. Those are:
/i/ í, /iː/ ī́ - like י in Hebrew "חשיבה (khashiva)" and ee in English "free" respectively
/y/ ý, /yː/ ȳ́ - like u in French "tu" and y in Norwegian "syd" respectively
/u/ ú, /uː/ ū́ - like oo in Australian English "book" and General American English "boot" respectively
/ɪ/ i, /ɪː/ ī - like i in Welsh English "bit" and Icelandic "vinur" respectively
/ʏ/ y, /ʏː/ ȳ - like y in Norwegian "nytt" and u in New Zealand English "nurse" respectively
/ʊ/ u, /ʊː/ ū - like oo in General American "hook" and us in Murcian Spanish "tus" respectively
/e/ é, /eː/ ḗ - like e in Australian English "bed" and Hindi "के (ke)" respectively
/o/ ó, /oː/ ṓ - like eau in French "réseau" and o in Norwegian "lov" respectively
/ə/ ə, /əː/ ə̄ - like i in Standard Afrikaans "lig" and... uh, well this is unusual. I looked through Wikipedia, and no language listed has an example for /əː/. UHHHHHHHHHHH-
/ɛ/ e, /ɛː/ ē - like e in General American "bed" and the first e in Italian "bene" respectively
/ɔ/ o, /ɔː/ ō - like o in Australian English "not" and ough in General American English "thought" respectively
/a/ á, /aː/ ā́ - like a in General Australian English "hat" and New Zealand English "bra" respectively
/ä/ ȧ, /äː/ ā̇ - like a in Central Standard Swedish "bank" and the first a in Lithuanian "ratas" respectively
/ɑ/ a, /ɑː/ ā - like o in General American English "hot" and a in Cockney English "bath" respectively
So now that you've learned the phonology of Xohian, and by extension, its transliteration, you can now read Xohian words! But how do you formulate a sentence? That will be saved for Lesson No. 2. So until then, this has been :óher, signing out.
Oh, and in case you were wondering what the three sounds in the fun fact were, they are /q/, /ɹ/, and /ə/. ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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