Žemain [JEMAI]
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Žemain
Žemaín [ʒɛ'men]
ŽemainŽemaín [ʒɛ'men]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Žemain
Some random language I made
ALVEOLAR TRILLS SUCK
ALVEOLAR TRILLS SUCK
Sample of ŽemainCan't find any yet.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Other | ||||||||
| Nasal | m mʲ | n | ɲ | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʲ | b bʲ | t tʲ | d dʲ | k kʲ | g gʲ | ||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ ɸʲ | β βʲ | s sʲ | z zʲ | ʃ | ʒ | ɕ | ʑ | x xʲ | |||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | k͡x | t͡ɬ | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ȴ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | [ɹ]1 | j | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | [ʀ]2 | ||||||||||||||
- allophone of /r/
- allophone of /r/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i | u | ||||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||||
| Close-mid | e | |||||||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||||||
| Near-open | æ | |||||||||
| Open | a | [ɒ]1 | ||||||||
| Polyphthongs | aə | aɪ | æɪ | æɔ | uɪ | əɪ | ɔɪ | ɒʊ | ɔʊ | ui |
| ɔæ | ɪu | ʊɔ | ɛə |
- put in phonotactically convenient places, allophone of /a/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Žemain. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ŽemainOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa at /a/ | Bb bi /b/ | Dd di /d/ | Ee et /ɛ/ | Ff fa /ɸ/ | Gg gi /g/ | Ii is /i/ | Íí ít /ɪ/ | Kk ka /k/ | Ll el /l/ |
| Mm/m/ | MY my em /mʲ/ | Nn en /n/ | Oo ot /ɔ/ | Pp peí /p/ | Rr ar /r/ | Ss si /s/ | Tt ti /t/ | Uu ut /u/ | Vv va /β/ |
| Xx ex /x/ | Yy ya /j/ | Žž ež /ʒ/ | Zz zi /z/ | Ææ æt /æ/ | Łł eł /ɬ/ | Əə ət /ə/ | Ʊʊ ʊt /ʊ/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
