Bebélŋen [BBN]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Bebélŋen
This is a language that is inspired by combining features from Sinitic, Indo-European, Semitic, and Altaic (specifically Finnic and Turkic) languages. The name of the language comes from the notion of the common language spoken by those in Babel during the construction of the tower.
Sample of Bebélŋen[view] Muzun hjuþu. Muzun mjuþu. Hal muzvu çasþa klumun. Muzun jokma. Hal muz xalun jokma djeþi. Hal muz xalun lo jokma djeþi. Hal muz xalun jokma lo djeþi. Hal muz xalun lo jokma lo djeþi.
There's a banana. There's no banana. He does something to the banana. I want a banana. It's the banana, I want. It's the banana, I don't want. It's not the banana, I want. It's not the banana, I don't want.[view all texts]
There's a banana. There's no banana. He does something to the banana. I want a banana. It's the banana, I want. It's the banana, I don't want. It's not the banana, I want. It's not the banana, I don't want.[view all texts]
Sound samples in Bebélŋen
Some sound samples of Bebélŋen. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Muzun hjuþu. Muzun mjuþu. Hal muzvu çasþa klumun. Muzun jokma. Hal muz xalun jokma djeþi. Hal m...
There's a banana. There's no banana. He does something to the banana. I want a banana. It's the bana...
There's a banana. There's no banana. He does something to the banana. I want a banana. It's the bana...
Kulunt ënsënunt šaŋŋtaj xrinint žïn šïvežint çin kramvu žïn hëququndvu. Šjëŋŋtuj lwinintin žïn demi...
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and con...
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and con...
Aba nanuncu hal çin hal šmažundvu,
Hjusëþëj hal ušmu ançu.
Çowsëþë hal mëlku ançu.
Xwažoþo hal ŋw...
Our Father in heaven, May your name be honored. May your kingdom come. May your will be done on e...
Our Father in heaven, May your name be honored. May your kingdom come. May your will be done on e...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | q | ʔ | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | h | |||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i | y | u | |||||
| Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||
| Open | a | |||||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Bebélŋen. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 BebélŋenOrthography | ||||||||
| '/ʔ/ | Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | Çç/t͡ʃ/ | Cc/d͡ʒ/ | Dd/d/ | Ëë/ə/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ |
| Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Ïï/ɪ/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ |
| Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/q/ | Rr/r/ | Šš/ʃ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ |
| Ww/w/ | Xx/x/ | Yy/y/ | Zz/z/ | Žž/ʒ/ | `/ʔ/ | Þþ/θ/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | ||||||||
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