Arajayan [AJR]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Arajayan
Arajo is the national language of Vaal with 9,700,000 speakers. Having an OSV syntax, Arajayan has simple, but unique grammar.
Sample of Arajayan[view] pasedot ulavre mata yedha pra puduhas nhar nes rimveru.
I talk to the wind, and my words are all carried away.[view all texts]
I talk to the wind, and my words are all carried away.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g1 | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f2 | v | θ3 | s | ʃ4 | h | ||||||||||
| Affricate | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /p/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /s/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | u | ||||
| Mid | o̞ | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | |||||
| Open | ä | |||||
| Polyphthongs | aɪ1 | eɪ2 |
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /ä/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Arajayan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ArajayanOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa Aa /eɪ/, /ä/ | Bb Bb /b/ | Dd Dd /d/ | Ee Ee /ɛ/ | Hh Hh /h/ | Ii Ii /aɪ/, /i/ | Jj Jj /d͡ʒ/ | Kk Kk /g/, /k/ | Ll Ll /l/ | Mm Mm /m/ |
| Nn Nn /n/ | Oo Oo /o̞/ | Pp Pp /f/, /p/ | Rr Rr /ɾ/ | Ss Ss /ʃ/, /s/ | Tt Tt /θ/, /t/ | Uu Uu /u/ | Vv Vv /v/ | Yy Yy /j/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
Vernacular direct/indirect object pronouns + possessive 11-Feb-22 06:25
Adjective grammar
Adjectives
10-Feb-22 07:28Commands 26-Jan-22 01:03
Numbers 10-Apr-19 17:07
Syntax
OSV, AAN, AvAV, NAN, PAN.
22-Dec-18 08:52Orthography Fixes
A=ei I=ai S=Sh. Letters pronounced differently at the end of...
15-Dec-18 04:04
