Tsawese [CAW]
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Tsawese
Cau Ôŋ [t͡sāu̯ ʔôŋ]
TsaweseCau Ôŋ [t͡sāu̯ ʔôŋ]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Tsawese
My first take at a tonal language.
Sample of Tsawese[view] Mải nîn mi hả sjý hy khwá fjò nâr kxéi ĉủi hy qhwỉ.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.[view all texts]
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p̪ p̪ʼ p̪ʰ | t̪ t̪ʼ t̪ʰ | k̪ k̪ʼ kʰ | |||||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | ʃ | ɕ | x | h | ||||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʰ | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʼ t͡ʃʰ | t͡ɕ t͡ɕʼ t͡ɕʰ | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ ɹ̥ | j | w | |||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | î í ì ī ǐ | ŷ ý ỳ ȳ y̌ | û ú ù ū ǔ | |
| Close-mid | ê é è ē ě | ô ó ò ō ǒ | ||
| Open | â á à ā ǎ | |||
| Polyphthongs | ɨi | ou | oi | eu | au | ui | ai | ei | ɤu |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Tsawese. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 TsaweseOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Àà/à/ | Ââ/â/ | Ảả/ǎ/ | Áá/á/ | Aa/ā/ | Ĉĉ/ɕ/ | Cc/t͡s/ | Çç/t͡ʃ/ | CH ch/t͡sʰ/ | ÇH çh/t͡ʃʰ/ | ÇX çx/t͡ʃʼ/ |
| Ẻẻ/ě/ | Ee/ē/ | Éé/é/ | Êê/ê/ | Èè/è/ | Ff/f/ | Hh/h/ | Ìì/ì/ | Ii/ī/ | Îî/î/ | Íí/í/ |
| Ỉỉ/ǐ/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k̪/ | KH kh/kʰ/ | KX kx/k̪ʼ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Ôô/ô/ | Óó/ó/ | Oo/ō/ |
| Ỏỏ/ǒ/ | Òò/ò/ | Pp/p̪/ | PH ph/p̪ʰ/ | PX px/p̪ʼ/ | Qq/t͡ɕ/ | QH qh/t͡ɕʰ/ | QX qx/t͡ɕʼ/ | Rr/ɹ/, /ɾ/ | Ŗŗ/ɹ̥/ | Ŝŝ/ʃ/ |
| Ss/s/ | Tt/t̪/ | TH th/t̪ʰ/ | TX tx/t̪ʼ/ | Uu/ū/ | Ûû/û/ | Úú/ú/ | Ủủ/ǔ/ | Ùù/ù/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/x/ |
| Yy/ȳ/ | Ỷỷ/ŷ/ | Ỳỳ/ỳ/ | Ýý/ý/ | Ŷŷ/y̌/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | |||||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
