Aweya [AWYA]
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Aweya
awēya [aˈweja]
Aweyaawēya [aˈweja]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Aweya
Aweya is just an experiment in creating a language that treats almost all phonemes as vowels and almost all words as nouns.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m̂ ḿ m̀ m̌ | n̂ ń ǹ ň | [ŋ̂]1 [ŋ́]2 [ŋ̀]3 [ŋ̌]4 | ɴ̂ ɴ́ ɴ̀ ɴ̌ | ||||||||||
| Plosive | ʔ | |||||||||||||
| Fricative | [ç]5 | [ʝ]6 | h | |||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l̂ ĺ l̀ ľ | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
| Click | ʘ | |||||||||||||
- allophone of /ɴ̂/
- allophone of /ɴ́/
- allophone of /ɴ̀/
- allophone of /ɴ̌/
- before /j/ and close front vowels, allophone of /h/
- allophone of /j/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | ĩ̂ ĩ́ ĩ̀ ĩ̌ î í ì ǐ | ŷ ý ỳ y̌ | ɯ̂ ɯ́ ɯ̀ ɯ̌ | û ú ù ǔ | ||||
| Near-close | ɪ̂ ɪ́ ɪ̀ ɪ̌ | |||||||
| Close-mid | ê é è ě | ø̂ ǿ ø̀ ø̌ | õ̂ ṍ õ̀ õ̌ ô ó ò ǒ | |||||
| Mid | ə̂ ə́ ə̀ ə̌ | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ̃̂ ɛ̃́ ɛ̃̀ ɛ̃̌ ɛ̂ ɛ́ ɛ̀ ɛ̌ | ɔ̃̂ ɔ̃́ ɔ̃̀ ɔ̃̌ ɔ̂ ɔ́ ɔ̀ ɔ̌ | ||||||
| Near-open | æ̂ ǽ æ̀ æ̌ | ɐ̃̂ ɐ̃́ ɐ̃̀ ɐ̃̌ | ||||||
| Open | â á à ǎ | ɒ̂ ɒ́ ɒ̀ ɒ̌ | ||||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Aweya. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 AweyaOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| ' ' /ʔ/ | a̖ a /â/ | ã̖ ã /ɐ̃̂/ | ā̖ ā /ɒ̂/ | ã̗ ã /ɐ̃̌/ | a̗ a /ǎ/ | ā̗ ā /ɒ̌/ | ḁ a /á/ | ḁ̃ ã /ɐ̃́/ | ḁ̄ ā /ɒ́/ |
| ā̱ ā /ɒ̀/ | a̱ a /à/ | ã̱ ã /ɐ̃̀/ | ē̖ ē /ê/ | ẽ̖ ẽ /ɛ̃̂/ | e̖ e /ɛ̂/ | ē̗ ē /ě/ | e̗ e /ɛ̌/ | ẽ̗ ẽ /ɛ̃̌/ | ẽ̥ ẽ /ɛ̃́/ |
| e̥ e /ɛ́/ | ē̥ ē /é/ | ẽ̱ ẽ /ɛ̃̀/ | e̱ e /ɛ̀/ | ē̱ ē /è/ | h/h/ | ĩ̖ ĩ /ĩ̂/ | i̖ i /ɪ̂/ | ī̖ ī /î/ | ī̗ ī /ǐ/ |
| i̗ i /ɪ̌/ | ĩ̗ ĩ /ĩ̌/ | ĩ̥ ĩ /ĩ́/ | i̥ i /ɪ́/ | ī̥ ī /í/ | ĩ̱ ĩ /ĩ̀/ | i̱ i /ɪ̀/ | ī̱ ī /ì/ | l̖/l̂/ | l̗/ľ/ |
| l̠/l̀/ | l̥/ĺ/ | m̖ m /m̂/ | m̗ m /m̌/ | m̥ m /ḿ/ | m̱ m /m̀/ | n̖ n /ɴ̂/ | n̗ n /ɴ̌/ | n̥ n /ɴ́/ | ṉ n /ɴ̀/ |
| o̖ o /ɔ̂/ | õ̖ õ /ɔ̃̂/ | ō̖ ō /ô/ | õ̗ õ /ɔ̃̌/ | ō̗ ō /ǒ/ | o̗ o /ɔ̌/ | ō̥ ō /ó/ | o̥ o /ɔ́/ | õ̥ õ /ɔ̃́/ | o̱ o /ɔ̀/ |
| ō̱ ō /ò/ | õ̱ õ /ɔ̃̀/ | p/ʘ/ | r̖/ɯ̂/ | r̗/ɯ̌/ | r̠/ɯ̀/ | r̥/ɯ́/ | u̖ u /û/ | ũ̖ ũ /õ̂/ | ũ̗ ũ /õ̌/ |
| u̗ u /ǔ/ | u̥ u /ú/ | ũ̥ ũ /ṍ/ | ũ̱ ũ /õ̀/ | u̱ u /ù/ | v̖ v /ŷ/ | v̗ v /y̌/ | v̥ v /ý/ | v̱ v /ỳ/ | w w /w/ |
| y y /j/ | z̖ z /n̂/ | z̗ z /ň/ | z̥ z /ń/ | ẕ z /ǹ/ | æ̖ æ /æ̂/ | æ̗ æ /æ̌/ | æ̥ æ /ǽ/ | æ̱ æ /æ̀/ | ø̖ ø /ø̂/ |
| ø̗ ø /ø̌/ | ø̥ ø /ǿ/ | ø̱ ø /ø̀/ | ə̖ ə /ə̂/ | ə̗ ə /ə̌/ | ə̥ ə /ə́/ | ə̱ ə /ə̀/ | |||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
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