Dwarvish [JDW]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Dwarvish[view] Hafe agen nin kowtun. / Hafe agen sa kowtun. / Hafe agen ekowtun. / Hafe agen sa ekowtun.
I have a cat. / I have the cat. / I have cats. / I have the cats.[view all texts]
I have a cat. / I have the cat. / I have cats. / I have the cats.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | |||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | ɣ | h | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | [d͡ʒ]1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | ʍ | w | |||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | ʀ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Blends | jʔ | jɵ |
- allophone of /ʒ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i | ʉ | u | |||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʏ | ʊ | |||||||
| Close-mid | e | ɵ | o | |||||||
| Mid | o̞ | |||||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɜ | ʌ | ɔ | ||||||
| Near-open | æ | |||||||||
| Open | a | ɑ | ɒ | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | ɜʔi | ei | aʔɑ | ɒʊ | o̞ʔɔ | uʔʌ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Dwarvish. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 DwarvishOrthography | |||||||||
| Aa Aa /a/ | AA aa AA aa /aʔɑ/ | AH ah AH ah /æ/ | AW aw AW aw /ɒ/ | Bb Bb /b/ | Cc Cc /t͡ʃ/ | Dd Dd /d/ | DH x DH dh /ð/ | Ee Ee /ɜ/ | EE ee EE ee /ei/ |
| EH eh EH eh /ɛ/ | EW ew EW ew /ʉ/, /ʌ/ | Ff Ff /f/ | Gg Gg /g/ | GH gh GH gh /ɣ/ | Hh Hh /h/ | Ii Ii /i/ | IH ih IH ih /ɪ/ | II ii II ii /ɜʔi/ | IW iw IW iw /ʏ/ |
| Jj Jj [d͡ʒ] | Kk Kk /k/ | KH kh KH kh /x/ | Ll Ll /l/ | Mm Mm /m/ | Nn Nn /n/ | NG ŋ NG ng /ŋ/ | Oo Oo /o/ | OH oh OH oh /ɔ/ | OO oo OO oo /o̞ʔɔ/ |
| OW ow OW ow /ɒʊ/ | Pp Pp /p/ | Rr Rr /r/ | RR rr RR rr /ʀ/ | Ss Ss /s/ | SH ʃ SH sh /ʃ/ | Tt Tt /t/ | TH þ TH th /θ/ | Uu Uu /u/ | UH uh UH uh /ɵ/ |
| UU uu UU uu /uʔʌ/ | UW uw UW uw /ʊ/ | Vv Vv /v/ | Ww Ww /w/ | WH wh WH wh /ʍ/ | Yy Yy /jʔ/, /j/ | YH yh YH yh /jɵ/ | Zz Zz /z/ | ZH zh ZH zh /ʒ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | |||||||||
