Hi'a [HIPA]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersHi'a is spoken by a population of around 3,000,000 in Hi'a.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Hi'a
Hi'a is the language of an isolated alien monarchy. Hi'a is the name of the place, the people, and the language. They do not have a written language and it has been romanized by English speakers who are not linguistic experts.
Sample of Hi'a[view] Nale, nuj kih nale, jin mal ji fenot.
To be, or not to be, that is the question.[view all texts]
To be, or not to be, that is the question.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||
| Plosive | t | k | g | ʔ | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | θ | s | ʃ | ʒ | h | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | ||||
| Close | i | |||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||
| Open | a | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | aʊ | ɔɪ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Hi'a. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 Hi'aOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Ff/f/ | Aa/a/ | AU au/aʊ/ | Ll/l/ | Ee/i/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Ii/ɪ/ | TH th/θ/ |
| SH sh/ʃ/ | CH ch/t͡ʃ/ | Uu/ə/ | Gg/g/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Oo/ʊ/ | EU eu/ɔɪ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ |
| TS ts/t͡s/ | ZH zh/d͡ʒ/ | Jj/ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Hh/h/ | '/ʔ/ | ||
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
