Dlangbu [DLU]
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Dlangbu
Dlángbu [d͡ɮa:ŋbu]*
Dlángbu [d͡ɮa:ŋbu]*
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Dlangbu
A dialect continuum primarily spoken on the island of Fulo and some nearby islands.
Sample of Dlangbu[view] - Nsi nko mo? / - Ḿlang ke, lo ḿgbitla du la ke.
- How are you? / - I don't know, haven't thought about it.[view all texts]
- How are you? / - I don't know, haven't thought about it.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeDuru
⤷ Proto-Duru
⤷ Proto-East-Duru
⤷ Old Dlangbu
⤷ Dlangbu
⤷ Proto-Duru
⤷ Proto-East-Duru
⤷ Old Dlangbu
⤷ Dlangbu
[view] About DuruThe Duru languages are a small family of languages spoken on the Fologo island chain.
[edit] [view] lóng gbɔla (Generic Dlangbu)How Dlangbu speakers speak normally, as Standard Dlangbu is more formal. The name "lóng gbɔla" means "loose tongue", as compared to the "lóng kpili" ("tight tongue") that is Standard Dlangbu. Most notable differences are the lack of definite and indefinite suffixes ("ʔa" and "ʔú"), reduction of pronouns (ke, mo > 'e,'o), and copula dropping.
[edit] [view] Ngwɛmiʔa Thi (High Dlangbu)A variety of Dlangbu used for religious and literary use. Retains the OVS word order from Old Dlangbu.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||
Nasal | m m̩ | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t ⁿt tʰ | d ⁿd dʰ | k ᵑk kʰ | g gʰ | q | ʔ | ||||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s ⁿs | z ⁿz | h | |||||||||||||||
Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ ⁿd͡ʒ | t͡ɬ | d͡ɮ | ||||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | ʍ | w | |||||||||||||||||
Trill | r |
Blends | ɱv | ɱf | gb | kp |
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i i: | u u: | ||
Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||
Open | a a: |
Polyphthongs | [ʊɔ]1 | ɛe | oɔ | [ɛɪ]2 |
- allophone of /oɔ/
- allophone of /ɛe/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Dlangbu. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
DlangbuOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
Aa/a/ | Áá/a:/ | Bb/b/ | CH ch/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | DH dh/dʰ/ | DL dl/d͡ɮ/ | Ee/e/ | Éé/e:/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ |
GH gh/gʰ/ | Hh/h/ | HL hl/ɬ/ | HW hw/ʍ/ | Ii/i/ | Íí/i:/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/kʰ/ | Ll/l/ | Ḿḿ/m̩/ |
Mm/m/ | MF mf/ɱf/ | MV mv/ɱv/ | Nn/n/ | ND nd/ⁿd/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | NJ nj/ⁿd͡ʒ/ | NK nk/ᵑk/ | NS ns/ⁿs/ | NT nt/ⁿt/ | NY ny/ɲ/ |
NZ nz/ⁿz/ | Oo/o/ | Óó/o:/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/q/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | TH th/tʰ/ | TL tl/t͡ɬ/ | Uu/u/ |
Úú/u:/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Ɔɔ/ɔ/ | Ɛɛ/ɛ/ | ʔ/ʔ/ | |||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
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