Nuar [QNR]
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Nuar
Nuar [nuaɾ]*
Nuar [nuaɾ]*
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Nuar
Nuar was the language spoken by the Nuar Kingdom, which was conquered by the Qgam Kingdom in 978 CE. The language and related other languages continued to be spoken for several centuries before going completely extinct c. 1500 CE, but not without leaving its mark on Qgam grammar and vocabulary.
Sample of Nuar[view] Wīhīnkom łaye ā̃wīw e-n-ay lusuńjom āsriye ā̃wīw e.
I like the smell of tea, but I hate the smell of flowers.[view all texts]
I like the smell of tea, but I hate the smell of flowers.[view all texts]
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
Nasal | m | n n̠ʲ | ||||||||||
Plosive | p | [b]1 | t tˡ | [d]2 [dˡ]3 | k kʲ | [g]4 [gʲ]5 | ʔ | |||||
Fricative | s | [z]6 | h hʲ | |||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | [ɰ]7 [ɰʲ]8 | |||||||||
Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||
Implosive | ɓ̰ | ɗ̰ ɗ̰ˡ |
- allophone of /p/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /tˡ/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /kʲ/
- allophone of /s/
- allophone of /h/
- allophone of /hʲ/
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i i: | u u: | ||
Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: ɛ̃: ɛ̃ | ɔ ɔ: ɔ̃: ɔ̃ | ||
Open | a a̰: ã: ã |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Nuar. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
NuarOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
Ãã /ã/ | Aa /a/ | Āā /a̰:/ | Ā̃ ā̃ /ã:/ | Ḇḇ /ɓ̰/ | Ḏḏ /ɗ̰/ | ḎL ḏl /ɗ̰ˡ/ | Ee /ɛ/ | Ẽẽ /ɛ̃/ |
Ēē /ɛ:/ | Ē̃ ē̃ /ɛ̃:/ | Hh /h/ | HJ hj /hʲ/ | Īī /i:/ | Ii /i/ | Kk /k/ | KJ kj /kʲ/ | Ll /l/ |
Mm /m/ | Nn /n/ | ŃJ ńj /n̠ʲ/ | Ōō /ɔ:/ | Õõ /ɔ̃/ | Oo /ɔ/ | Ō̃ ō̃ /ɔ̃:/ | Pp /p/ | Qq /ʔ/ |
Rr /ɾ/ | Ss /s/ | Tt /t/ | TL tl /tˡ/ | Uu /u/ | Ūū /u:/ | Ww /w/ | Yy /j/ | Łł /ɬ/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |