Chennan [CHE]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersSpoken in:
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Chennan[view] Āpshau tai dzian cou fainē len li.
I want my journey to be full of laughter.[view all texts]
I want my journey to be full of laughter.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeMaric
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Proto-Maric
⤷ Proto-Innic
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Chennan
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Proto-Maric⤷ Proto-Innic
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Chennan[view] About MaricThe Maric languages are spoken in western Malossa and include such culturally significant languages as Chennan and Catirrainuthi.
The most distinct feature of this language family is the possession of multiple case endings which encode TAM informati...
The most distinct feature of this language family is the possession of multiple case endings which encode TAM informati...
[view] Bao Weila (Common Chennan)Bao Weila is a somewhat artificial form of Chennan consisting of Classical Chennan with a heavy influence from regional languages descended from Chennan. It is used by relatively educated people to communicate across regional varieties in situations where the formality of Classical Chennan is not needed.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | [ŋ]1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | b | t̪ t̪ʰ | d̪ | ʈ ʈʰ | ɖ | k kʷ kʰ kʰʷ | g gʷ | ʔ | |||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ʂ | ʐ | ʁ | h | ||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ʈ͡ʂ | ɖ͡ʐ | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | ʍ | w | |||||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /n/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||
| Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||
| Open-mid | [ɛ]1 [ɛ:]2 | [ɔ]3 [ɔ:]4 | ||
| Open | a a: | |||
| Polyphthongs | ei | ai | eu | ie | au | ou | uo | oi |
- allophone of /e/
- allophone of /e:/
- allophone of /o/
- allophone of /o:/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Chennan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| ChennanOrthography | |||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Āā/a:/ | AI ai/ai/ | AU au/au/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/k/, [ŋ] | CH ch/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d̪/ | DZ dz/d͡z/ | Ee/e/, [ɛ] |
| Ēē/e:/, [ɛ:] | EI ei/ei/ | EU eu/eu/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/, [ŋ] | GU gu/gʷ/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Īī/i:/ | IE ie/ie/ |
| Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Kk/kʰ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/, [ŋ] | Ōō/o:/, [ɔ:] | Oo/o/, [ɔ] | OI oi/oi/ | OU ou/ou/ | Pp/p/ |
| PH ph/pʰ/ | QHU qhu/kʰʷ/ | QU qu/kʷ/ | Rr/ʁ/ | RD rd/ɖ/ | RDZ rdz/ɖ͡ʐ/ | RN rn/ɳ/ | RS rs/ʂ/ | RT rt/ʈ/ | RTH rth/ʈʰ/ |
| RTS rts/ʈ͡ʂ/ | RZ rz/ʐ/ | Ss/s/ | SH sh/ʃ/ | Tt/t̪/ | TH th/t̪ʰ/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | Uu/u/ | Ūū/u:/ | UO uo/uo/ |
| Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | WH wh/ʍ/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | ZH zh/ʒ/ | ||||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | |||||||||
