Kjanba [KNBA]
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Kjanba
kjanba [kʰjan̪ˈba]
Kjanbakjanba [kʰjan̪ˈba]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kjanba
Kjanba is an a priori artlang that aims to derive roots with phonemes that follow an innate sound-symbolism system. It draws inspiration from the Inuit language family.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n̪ | ŋ | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | t̪ t̪ʰ | k kʰ | q | ||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | θ | [ð]1 | s̪ | [ç]2 | x | ʁ | ||||||
| Affricate | t͡s̪ t͡s̪ʰ | |||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l̪ | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
- only while neighboring voiced consonants, allophone of /θ/
- preceding /i/, allophone of /x/
| Vowels | Front | Near- back | Back | |||
| Close | i̞ | u | ||||
| Near-close | ʊ | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ | ɔ | |||
| Open | a̠ | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kjanba. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 KjanbaOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| a/a̠/ | b/p/ | c/t͡s̪ʰ/ | d/t̪/ | e/ɛ/ | f/ɸ/ | g/k/ | i/i̞/ | j/j/ | k/kʰ/ |
| l/l̪/ | m/m/ | n/n̪/ | o/ɔ/ | p/pʰ/ | q/q/ | r/ʁ/ | s/s̪/ | t/t̪ʰ/ | u/u/ |
| v/β/ | w/w/ | x/x/, [ç]1 | y/ʊ/ | z/t͡s̪/ | þ/θ/, [ð]2 | ŋ/ŋ/ | ə/ʌ/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- preceding /i/
- only while neighboring voiced consonants
