Böwal [BWL]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
Sound samples in Böwal
Some sound samples of Böwal. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Law swewasti rawbig?
Are you afraid of Octopuses?
Are you afraid of Octopuses?
Language family relationships
Language treeElipo-Sucaelian (Original)
⤷ Proto-Elipo-Sucaelian
⤷ Elipo-Gõrkun
⤷ Middle Elipa
⤷ Elipo-Boval
⤷ Böwal
⤷ Proto-Elipo-Sucaelian
⤷ Elipo-Gõrkun
⤷ Middle Elipa
⤷ Elipo-Boval
⤷ Böwal
[view] About Elipo-Sucaelian (Original)This family has been restructured and changed, the new one can be seen here.
The Elipo-Sucaelian family emerged roughly 2000 years ago in the east of Miraria. It spli...
The Elipo-Sucaelian family emerged roughly 2000 years ago in the east of Miraria. It spli...
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | [ɲ]1 | ŋ | ||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | [g]2 | ||||||||||
Fricative | f | s | z | [ʃ]3 | h | |||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | [ʎ]4 | ||||||||||||||
Approximant | ʋ | j | w | |||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
- when adjacent /w/, /i/, or /j/, allophone of /ŋ/
- word-initially only, allophone of /ŋ/
- when adjacent /w/, /i/, or /j/, allophone of /s/, allophone of /z/
- when adjacent /w/, /i/, or /j/, allophone of /l/
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i | u | ||||
Close-mid | e ʷe | ø | ɤ | o oʷ | ||
Mid | [ə]1 | |||||
Open-mid | ɛ | |||||
Near-open | ɐ ɐʷ |
Polyphthongs | ɛj | øj |
- allophone of /e/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Böwal. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
BöwalOrthography | ||||||||
Aa/ɐ/ | Ää/ɛ/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/, [ə] | Ff/f/ | Gg/ŋ/, [ɲ]1, [g]2 | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ |
Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/, [ʎ]3 | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Öö/ø/ | Õõ/ɤ/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ |
Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/, [ʃ]4 | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/ʋ/ | Ww/w/ | Zz/z/, [ʃ]5 | ||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |
- when adjacent /w/, /i/, or /j/
- word-initially only
- when adjacent /w/, /i/, or /j/
- when adjacent /w/, /i/, or /j/
- when adjacent /w/, /i/, or /j/, allophone of /s/