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Luminoth
Ekr̀ sdo-Ỳlakún
[ɛkr̩̀ sdo̞ʔaìläkũn]
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 30 July 2020
Language type A priori
Species Human/humanoid
About Luminoth
This language is based off of the Luminoth species from the Metroid video game series. I’m also doing  Zebesian (OLD) if you’re interested. :)
s–ỳlisatsa k-Ỳla sdo-Ìthr jí àku–x!
Sample of Luminoth[view] tivà Krùt.

I am groot
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Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
AlveolarPost-
Alveolar
VelarUvularGlottal
Nasal m   n   [ŋ]1 [ɴ]2  
Plosive p [b]3   t tʰ d   k kʰ [g]4 q qʰ [ɢ]5 ʔ
Fricative   f fʰ v s sʰ [z]6   x xʰ [ɣ]7   h
Affricate       t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ d͡ʒ      
Lateral approximant     l        
Approximant     ɹ        
  1. allophone of /n/
  2. allophone of /n/
  3. allophone of /p/
  4. allophone of /k/
  5. allophone of /q/
  6. allophone of /s/
  7. allophone of /x/
VowelsFrontNear-
front
CentralBack
Close i ĩ ĩ̀ ì     u ũ ũ̀ ù
Near-close   ɪ ɪ̃ ɪ̃̀ ɪ̀    
Mid     ə ə̃ ə̃̀ ə̀ o̞ õ̞ õ̞̀ ò̞
Open-mid ɛ ɛ̃ ɛ̃̀ ɛ̀     ʌ ʌ̃ ʌ̃̀ ʌ̀
Open a ã ã̀ à   ä ä̃ ä̃̀ ä̀  
Polyphthongs ai aĩ aĩ̀ aì
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Luminoth. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 LuminothOrthography [edit]
a
a
/ä/
e
e
/ɛ/
i
i
/ɪ/
o
o
/o̞/
u
u
/u/
b
b
/p/, [b]
c
c
/t͡ʃ/
d
d
/d/
f
f
/f/
h
h
/h/
j
j
/d͡ʒ/
k
k
/k/, [g]
l
l
/l/
m
m
/m/
n
n
/n/, [ɴ], [ŋ]
q
q
/q/, [ɢ]
r
r
/ɹ/
s
s
/s/, [z]
t
t
/t/
v
v
/v/
x
x
/x/, [ɣ]
y
y
/ai/
-
-
/ʔ/
✔ Shown in correct order [change]
    Additional NotesLuminoth is typically a three-dimensional language when written, and the shape of the sentences can actually carry the tone of a sentence. Here, a 2D method of projection is used to convey the characters, with unique stops in place to handle tone that is lost in this projection. 2D Luminoth is traditionally written boustrophedonically, but this can’t be done in CWS as far as I’m aware, so for our purposes here, it is LTR.
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    Typological information for Luminoth

    Base counting systemDuodecimal (12)
    GendersAnimate/Inanimate
    Primary word orderVSO
    ToneSimple tone system (2 level tones)

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