Jihhan [MSYBO]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersJihhan is spoken in Imperial Jigh.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Jihhan
Welcome! This is the Jihhan language page. Enjoy your time here!
Keṭoe ksou! Ṣyơṭò ḷekyơkóu ǹpúng Ṣhyìe ṣyeu. Ṭthyè ṭo thmaṭyá ṣyeuṛ!
/kəˈʈoi̯˨ kə̆sɒu̯˨ | ʂɐˈʈo˥˩ ɭə.kɐˈkɒu̯˦ ᵐpuŋ˦ ˈʂʰiə̯˥˩ ʂou̯˨ | ʈə̆tʰe˥˩ ʈo˨ tʰə̆mɶʈæ˦ ʂou̯ɻ˨ /
fire<2Second person (person)
addressee (you).CNSConstruct state
noun being possessed> continue | this page<3Third person (person)
neither speaker nor addressee.CNSConstruct state
noun being possessed> language jigh COPCopula
used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate | here at time<2Second person (person)
addressee (you).CNSConstruct state
noun being possessed> enjoy
I'm keeping the development of Jihhan on a spreadsheet as it is just easier for me that way. If you want to take a look at it, complete with over 800 words, idioms and phrases, numeral system, random translations both done and WIP, grammar, honorifics, diachronics, naming conventions, calendar names, heavenly and earthly stems and much more, check it out over here: Jihhan Google Sheets
addressee (you).CNSConstruct state
noun being possessed> continue | this page<3Third person (person)
neither speaker nor addressee.CNSConstruct state
noun being possessed> language jigh COPCopula
used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate | here at time<2Second person (person)
addressee (you).CNSConstruct state
noun being possessed> enjoy
Sample of Jihhan[view] Ṭhyie singyúng Ṣhyìe Ǹṣhưkyeu tya kyeuḷ ḷiǹkyèr kò ṭhngingyíeṣ ṇyíng ṭhṣyí ǹṭhṇyíng Ṛepthyò Kthyáḷ Lưkyeu, Kò Ǹkhkhyéuṣ Kthóe, Ṛekhớng Múḷ.
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/ Jớ kyeuḷ khṛyi kò koe ǹẓóeṛ ṣưṛyeuṣjyie ǹkphyò o Ǹkhúng ṭyeu kṣhyíe kò Ǹkhòe Ṭyìeṣ ṣòḷjyie ṭhyo múḷ ṭhyie syúng kò Ṣhyìe Ǹṣhưkyeu ṇyó ṭkhòe, tṣyéu ǹkou ṭo wyơphò kò Ṭṛepthyò ṣyeujyie ṛeṣeḷyóng ṣóeṇ thngớ...[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeTiengic
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Proto-Tiengic
⤷ Darimic
⤷ Classical Darimic
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Mban
⤷ Classical Ybon
⤷ Archaic Ybon
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Jihhan
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Proto-Tiengic⤷ Darimic
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Classical Darimic⤷
Mban⤷ Classical Ybon
⤷ Archaic Ybon
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JihhanPhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Other | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ŋ | ||||||||||
| Plosive | p [pʼ]1 [ᵐpʼ]2 ᵐp pʰ ᵐpʰ | t [tʼ]3 [ⁿtʼ]4 ⁿt tʰ ⁿtʰ | ʈ [ʈʼ]5 [ᶯʈʼ]6 ᶯʈ ʈʰ ᶯʈʰ | k [kʼ]7 [ᵑkʼ]8 ᵑk kʰ ᵑkʰ | ||||||||||
| Fricative | s sʰ | ʂ ʂʰ | ||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s [t͡sʼ]9 [ⁿt͡sʼ]10 ⁿt͡s t͡sʰ ⁿt͡sʰ | ⁿd͡z | ʈ͡ʂ [ʈ͡ʂʼ]11 [ᶯʈ͡ʂʼ]12 ᶯʈ͡ʂ ʈ͡ʂʰ ᶯʈ͡ʂʰ | ᶯɖ͡ʐ | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ɭ | ||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | ɹ | ɻ | j | ɥ | |||||||||
- allophone of /pʰ/
- allophone of /ᵐpʰ/
- allophone of /tʰ/
- allophone of /ⁿtʰ/
- allophone of /ʈʰ/
- allophone of /ᶯʈʰ/
- allophone of /kʰ/
- allophone of /ᵑkʰ/
- allophone of /t͡sʰ/
- allophone of /ⁿt͡sʰ/
- allophone of /ʈ͡ʂʰ/
- allophone of /ᶯʈ͡ʂʰ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | î í ì | ŷ ý ỳ | û ú ù | |||||||
| Near-close | [ɪ]1 | [ʊ]2 | ||||||||
| Close-mid | ê é è | ø̂ ǿ ø̀ | ô ó ò | |||||||
| Mid | ə ə̆3 | |||||||||
| Near-open | æ̂ ǽ æ̀ | [ɐ]4 | ||||||||
| Open | [ɶ]5 | ɒ̂ ɒ́ ɒ̀ | ||||||||
| Polyphthongs | øə̯̂ øə̯́ øə̯̀ | oî̯ oí̯ oì̯ | oû̯ oú̯ où̯ | eû̯ eú̯ eù̯ | yə̯̂ yə̯́ yə̯̀ | ɒû̯ ɒú̯ ɒù̯ | iə̯̂ iə̯́ iə̯̀ |
- allophone of /ə/
- allophone of /ə/
- minor syllable short ə
- allophone of /ə/
- allophone of /ə/
Stress informationRoot-final, characterized by the tone on the stressed syllable, but more of a pitch accent than true tone.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Jihhan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| JihhanOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Mm/m/ | Pp/p/ | PH ph/pʰ/ | ǸP ǹp/ᵐp/ | ǸPH ǹph/ᵐpʰ/ | Nn/n/ | Tt/t/ | TH th/tʰ/ | ǸT ǹt/ⁿt/ | ǸTH ǹth/ⁿtʰ/ | Ṇṇ/ɳ/ |
| Ṭṭ/ʈ/ | ṬH ṭh/ʈʰ/ | ǸṬ ǹṭ/ᶯʈ/ | ǸṬH ǹṭh/ᶯʈʰ/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/kʰ/ | ǸK ǹk/ᵑk/ | ǸKH ǹkh/ᵑkʰ/ | Ss/s/ | SH sh/sʰ/ |
| TS ts/t͡s/ | TSH tsh/t͡sʰ/ | ǸS ǹs/ⁿt͡s/ | ǸSH ǹsh/ⁿt͡sʰ/ | ǸZ ǹz/ⁿd͡z/ | Ṣṣ/ʂ/ | ṢH ṣh/ʂʰ/ | ṬṢ ṭṣ/ʈ͡ʂ/ | ṬṢH ṭṣh/ʈ͡ʂʰ/ | ǸṢ ǹṣ/ᶯʈ͡ʂ/ | ǸṢH ǹṣh/ᶯʈ͡ʂʰ/ |
| ǸẒ ǹẓ/ᶯɖ͡ʐ/ | Ww/ʋ/ | Ll/l/ | Rr/ɹ/ | Ḷḷ/ɭ/ | Ṛṛ/ɻ/ | Jj/j/ | JW jw/ɥ/ | YI yi/ì/ | YU yu/ỳ/ | Uu/ù/ |
| YE ye/è/ | YO yo/ø̀/ | Oo/ò/ | YA ya/æ̀/ | Ơơ/ɒ̀/ | Ii[ɪ] | Ưư[ʊ] | Ee/ə/ | Aa[ɶ] | YƠ yơ[ɐ] | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||||
Additional NotesMinor syllables don't mark /ə̆/ in orthography.
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