Ghawaali [XUL]
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Language type
Mixed
Species
Human/humanoid
About Ghawaali
Ghawaali is the language of the Ghuls (Xuls), a race of human-like beings who fetishize the power of effort and thus endeavour to live in harsh, nigh-unlivable locations (often thriving where others have either failed or scrounge together little).
Sample of Ghawaali[view] Taldur nonoyanaq šer pochorun suknunas loqochūyaq lulåj nonoyud. Si'atim šodortå, tïħrat ngåmkūtcham. Si'atim gorgortå, tïħrak čedīmas. Si'atim doyortå xurjawun, šerer si'at xūlyaq![view all texts]
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t tʼ | d | k kʼ | q | ʔ | |||||||||||
Fricative | ɸ | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | [x]1 | ʁ | ħ | h | |||||||||
Affricate | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʼ | d͡ʒ | k͡x | |||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
Trill | [r]2 | |||||||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
- allophone of /k͡x/
- allophone of /ɾ/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
Close | i | ɨ | u | |||||||
Near-close | ɪ | [ɪ̈]1 | ʊ | |||||||
Close-mid | e | o | ||||||||
Open-mid | [ɛ]2 | [ɔ]3 | ||||||||
Near-open | ɐ | |||||||||
Open | ä |
Polyphthongs | ɑu | eo | ai |
- allophone of /ɨ/
- allophone of /e/
- allophone of /o/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Ghawaali. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
GhawaaliOrthography | ||||||||||
'/ʔ/ | Aa/ɐ/ | Åå/ä/ | AW aw/ɑu/ | AY ay/ai/ | Bb/b/ | Čč/t͡ʃ/ | CH ch/ħ/ | Čʼ čʼ/t͡ʃʼ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ |
Ĕĕ[ɛ] | EO eo/eo/ | Ff/ɸ/ | Ïï/ɨ/, [ɪ̈] | Ii/i/ | Îî/ɪ/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | K' k'/kʼ/ | KH kh/k͡x/ | Ll/l/ |
Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Oo/o/ | Ŏŏ[ɔ] | Pp/p/ | Qq/q/ | Rr/ɾ/ | RR rr[r] | Ss/s/ | Šš/ʃ/ |
Tt/t/ | T' t'/tʼ/ | Ûû/ʊ/ | Uu/u/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ʁ/ | XH xh/h/ | Yy/j/ | Žž/ʒ/ | Zz/z/ | |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |