Banuya [BAY]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Banuya
A language with grammar I've never tried before, what can possibly go wrong?
Simple nominal and semi-simple verbal morphology.
"Very" specific prepositions and three levels of definiteness.
Particles all over the place that I'm sure do something.
It's sister language Ko Bwanu'a /kɔ bʷɑnuʔɑ/ was deleted the 03:07/27/12/2019 to make more space for new languages.
Simple nominal and semi-simple verbal morphology.
"Very" specific prepositions and three levels of definiteness.
Particles all over the place that I'm sure do something.
It's sister language Ko Bwanu'a /kɔ bʷɑnuʔɑ/ was deleted the 03:07/27/12/2019 to make more space for new languages.
Sample of Banuya[view] Badwani boge ni tanga nuku xe inge / Badwani boge ni tanga nuku xe inge a Damari / Badwani boge ni tanga nuku ko Damari
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
Nasal | m mʷ | n | ɲ | ŋ ŋʷ | ||||||||
Plosive | p | b bʷ | t | d dʷ | k | g gʷ | ʔ | |||||
Fricative | s | x | ||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||
Approximant | j | [w]1 | ||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
- Usually a labialization, but may also act as a allophone of mwV.
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i i: | u u: | ||
Close-mid | e e: | |||
Open-mid | ɔ ɔ: | |||
Open | ɑ ɑ: |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Banuya. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
BanuyaOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
'/ʔ/ | Ãã/ɑ:/ | Aa/ɑ/ | Bb/b/ | BW bw/bʷ/ | Dd/d/ | DW dw/dʷ/ | Ẽẽ/e:/ | Ee/e/ | Gg/g/ | GW gw/gʷ/ |
Ĩĩ/i:/ | Ii/i/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | MW mw/mʷ/ | Ññ/ɲ/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | NGW ngw/ŋʷ/ | Oo/ɔ/ |
Õõ/ɔ:/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Ũũ/u:/ | Uu/u/ | Ww[w]1 | Xx/x/ | Yy/j/ | |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
- Usually a labialization, but may also act as a allophone of mwV.