Dijuni [DJU]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersDijuni is spoken in Balkans.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Dijuni
Dijuni (also known as Dijuni Arabic) is a West Semitic language spoken throughout the Balkan region of Eastern Europe. Though it has disputed origins, it is believed that during the Muslim conquest of the region in the early 7th century, many Dijuni speakers fled Syria Prima into Europe by way of Constantinople. Dijuni primarily only use the language as an argot, and it is typically learned from elders as young Dijunis come of age. This has resulted in the grammar becoming quite simplified and streamlined, resulting in more of an Arabic-derived pidgin (similar to Juba and Nubi) rather than a legitimate dialect of the language as it exists today.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | q | |||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | z | ʃ | ɣ | ħ | h | |||||||||||||
| Affricate | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | |||
| Open | a | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Dijuni. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 DijuniOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa amad /a/ | Bb bit /b/ | Dd dalet /d/ | Ee emed /e/ | Ff faa /f/ | Ğğ ğayn /ɣ/ | Gg gaf /g/ | Hh haf /h/ | Ħħ ħaf /ħ/ |
| Ii imid /i/ | Jj jim /d͡ʒ/ | Kk kip /k/ | Ll lamed /l/ | Mm miim /m/ | Nn nun /n/ | Pp pap /p/ | Qq qaf /q/ | Rr reh /ɾ/ |
| Şş şen /ʃ/ | Ss sen /s/ | Tt tet /t/ | Uu umud /u/ | Ww waw /w/ | Yy yud /j/ | Zz zabbad /z/ | ||
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
