Niwi [NIWI]
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Niwi
Niwi [niwi]
NiwiNiwi [niwi]
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[Deactivated User] on 7 September 2020
Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Niwi[view] Libujmanyjaa Sayberryanyjaa Baykal rdugi likawutji. Ningenyjaa rdugi wurtaninggalurnirrmu wutjipa.
Lake Baikal is a huge lake in Siberia, Russia. It is the biggest fresh water reservoir in the world.[view all texts]
Lake Baikal is a huge lake in Siberia, Russia. It is the biggest fresh water reservoir in the world.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | |||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | ʈ | ɖ | c | ɟ | k | g | ||
| Fricative | [s]1 | |||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ɭ | ||||||||||
| Approximant | ɻ | j | w | |||||||||
| Trill | r [r:]2 | |||||||||||
- allophone of /c/
- allophone of /r/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||
| Close-mid | [o]1 | |||
| Open | a a: | |||
- allophone of /u/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Niwi. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 NiwiOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Aa aa/a:/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/i:/ | Gg/g/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/ɟ/ | Kk/k/ |
| Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Ng ng/ŋ/ | Ny ny/ɲ/ | Oo/u:/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɻ/ | Rd rd/ɖ/ |
| Rl rl/ɭ/ | Rn rn/ɳ/ | Rr rr/r/, [r:] | Rt rt/ʈ/ | Tt/t/ | Tj tj/c/, [s] | Uu/u/, [o] | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
