Zebesian [CHOZO]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersZebesian is spoken by a population of 1 in Zebes.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Zebesian
TAKE TWO BABEY
See the original here: Zebesian (OLD)
Protolang here: Homeworld
See the original here: Zebesian (OLD)
Protolang here: Homeworld
Sample of Zebesian[view] deilṣāγo di ōŋ īrtek eḍiŋ-ṇe zda ḷ šlīŋŋir-ṇe zda. gete jōsaiso skakš dragγa ni, šełoanl skakš ṭxexe Šinγár neł, ṛh deineis šaceiō ūní skakš. eḍeixu kjeŋ skakš “eiajeizeγ! eiacōš γaki tsīpekš ḷ eiačečil γaki skākš phōsex zda.” ŋghē dalsīγex skakš tsīpekš sonnókš dijiŋa ḷ pituphen klata eł. eḍeixu di skakš “eiajeizeγ! eiatsīcōš γaki ītisi ilraγaki t...[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[view] About ChozoChozo langs take two
Most notably the languages spoken by the Chozo colonies on Zebes and Tallon IV. This does not account for all Chozo languages, just the ones that descend from one language theoretically spoken on the Chozo Homeworld before the s...
Most notably the languages spoken by the Chozo colonies on Zebes and Tallon IV. This does not account for all Chozo languages, just the ones that descend from one language theoretically spoken on the Chozo Homeworld before the s...
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
Nasal | n | ɳ | ŋ | |||||||||||||||
Plosive | p1 pʰ | t tʰ | d dʰ | ʈ ʈʰ | ɖ ɖʰ | k kʰ | g gʰ | |||||||||||
Fricative | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ɕ | ʑ | x2 | ɣ3 | h | |||||||||
Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ʈ͡ʂ | ɖ͡ʐ | k͡x | g͡ɣ | ||||||||||
Lateral approximant | ɭ̩:ˠ4 | |||||||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | ɮ | ||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||||
Trill | r | ʀ | ||||||||||||||||
Flap | [ɾ]5 |
Blends | ʔ͡h | [ɽ͡r]6 | h͡ɭ̊ |
- beccal (with the beak)
- /x~χ/
- /ɣ~ʁ~ʀ/
- grammatically a vowel, /ɭ̩ˠ:~l̩ˠ:/
- allophone of /r/ when word-final
- allophone of /r/ when near retroflex consonants
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i i: | ɯ ɯ: | ||
Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | ʌ ʌ: | ||
Open | a a: |
Syllable StructureMinimum V, maximum CCCV(V)CC
Stress informationStress falls on penultimate mora unless indicated otherwise with an accent.
OtherSingle mora words are enclitic
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Zebesian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
ZebesianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
a a /a/ | ā ā /a:/ | i i /i/ | ī ī /i:/ | u u /ɯ/ | ū ū /ɯ:/ | e e /ɛ/ | ē ē /ɛ:/ | o o /ʌ/ |
ō ō /ʌ:/ | ḷ ḷ /ɭ̩:ˠ/1 | r r /r/, [ɾ]2, [ɽ͡r]3 | ṛ ṛ /ʀ/ | l l /ɬ/ | ł ł /ɮ/ | ṭ ṭ /ʈ/ | t t /t/ | k k /k/ |
ḍ ḍ /ɖ/ | d d /d/ | g g /g/ | s s /s/ | ṣ ṣ /t͡s/ | š š /ʃ/ | c c /ɕ/ | z z /z/ | ž ž /ʒ/ |
ṇ ṇ /ɳ/ | n n /n/ | ŋ ŋ /ŋ/ | h h /h/, /ʰ/ | γ γ /ɣ/4 | x x /x/5 | j j /j/ | č č /t͡ʃ/ | p p /p/6 |
✔ Shown in correct order [change] |
- grammatically a vowel, /ɭ̩ˠ:~l̩ˠ:/
- allophone of /r/ when word-final
- allophone of /r/ when near retroflex consonants
- /ɣ~ʁ~ʀ/
- /x~χ/
- beccal (with the beak)