Goblin [JGO]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Goblinkin
About Goblin
Short, squat humanoids with wide but shallow mouths and wide tongues, and a tendency to speak in a nasally voice.
Sample of Goblin[view] gabnol mrɛk'. / gabnol bomrɛk'. / gabnol mamrɛk'. / gabnol bomamrɛk'.
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
[view]Phonological System: GoblinkinThe phonology of goblinkin. Includes several repurposed symbols from the IPA (the rhotic hook, ʞ, and ¡).| Table #1 | labial(u) | labial(v) | labiodental(u) | labiodental(v) | linguolabial(u) | linguolabial(v) | dental(u) | dental(v) | alveolar(u) | alveolar(v) | palato-alveolar(u) | palato-alveolar(v) | dorsal-lateral | retroflex(u) | retroflex(v) | velar(u) | velar(v) | uvular(u) | uvular(v) | glottal |
| nasal | m | m˞ | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||||||||||||||
| stop | p | b | p˞ | b˞ | t˞ | d˞ | t | d | ʈ | ɖ | k | g | q | ɢ | ʔ | |||||
| fricative | f | v | þ˞ | ð˞ | þ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ʂ | ʐ | x | h | ||||||
| affricate | ʧ | ʤ | ʞ | |||||||||||||||||
| approximant | ɹ | j | ɻ | w | ||||||||||||||||
| trill | ʙ̥ | ʙ | ʙ̥˞ | ʙ˞ | ʀ | |||||||||||||||
| lateral fricative | ʪ | ʫ | ||||||||||||||||||
| lateral approximant | ɬ˞ | l˞ | l | ɭ | ||||||||||||||||
| lateral flap | ¡ | |||||||||||||||||||
| percussive | ʭ | ̪͆ |
| Table #2 | front | central | back |
| close | i | ɪ | ɯ |
| mid | e | ɛ | ɤ |
| open | æ | ə | ɑ |
Syllable Structure(C)(C)V(C)C*('**)
* Intervocalic consonants tend to become partially devoiced if voiced and vice versa. Word-final consonants end with no audible release unless emphasized by a verb of existence.
** An ejective mark (') turns unvoiced consonants into an ejective equivalent, and adds emphasis and a final (ə) otherwise. The ejective is falling out of favor of the emphasis+ə instead in modern Goblin.
* Intervocalic consonants tend to become partially devoiced if voiced and vice versa. Word-final consonants end with no audible release unless emphasized by a verb of existence.
** An ejective mark (') turns unvoiced consonants into an ejective equivalent, and adds emphasis and a final (ə) otherwise. The ejective is falling out of favor of the emphasis+ə instead in modern Goblin.
Stress informationStress falls on the initial syllable, or second syllable if the first is an Article.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Goblin. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 GoblinOrthography | ||||||||||
| a/ɑ/ | b/b/ | b˞/b˞/ | d/d/ | d˞/d˞/ | e/e/ | f/f/ | g/g/ | h/h/ | i/i/ | j/ʤ/ |
| k/k/ | l/l/ | l˞/l˞/, /ɬ˞/ | m/m/ | m˞/m˞/ | n/n/ | o/ɤ/ | p/p/ | p˞/p˞/ | q/q/ | r/ɹ/ |
| s/s/ | t/t/ | t˞/t˞/ | u/ɯ/ | v/v/ | w/w/ | x/x/ | y/j/ | z/z/ | ¡/¡/ | æ/æ/ |
| ð/ð/ | ð˞/ð˞/ | þ/þ/ | þ˞/þ˞/ | ŋ/ŋ/ | ɖ/ɖ/ | ə/ə/ | ɛ/ɛ/ | ɲ/ɲ/ | ʀ/ʀ/ | ʃ/ʃ/ |
| ʈ/ʈ/ | ʒ/ʒ/ | ɢ/ɢ/ | ɪ/ɪ/ | ɬ˞// | ɭ/ɭ/ | ɻ/ɻ/ | ʂ/ʂ/ | ʐ/ʐ/ | ʔ/ʔ/ | ʙ/ʙ/ |
| ʙ˞/ʙ̥˞/, /ʙ˞/ | ʙ̥/ʙ̥/ | ʙ̥˞// | ʞ/ʞ/ | ʧ/ʧ/ | ʪ/ʪ/ | ʫ/ʫ/ | ʭ/ʭ/ | ̪͆/ ̪͆/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | ||||||||||
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