Virju [VRJ]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Virju
A new take on an old lang. Mostly a priori, with a few vaguely natlang-influenced vocabulary items.
Language family relationships
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||||
Nasal | m m̩ | n n̩ | [ɲ]1 | ŋ ŋ̩ | [ɴ]2 | |||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | [c]3 | [ɟ]4 | k | g | [q]5 | [ɢ]6 | ||||||||||
Fricative | [ɸ]7 | [β]8 | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | [ç]9 | x | [χ]10 | h | [ɦ]11 | |||||
Affricate | p͡ɸ | b͡β | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l l̩ | |||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | [ɹ]12 ɹ̩ | j | w | |||||||||||||||||
Trill | [r]13 | |||||||||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
- allophone of /ŋ/
- allophone of /ŋ/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /g/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /g/
- allophone of /p͡ɸ/
- allophone of /b͡β/
- allophone of /x/
- allophone of /x/
- allophone of /h/
- allophone of /ɾ/
- allophone of /ɾ/
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i | y | u | |
Close-mid | e | o | ||
Open-mid | ɛ | œ | ||
Near-open | æ | |||
Open | ɑ |
Polyphthongs | ai | au | uw | oi | ij |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Virju. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
VirjuOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
Aa/æ/ | Ââ/au/ | Åå/ɑ/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Èè/ɛ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/, [ɟ], [ɢ] |
Hh/h/, [ɦ] | Îî/ai/ | Ii/i/ | Ïï/ij/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Kk/k/, [q], [c] | Ll/l/ | Ĺĺ/l̩/ | Mm/m/ | Ḿḿ/m̩/ |
Nn/n/ | Ńń/n̩/ | Oo/o/ | Ôô/oi/ | Òò/œ/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɾ/, [r], [ɹ] | Ŕŕ/ɹ̩/ | Šš/ʃ/ | Ss/s/ |
Tt/t/ | Üü/uw/ | Uu/u/ | Ùù/y/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/x/, [ç], [χ] | Yy/j/ | Žž/ʒ/ | Zz/z/ |
Đđ/ð/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/, [ɴ], [ɲ] | Ŧŧ/θ/ | Ƀƀ/b͡β/, [β] | ƾ/t͡s/ | Ɱɱ/ŋ̩/ | ϼ/p͡ɸ/, [ɸ] | Ᵹᵹ/d͡z/ | ||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |