Bahasa Lozo [BALZ]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersBahasa Lozo is spoken by a population of around 48,000 in Quralzag.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Bahasa Lozo
Bahasa Lozo is a minority language spoken in Daj Hamad by around 48,000 inhabitants. Bahasa Lozo is a Malayo-Polynesian based language, which means it’s mutually telligible with Indonesian and Malay or other Austronesian languages.
Bahasa Lozo had been developing since 17th Century when the Middle Malay was split into different dialects in Borneo. One of the tribes, Lozo, sailed out to the ocean for a better life, and came to Quralzag in 1745. The language amongst them were using vernacular teaching method to preserve and teach children. The first Latin system alphabet set was brought by an English missionary, Fordlith Howbent to revolutionise the language. The Lozo were managed to cooperate with the Quralzagian government to hold status of using the minority language, Ibn Hadi, a linguist in the 20th century was publishing poets and publications to widespread the language
Bahasa Lozo had been developing since 17th Century when the Middle Malay was split into different dialects in Borneo. One of the tribes, Lozo, sailed out to the ocean for a better life, and came to Quralzag in 1745. The language amongst them were using vernacular teaching method to preserve and teach children. The first Latin system alphabet set was brought by an English missionary, Fordlith Howbent to revolutionise the language. The Lozo were managed to cooperate with the Quralzagian government to hold status of using the minority language, Ibn Hadi, a linguist in the 20th century was publishing poets and publications to widespread the language
Sample of Bahasa Lozo[view] Méxél bermandu acingéi ke sedang innat éjau yang nyala.
Mikhail used to drive his cousin to the neraby green park[view all texts]
Mikhail used to drive his cousin to the neraby green park[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | |||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | x | ɣ | h | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | [i]1 | [u]2 | ||||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open-mid | ɔ | |||||
| Open | [a]3 | |||||
| Polyphthongs | ei | oi | ua | ai | ue | au |
- allophone of /e/
- allophone of /o/
- allophone of /ə/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Bahasa Lozo. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 Bahasa LozoOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa[a] | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/ə/ | Éé/e/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii[i] |
| Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | Óó/ɔ/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ |
| Tt/t/ | Uu[u] | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ɣ/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | '/ʔ/ | KH kh/x/ | NG ng/ŋ/ |
| NY ny/ɲ/ | SY sy/ʃ/ | AI ai/ai/ | AU au/au/ | ÉI éi/ei/ | OI oi/oi/ | UA ua/ua/ | UÉ ué/ue/ | ||
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||
Additional Notes'a' is pronounced [ə] when it is unstressed
'i' is pronounced [e] when it is unstressed
'u' is pronounced [o] when it is unstressed
'i' is pronounced [e] when it is unstressed
'u' is pronounced [o] when it is unstressed
