Jewayan [JWY]
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[Deactivated User] on 30 January 2019
Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Jewayan
This is a tonal, polysynthetic, vowel-complex language. It’s my first (serious) conlang so be patient please!
Features include:
Features include:
- TBA
Language family relationships
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Other | ||||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | [ɕ]1 | [ʑ]2 | x | |||||||||||
Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | [t͡ɕ]3 | [d͡ʑ]4 | ||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ɥ | |||||||||||||||||
Trill | r | ʀ | ||||||||||||||||||
Flap | [ɾ]5 |
Blends | wo | ɥø | je |
- allophone of /ʃ/
- allophone of /ʒ/
- allophone of /t͡ʃ/
- allophone of /d͡ʒ/
- allophone of /r/
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i | y | u | |
Close-mid | e | ø | o | |
Open | a |
Polyphthongs | ej | øɥ | aw | ow |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Jewayan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
JewayanOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | Čč/t͡ʃ/ | Cc/t͡s/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Ëë/ø/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/x/ | Ii/i/ |
Jj/j/, /ɥ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Ññ/ɲ/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Řř/ʀ/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ |
Šš/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/d͡z/ | X̌ x̌/d͡ʒ/ | Yy/y/ | Zz/z/ | Žž/ʒ/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |