Levian [LVS]
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Levian
Leavaša [ˈleiɑ.vɑ.ʃɑ]
Leavaša [ˈleiɑ.vɑ.ʃɑ]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Levian[view] Ensilassarkos Mimãgã šakos sepp ažžagaiagaksis keam šakšea, kasi paččaš mipaččasiga iainasav jekõmiboč. / / Iainasav missip paččasik jakuvio, os renge jekčebbekeppi, ossis keam šakšeass, šakos sepp ažžagaiagaksi čer šahhanažakkeinni.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t̪ | d̪ | c | ɟ | k | g | ||||||||
Fricative | v | s | [ʃ]1 | [ʒ]2 | ç | ʝ | ||||||||||
Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | [c͡ç]3 | [ɟ͡ʝ]4 | ||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | [j]5 | [w]6 | ||||||||||||||
Flap | [ɾ]7 ɾ̥ |
- preceding a voiceless consonant, allophone of /ɾ̥/
- word-initially and preceding a voiced consonant, allophone of /ɾ̥/
- when word-initial or in a stressed syllable, allophone of /c/
- when word-initial or in a stressed syllable, allophone of /ɟ/
- allophone of /i/
- syllable-finally, allophone of /v/
- following a voiced consonant and between two vowels, allophone of /ɾ̥/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Back | |||
Close | i | y | u | |||
Near-close | [ɪ]1 | [ʏ]2 | ||||
Close-mid | e | ø | ||||
Open | ɑ | ɒ |
Polyphthongs | aie | ɑu | uo | yø | ei | eiɑ | ai |
- in unstressed syllables, allophone of /i/
- in unstressed syllables, allophone of /y/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Levian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
LevianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
Aa/ɑ/ | Ãã/ɒ/ | Bb/b/ | Čč/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d̪/ | Ee/e/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/ç/ | Ii/i/, [ɪ]1, [j] |
Jj/ʝ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/uo/ | Õõ/ø/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɾ̥/, [ʃ]2, [ɾ]3, [ʒ]4 |
Ss/s/ | Šš/ʃ/ | Tt/t̪/ | Ũũ/y/, [ʏ]5 | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/, [w]6 | Žž/d͡ʒ/ | Đđ/ɟ/, [ɟ͡ʝ]7 | Ŧŧ/c/, [c͡ç]8 |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
- in unstressed syllables
- preceding a voiceless consonant
- following a voiced consonant and between two vowels
- word-initially and preceding a voiced consonant
- in unstressed syllables
- syllable-finally
- when word-initial or in a stressed syllable
- when word-initial or in a stressed syllable