Nala [NALA]
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Nala
nələ [nələ]*
Nalanələ [nələ]*
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Nala[view] niyā nisyə dalunyənsu kəɾəyəsu sərwəyuĉĉhəkhəsu, ō raɾəjən juko, sə yuĉĉhəməsta.
Of all the foolish things you have done in your 16 years, Prince Zuko, this is the most foolish.[view all texts]
Of all the foolish things you have done in your 16 years, Prince Zuko, this is the most foolish.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ1 | ŋ2 | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | b bʱ | t̪ t̪ʰ | d̪ d̪ʱ | t tʰ | d dʱ | k kʰ | g gʱ | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | ɕ | x | h | |||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʰ | d͡z d͡zʱ | t͡ɕ t͡ɕʰ | d͡ʑ d͡ʑʱ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | j | w | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ3 | |||||||||||||||||
- Allophone of /n/ and /m/ before palatals (and alveo-palatals)
- Allophone of /n/ and /m/ before velars
- Allophone of /r/ between vowels
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | ɨ ɨ: | ʉ ʉ: | u u: | ||
| Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||||
| Mid | ə ə: | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | ɔ ɔ: | ||||
| Open | ä ä: | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Nala. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 NalaOrthography | |||||||||
| ' ' // | rwaw a /ä/ | rwyw ā /ä:/ | bahw b /b/ | bhahw bh /bʱ/ | cahw c /t͡s/ | cwahw ĉ /t͡ɕ/ | chahw ch /t͡sʰ/ | cwhahw ĉh /t͡ɕʰ/ | dwahw ḍ /dʱ/ |
| dahw d /d̪/ | dhahw dh /d̪ʱ/ | dwhahw ḍh /d/ | rwe e /e/ | rwew ē /e:/ | fahw f /f/ | gahw g /g/ | ghahw gh /gʱ/ | hahw h /h/ | rwi i /i/ |
| rwiw ī /i:/ | jwahw ĵ /d͡ʑ/ | jahw j /d͡z/ | jhahw jh /d͡zʱ/ | jwhahw ĵh /d͡ʑʱ/ | kahw k /k/ | khahw kh /kʰ/ | lahw l /l/ | mahw m /m/ | mwahw ñ /ɲ/1 |
| nwahw ṅ /ŋ/2 | nahw n /n/ | rwo o /o/ | rwow ō /o:/ | pahw p /p/ | phahw ph /pʰ/ | rahw r /r/ | swahw ŝ /ɕ/ | sahw s /s/ | tahw t /t̪/ |
| twahw ṭ /tʰ/ | thahw th /t̪ʰ/ | twhahw ṭh /t/ | rwu u /u/ | rwuw ū /u:/ | vahw v /ʋ/ | vwahw w /w/ | fwahw x /x/ | yahw y /j/ | rwx ɔ /ɔ/ |
| rwxw ɔ̄ /ɔ:/ | rwa ə /ə/ | rwkw ə̄ /ə:/ | rwuu ɛ /ɛ/ | rwuuw ɛ̄ /ɛ:/ | rwz ɨ /ɨ:/ | rwzw ɨ̄ /ɨ/ | rahw ɾ /ɾ/3 | rwq ʉ /ʉ/ | rwqw ʉ̄ /ʉ:/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | |||||||||
- Allophone of /n/ and /m/ before palatals (and alveo-palatals)
- Allophone of /n/ and /m/ before velars
- Allophone of /r/ between vowels
