Nengish [INNG]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Nengish
Ineng is one of the other major languages on its planet, with the second largest speaker population behind 
The Voice of Warriors.
The Voice of Warriors.
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Velar | ||||
| Nasal | [m]1 | [n]2 | [ŋ]3 | |||||
| Plosive | [p]4 | b | [t]5 | [k]6 | ||||
| Fricative | β | |||||||
| Affricate | t̪͡θ͡ | k͡x | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | [l]7 | |||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||
| Blends | ŋ͡m | g͡b | n͡l | ŋ͡k |
- word-final pronunciation of /ŋm/, allophone of /ŋ͡m/
- word-final pronunciation of /nl/, allophone of /n͡l/
- word-final pronunciation of /ŋ͡k/, allophone of /ŋ͡k/
- word-final pronunciation of /b/, allophone of /b/
- word-final pronunciation of /t̪θ/, allophone of /t̪͡θ͡/
- word-final pronunciation of /g͡b/, allophone of /g͡b/
- word-final pronunciation of /r/, allophone of /r/
| Vowels | Front | Near- back | Back | |||
| Close | [i͋]1 | [u͋]2 | ||||
| Near-close | ʲʊ | |||||
| Mid | ʲe̞ | |||||
| Open-mid | ɔ | |||||
| Near-open | [æ]3 | |||||
| Open | ʲa | |||||
- fricativized; pronunciation of /ʲe̞/ after a fricative or affricate, or word-initial, allophone of /ʲe̞/
- fricativized; pronunciation of /ʲʊ/ after a fricative or affricate, or word-initial, allophone of /ʲʊ/
- word-final pronunciation of /ʲa/, allophone of /ʲa/
Syllable Structure- In general, a syllable must have a consonant onset and may have an optional consonant coda; the onset and coda may be any consonant.
- A syllable that starts with a fricative or affricate may only have fricativized vowels or [ɔ] as the nucleus.
- A syllable that starts with an alveolar consonant may have any non-fricativized vowel except [ʲa~æ] as the nucleus.
- A syllable that starts with any other consonant may have any non-fricativized vowel as the nucleus.
- Alveolar consonants may be syllabic.
- Any fricativized vowel or [ɔ] may stand alone as a syllable if followed by a syllable with consonant onset (ie VCV and CVVCV are legal as words, but V and CVV are not).
- A syllable that starts with a fricative or affricate may only have fricativized vowels or [ɔ] as the nucleus.
- A syllable that starts with an alveolar consonant may have any non-fricativized vowel except [ʲa~æ] as the nucleus.
- A syllable that starts with any other consonant may have any non-fricativized vowel as the nucleus.
- Alveolar consonants may be syllabic.
- Any fricativized vowel or [ɔ] may stand alone as a syllable if followed by a syllable with consonant onset (ie VCV and CVVCV are legal as words, but V and CVV are not).
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Nengish. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 NengishOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||||
| в/β/ | г/ŋ͡k/, [ŋ]1 | е/ʲe̞/, [i͋]2 | к/g͡b/, [k]3 | м/ŋ͡m/, [m]4 | н/n͡l/, [n]5 | о/ɔ/ | п/b/, [p]6 | р/r/, [l]7 | т/t̪͡θ͡/, [t]8 | х/k͡x/ | ю/ʲʊ/, [u͋]9 | я/ʲa/, [æ]10 |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||||
- word-final pronunciation of /ŋ͡k/
- fricativized; pronunciation of /ʲe̞/ after a fricative or affricate, or word-initial
- word-final pronunciation of /g͡b/
- word-final pronunciation of /ŋm/
- word-final pronunciation of /nl/
- word-final pronunciation of /b/
- word-final pronunciation of /r/
- word-final pronunciation of /t̪θ/
- fricativized; pronunciation of /ʲʊ/ after a fricative or affricate, or word-initial
- word-final pronunciation of /ʲa/
