Bi'in [BIIN]
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[Deactivated User] on 13 December 2019
Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Bi'in
This started out as a joke language and in a sense still is—at least in name. Alas, the joke is on us [the creators], as it is now our obsession. So it goes.
Sample of Bi'in[view] Tu i 'ana isi'ukuga'o kede ile'o.
I hear you're planning to have a child.[view all texts]
I hear you're planning to have a child.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||
Plosive | p pʰ | t tʰ | k kʰ | ʔ | ||||||||||
Fricative | ɸ | β | s | z | ɕ | x | ||||||||
Affricate | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ | ||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w |
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
Close | i | y | [ʉ]1 | |||||
Near-close | [ɪ]2 | |||||||
Close-mid | e | o | ||||||
Mid | [ə]3 | |||||||
Open-mid | [ɛ] | [ɔ]4 | ||||||
Open | a |
Polyphthongs | əi | ʉo | ai | əy | ay | ʉi | ɔi | ɛi | ɪy |
- allophone of /y/
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /a/
- allophone of /o/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Bi'in. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Bi'inOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||
'/ʔ/ | Aa/a/, [ə] | AAI aai/ai/ | AAU aau/ay/ | AI ai/əi/ | AU au/əy/ | Bb/p/ | CH ch/t͡ɕ/ | Dd/t/ | Ee/e/, [ɛ] | EI ei/ɛi/ | Ff/ɸ/ |
Gg/k/ | Hh/x/ | Ii/i/, [ɪ] | IU iu/ɪy/ | Jj/d͡ʑ/, /j/ | Kk/kʰ/ | Ll/l/ | LL ll/ɬ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/, [ɔ] | OI oi/ɔi/ |
Pp/pʰ/ | Ss/s/ | SH sh/ɕ/ | Tt/tʰ/ | Uu/y/, [ʉ] | UI ui/ʉi/ | UO uo/ʉo/ | Vv/β/ | Ww/w/ | Zz/z/ | ||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |