Mazjeeri [MZJ]
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Language type
Other
Species
Human/humanoid
About Mazjeeri
A genetically distant cousin of Adzamasi spoken by a small population of nomadic groups in the Ekuosian desert.
Language family relationships
Language treeAdzo-Neviric
⤷ Proto-Adzo-Neviran
⤷ Proto-Adzamic
⤷ Palaneeri
⤷ Old Majeeri
⤷ Mazjeeri
⤷ Proto-Adzo-Neviran
⤷ Proto-Adzamic
⤷ Palaneeri
⤷ Old Majeeri
⤷ Mazjeeri
[view] About Adzo-NeviricA family spoken across northeastern Baredina, and part of the larger Ekuo-Lahiri family, it originated around northeastern Tabiqa before spreading throughout the Ekuosian desert and south along the easter Baredinan coast. Its two main branches were s...
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Epiglottal | |||||||||
Nasal | m m: | n n: | ||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p p: | b | t t: | d | k k: | g | q q: | ɢ | [ʡ]1 | |||||||||
Fricative | f f: | v | s s: | z | ʃ ʃ: | ʒ | x x: | ɣ | χ | [ʁ]2 | [ʜ]3 | ʢ | ||||||
Affricate | [t͡ʃ]4 | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l l: | |||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
Blends | χʀ̥ |
- initial-only, allophone of /χʀ̥/
- allophone of /χ/
- allophone of /ʢ/
- initial-only, allophone of /ʃ:/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Near- back | Back | ||||
Close | i | u u: | ||||||
Near-close | ɪ ɪ: | ʊ | ||||||
Close-mid | e | o o: | ||||||
Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | ɔ | ||||||
Open | a | ɑ ɑ: |
Polyphthongs | eɪ | aɛ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Mazjeeri. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
MazjeeriOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
Aa/a/ | Āā/ɑ/ | Bb/b/ | Cc[t͡ʃ]1 | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Ëë/ɛ/ | Ff/f/ | Ġġ/ɢ/ | Gg/g/ |
Ǧǧ/ɣ/, [ʁ] | Hh/ʢ/, [ʜ] | Ïï/ɪ/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Öö/ɔ/ |
Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/q/ | Řř/χʀ̥/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ | Šš/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Üü/ʊ/ | Uu/u/ |
Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/x/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Ħħ/χ/ | Ɂɂ[ʡ]2 | |||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
- initial-only
- initial-only