Hainanese [HAIS]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Hainanese
disastrous orthography
Sample of Hainanese[view] Kenpầò: ƀùl ƀồs / Kenpầò: ƀùl san
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Language family relationships
Language treeAustroasiatic
⤷ Proto-Austroasiatic
⤷ Mon-Khmer
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Hainanese
⤷ Proto-Austroasiatic
⤷ Mon-Khmer
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Hainanese[view] About AustroasiaticA large language family of Southeast Asia, ranging from India to southeastern China. Major languages in this family include Vietnamese, Khmer, and Mon (hence the common name of the family, Mon-Khmer). Khasi, Santali, Ho, Mundari, and Wa have state-le...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | k | ʔ | |||||||
| Fricative | s | ʝ | ||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | w | |||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||
| Implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i [ĩ]1 î ī ǐ | u [ũ]2 û ū ǔ | ||
| Close-mid | e [ẽ]3 ê ē ě | ɤ [ɤ̃]4 ɤ̂ ɤ̄ ɤ̌ | o [õ]5 ô ō ǒ | |
| Open | a [ã]6 â ā ǎ | ɒ [ɒ̃]7 ɒ̂ ɒ̄ ɒ̌ | ||
- allophone of /i/ before nasals
- allophone of /u/ before nasals
- allophone of /e/ before nasals
- allophone of /ɤ/ before nasals
- allophone of /o/ before nasals
- allophone of /a/ before nasals
- allophone of /ɒ/ before nasals
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Hainanese. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| HainaneseOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| ầ/ɒ̂/ | â/ɒ/ | á/ǎ/ | a/a/ | ā/ā/ | ấ/ɒ̌/ | à/â/ | an[ã]1 | ân[ɒ̃]2 | â̄/ɒ̄/ |
| b/b/ | c/c/ | ch/t͡ɕ/ | d/d/ | dz/d͡z/ | e/e/ | è/ê/ | ē/ē/ | é/ě/ | en[ẽ]3 |
| h/ʔ/ | í/ǐ/ | ì/î/ | ī/ī/ | i/i/ | in[ĩ]4 | j/d͡ʑ/ | k/k/ | l/l/ | m/m/ |
| n/n/ | ng/ŋ/ | ny/ɲ/ | o/o/ | ò/ô/ | ô/ɤ/ | ồ/ɤ̂/ | ố/ɤ̌/ | ó/ǒ/ | ō/ō/ |
| ôn[ɤ̃]5 | on[õ]6 | ô̄/ɤ̄/ | p/p/ | r/r/ | s/s/ | t/t/ | ts/t͡s/ | ú/ǔ/ | ū/ū/ |
| u/u/ | ù/û/ | un[ũ]7 | w/w/ | y/ʝ/ | đ/ɗ/ | ƀ/ɓ/ | |||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- allophone of /a/ before nasals
- allophone of /ɒ/ before nasals
- allophone of /e/ before nasals
- allophone of /i/ before nasals
- allophone of /ɤ/ before nasals
- allophone of /o/ before nasals
- allophone of /u/ before nasals
