Bemakian [BXMKX]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersBemakian is spoken by a population of around 2,500,000 in Bemakos Mountains.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Bemakian
Bemakian is an a priori language originally created for a novel that I am writing, though eventually evolving into a project of its own. The goal of this language is to be a natural language that sounds foreign, aside from the few loanwords it may have.
Sample of BemakianCan't find any yet.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m [mʰ]1 | n | ||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p [pʰ]2 | b | t [tʰ]3 | d | k [kʰ]4 | g | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f [fʰ] | v | θ [θʰ] | ð | s [sʰ]5 | z | ʃ | ʒ | x [xʰ]6 | χ [χʰ]7 | ʁ [ʁʰ]8 | h | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /m/
- allophone of /p/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /s/
- allophone of /x/
- allophone of /χ/
- allophone of /ʁ/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | ɨ | u | |||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open | a | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Bemakian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 BemakianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa a /a/ | Bb be /b/ | Cc ce /t͡s/ | Ćć će /t͡ʃ/ | Dd de /d/ | DZ dz dze /d͡z/ | DŹ dź dźe /d͡ʒ/ | Ee e /e/ | Ff ef /f/ |
| Gg ge /g/ | Hh he /h/ | Ii i /i/ | Ïï ï /ɨ/ | Jj je /j/ | Kk ke /k/ | Ll el /l/ | Mm em /m/ | Nn en /n/ |
| Oo o /o/ | Pp pe /p/ | Rr re /ɾ/ | Ŕŕ ŕe /r/ | Řř ře /χ/ | Ss es /s/ | Śś śe /ʃ/ | Tt te /t/ | Uu u /u/ |
| Üü ü /ə/ | Vv ve /v/ | Ww wu /w/ | Xx bxośtak /ʰ/ | Zz ze /z/ | Źź źe /ʒ/ | Żż eż /θ/ | Ẓẓ ẓe /ð/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
