Ngiru [NGI]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Ngiru
Ngiru is a language based on Polynesian languages and Northern Sami.
Originally, Ngiru was going to be called Ngaru, but (luckily) the <NGA> tag was already taken. Therefore the name became Ngiru instead.
Originally, Ngiru was going to be called Ngaru, but (luckily) the <NGA> tag was already taken. Therefore the name became Ngiru instead.
Sample of Ngiru[view] Rō ke ngao þe otoio hta tēa p'ēma / a ke kēo ngo nge ahtō!
All I wanna do / is see you turn into / a giant woman![view all texts]
All I wanna do / is see you turn into / a giant woman![view all texts]
Language family relationships
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Velar | |||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||
Plosive | p pʼ ʰp | t tʼ ʰt | k kʼ ʰk | |||||||
Fricative | f | θ | ||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
Close | i | u | ||||||||
Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||||
Close-mid | e | o | ||||||||
Open | ä |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Ngiru. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
NgiruOrthography | |||||||||||
Aa/ä/ | Ee/e/ | Ēē/i/ | Ff/f/ | HK hk/ʰk/ | HP hp/ʰp/ | HT ht/ʰt/ | Ii/ɪ/ | Kk/k/ | K' k'/kʼ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ |
Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Ōō/u/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | P' p'/pʼ/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Tt/t/ | T' t'/tʼ/ | Uu/ʊ/ | Þþ/θ/ | |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |
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