Zolethani [ZLX]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Zolethani[view] tepaga papana kei ekhaka kel ŋave!
I just want to go home and sleep![view all texts]
I just want to go home and sleep![view all texts]
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | [m]1 | n̪ | ŋ | |||||||||||||
Plosive | p pʰ | t̪ t̪ʰ | d̪ | k kʰ | g | ʔ ʔʰ | ||||||||||
Fricative | [f]2 | v | [θ]3 | [ð]4 | [s]5 | z | [ç]6 | ʝ | x | ɣ | χ | [ʁ]7 | ||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | ɰ | |||||||||||||||
Trill | r̝ʷ | |||||||||||||||
Click | ǀ |
- allophone of /n̪/
- allophone of /v/
- allophone of /z/
- allophone of /z/
- allophone of /z/
- allophone of /ʝ/
- allophone of /χ/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
Close | i i: iʶ | u u: uʶ | ||||||
Near-close | [ɪ]1 | |||||||
Close-mid | ɤ ɤ: | |||||||
Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | [ʌ]2 | ||||||
Near-open | [æ]3 | |||||||
Open | ä ä: äʶ | [ɒ]4 |
Polyphthongs | äi | ɤi | ɛi |
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /u/
- allophone of /ä/
- allophone of /ɤ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Zolethani. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
ZolethaniOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
Aa/ä/, [æ] | Áá/ä:/ | Ǎǎ/äʶ/ | Dd/d̪/ | Éé/ɛ:/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Gg/g/ | GH gh/ɣ/ | Hh/x/ |
Íí/i:/ | Ǐǐ/iʶ/ | Ii/i/, [ɪ] | Jj/ʝ/, [ç] | Kk/k/ | K' k'/kʰ/ | KH kh/χ/, [ʁ] | Ll/l/ | Nn/n̪/, [m] |
Oo/ɤ/, [ɒ] | Óó/ɤ:/ | Pp/p/ | P' p'/pʰ/ | Qq/ǀ/ | Rr/r̝ʷ/ | Šš/ɬ/ | Tt/t̪/ | T' t'/t̪ʰ/ |
TH th/ʔ/ | TH' th'/ʔʰ/ | Ǔǔ/uʶ/ | Úú/u:/ | Uu/u/, [ʌ] | Vv/v/, [f] | Zz/z/, [ð], [θ], [s] | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | ɰ/ɰ/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |