Laojengnese [LJH]
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Language type
Mixed
Species
Human/humanoid
About Laojengnese
Lao-Jengnese is a fictitious language spoken in Southeast Asia and the rural parts of China. Lao-Jengnese has no known related languages, and is dissimilar enough to be thought part of a different language family. Lao-Jengnese also has been, barring few modern loanwords, largely and surprisingly uninfluenced by the surrounding Tai-Kadai, Sino-Tibetan, Austro-Asiatic, and Hmong-Mien languages. These criteria make it classified as a language isolate. The native speakers also have a unique culture, though in great variation, as it stretches from rural China to parts of Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, and eastern Myanmar.
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||
Plosive | [p]1 pʰ | tʰ | [k]2 kʰ | [ʔ]3 | ||||||||||||||||
Fricative | ɸ | (f) | (v) | s | ɕ | ʑ | x | ħ | ||||||||||||
Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ | ||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | ɹ | j | w | |||||||||||||||||
Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||
Flap | [ɾ]4 | |||||||||||||||||||
Implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ɠ |
- syllable-final, allophone of /pʰ/
- syllable-final, allophone of /kʰ/
- syllable-final, allophone of /tʰ/
- syllable-final, allophone of /r/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Near- back | Back | ||||
Close | i | u | ||||||
Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||
Close-mid | o | |||||||
Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ | ɔ | |||||
Near-open | æ | |||||||
Open | ɑ |
Polyphthongs | ʌi | iu | ei | iæ | ɑm | iɛ | oɑ | ɑi | iɔ | iʌŋ |
ɑɔ | ɔn | ʌŋ | ɑɑi | ou | io | oi | iɑ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Laojengnese. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
LaojengneseOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
Ăă/ʌ/ | Ȧȧ/æ/ | Aa/ɑ/ | AAI aai/ɑɑi/ | ĂI ăi/ʌi/ | AI ai/ɑi/ | AM am/ɑm/ | ĂNG ăng/ʌŋ/ | AO ao/ɑɔ/ | Bb/ɓ/ |
Cc/t͡s/ | CH ch/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/ɗ/ | Ee/ɛ/ | EI ei/ei/ | Ff/f/1 | FH fh/ɸ/ | Gg/ɠ/ | Hh/ħ/ | HH hh/x/ |
Ĭĭ/ɪ/ | Ii/i/ | IȦ iȧ/iæ/ | IA ia/iɑ/ | IĂNG iăng/iʌŋ/ | IE ie/iɛ/ | IŎ iŏ/iɔ/ | IO io/io/ | IU iu/iu/ | Jj/ʑ/ |
JH jh/d͡ʑ/ | Kk/kʰ/, [k]2 | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Oo/o/ | Ŏŏ/ɔ/ | OA oa/oɑ/ | OI oi/oi/ |
ŎN ŏn/ɔn/ | OU ou/ou/ | Pp/pʰ/, [p]3 | Qq/t͡ɕ/ | Rr/r/, [ɾ]4 | RH rh/ɹ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/tʰ/, [ʔ]5 | Uu/u/ | Ŭŭ/ʊ/ |
Vv/v/6 | Ww/w/ | Xx/ɕ/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/d͡z/ | ZH zh/d͡ʒ/ | ||||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
- loan words only
- syllable-final
- syllable-final
- syllable-final
- syllable-final
- loan words only