Nthatu [HTM]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Nthatu
baNthatu is a language spoken by the amaThatu people who live in the Kgalagali desert. Thatu society is structured around a strict class hierarchy between nobles, peasants and merchants. Nobles organise themselves into noble houses who own peasants, land and all the cattle in their territory. Nobles also get to elect a high king who serves as a primus inter pares. Merchants are also organised into houses but they lack voting rights. Some baNthatu speakers are hunter-gatherers and live outside Thatu society and call themselves amaNqowane.
baThatu ngicišema liyiiname ahha amaThatu yalethini deKgalagadi hliyindejepe. baNxhomaja bathatu nzhaliyilînjepe ergi badlakema chaxaxena rge amafedla, amancenô, amahholi. amasiNcenô nqhašurhabhe le isikinilalo eme betšinifedlhelo deicinqhašurhabhe akwibetšinifedlhelo. amaFedla siyiumûnkhathe bakgoli yalemhlangi siyibakgojingekû o baili kxhohale amafedla. amaHholi nzhahliyiumûjepe ahha befedlhelo avi adlaitlhokihlitshaumûnkhathe. amaNamathatu hliyinsikxhakwe le hliyiumûjepe simabanxhomaja sîthatu le amaNqowane nzhahliyihlîyase.
The language is heavily inspired by the South African Bantu languages with further inspiration coming from the other Bantu languages and the Khoisan languages and a smattering of Georgian and Basque.
baThatu ngicišema liyiiname ahha amaThatu yalethini deKgalagadi hliyindejepe. baNxhomaja bathatu nzhaliyilînjepe ergi badlakema chaxaxena rge amafedla, amancenô, amahholi. amasiNcenô nqhašurhabhe le isikinilalo eme betšinifedlhelo deicinqhašurhabhe akwibetšinifedlhelo. amaFedla siyiumûnkhathe bakgoli yalemhlangi siyibakgojingekû o baili kxhohale amafedla. amaHholi nzhahliyiumûjepe ahha befedlhelo avi adlaitlhokihlitshaumûnkhathe. amaNamathatu hliyinsikxhakwe le hliyiumûjepe simabanxhomaja sîthatu le amaNqowane nzhahliyihlîyase.
The language is heavily inspired by the South African Bantu languages with further inspiration coming from the other Bantu languages and the Khoisan languages and a smattering of Georgian and Basque.
Sample of Nthatu[view] Ulîngaphakhama kxhôiciûsarearha chamhici.
Don't get too close to the edge of the cliff.[view all texts]
Don't get too close to the edge of the cliff.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||||
| Nasal | m mʱ | n nʱ | ɲ ɲʱ | ŋ ŋʱ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p ᵐp pʰ ᵐpʰ | b bʱ ᵐb | t ⁿt tʰ ⁿtʰ | d dʱ ⁿd | k ᵑk kʰ ᵑkʰ | g gʱ ᵑg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fricative | β | f | s | ʃ | x | χ | ʁ | h | ɦ | |||||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʰ | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ | d͡ʒ ⁿd͡ʒ | k͡x k͡xʰ | t͡ɬ ⁿt͡ɬ t͡ɬʰ ⁿt͡ɬʰ | d͡ɮ ⁿd͡ɮ d͡ɮʰ ⁿd͡ɮʰ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | ɮ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j jʱ | w wʱ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | ʀ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Click | ↓ʘ̪ʼʷ | ǀ ǀˀ ⁿǀˀ ǀʷ ⁿǀʷ ⁿǀ ǀʰ ǀʰʷ ⁿǀʰ | ǃ ǃˀ ⁿǃˀ ǃʷ ⁿǃʷ ⁿǃ ǃʰ ǃʰʷ ⁿǃʰ | ǁ ǁˀ ⁿǁˀ ǁʷ ⁿǁʷ ⁿǁ ǁʰ ǁʰʷ ⁿǁʰ | ǂ ǂˀ ᶮǂˀ ǂʷ ᶮǂʷ ᶮǂ ǂʰ ǂʰʷ ᶮǂʰ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Near- back | Back | ||||
| Close | í: ì: í ì | ú: ù: ú ù | ||||||
| Near-close | ɪ́: ɪ̀: ɪ́ ɪ̀ | ʊ́: ʊ̀: ʊ́ ʊ̀ | ||||||
| Close-mid | é: è: é è | ó: ò: ó ò | ||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ́ ɛ̀ | ɔ́ ɔ̀ | ||||||
| Open | á: à: á à | |||||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Nthatu. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 NthatuOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa/á/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/ǀ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/é/ | Êê/ɛ́/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/í/ | Îî/ɪ́/ |
| Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/ó/ | Ôô/ɔ́/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/ǃ/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ |
| Šš/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Ûû/ʊ́/ | Uu/ú/ | Vv/β/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ǁ/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/ǂ/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
