Gazal [GZL]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Gazal
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Language family relationships
[view] About BovidaenThe languages spoken by a mysterious humanoid species called the Gaza and Azral. The Gaza and Azral arrived on earth in circa 1530 from their home planet Hirxant. The Gaza and Azral are humanoid, the Gaza resemble Gazelles and the Azral are alike whi...
[edit] [view] Gazajazrááq Azri (Azri Dialect)A dialect spoken by the Azri people, who are the second largest racial group in Gazakoi. It's sort of a mix between their language, Katzelle and Gazal. A double letter shows the sound is extended. E.g. The word for Azri dialect - Gazajazrááq Azri in IPA is /gæzæʔæzra:q/
Lots of spelling differences, etc.
Lots of spelling differences, etc.
[edit] [view] Śansus Gazujazraq (Mountain Gazelle)Spoken by those who live in the mountains of Gazakoi. Contains ejective sounds spelt kj, śj, tj, dj, pj, bj, etc. and a new blend - kx. Uses the glyph based writing system and usually spoken slower and with an accent described by surrounding villages as 'from the caucasus'. Some vowels have become schwa-s because of villages being isolated.
An example of a basic sentence -
GZL ~ Qá lac asa hei
GZL-SNS ~ Qjá luc asu hai
/q'a ləʦ æsə ħæɪ/
An example of a basic sentence -
GZL ~ Qá lac asa hei
GZL-SNS ~ Qjá luc asu hai
/q'a ləʦ æsə ħæɪ/
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Epiglottal | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | q1 | ʔ2 | ||||||||
Fricative | s | z | ʃ | χ | ħ | ʜ | ||||||||||
Affricate | t͡s | |||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
- Often becomes /ɢ/ when talking quickly
- Pronounced as /ˤ/ word initially
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
Mid | ə | |||||||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||||
Near-open | æ | |||||||
Open | a |
Polyphthongs | aɪ | ɛɪ | ɔɪ | əɪ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Gazal. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
GazalOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||
Aa/æ/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡s/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/ʜ/ | Ii/ɪ/ | Jj/ʔ/1 | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ |
Nn/n/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/q/2 | Rr/ɾ/ | Śś/ʃ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/ə/ | Xx/χ/ | Zz/z/ | |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
- Pronounced as /ˤ/ word initially
- Often becomes /ɢ/ when talking quickly
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