Numean [NVM]
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Language type
International Auxiliary Language (IAL)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Numean
Unlike other branches of Afro-Asiatic, the Sahelic branch has no gender distinction. The feminine and masculine have merged letting the historical feminine marker -t evolve as the 4th person marker (obviative).
The Westernmost Sahelic branch (Atlantic), to which belongs Numesian, has lost phonemic consonant gemination.
The Westernmost Sahelic branch (Atlantic), to which belongs Numesian, has lost phonemic consonant gemination.
Language family relationships
Language treeAfroasiatic
⤷ Proto-Afroasiatic
⤷ Sahelic
⤷ West Sahelic
⤷ Atlantic
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Numean
⤷ Proto-Afroasiatic
⤷ Sahelic
⤷ West Sahelic
⤷ Atlantic
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Numean[view] About AfroasiaticThe Afroasiatic languages are a major language family of the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and the Sahel. They have over 350 million native speakers, and include the liturgical languages of multiple religions, including Islam, Judais...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | |||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | θ | ð | s | z | x | ɣ | ʕ | h | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡sʼ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||
| Blends | gg |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | ɨ | u | |||
| Close-mid | e ë | o | ||||
| Open | a | |||||
| Polyphthongs | ej | aj | ow | aw | oj |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Numean. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| NumeanOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| א/ɨ/, /a/ | או/aw/, /u/ | אי/aj/, /e/ | ב/β/, /b/ | ג/g/, /e/, /ɣ/ | גגּ/ŋ/ | ד/d/, /ð/ | ה/ë/, /ʔ/ | ו/u/, /o/, /w/ |
| ווּ/ow/ | וי/oj/ | ז/z/ | ח/h/ | ט/θ/ | י/j/, /i/ | יי/ej/ | ך/k/, /x/ | כ/x/, /k/ |
| כגּ/gg/ | ל/l/ | ם/m/ | מ/m/ | ן/n/ | נ/n/ | נןּ/ɲ/ | ננּ/ɲ/ | ס/s/ |
| ע/o/, /ʕ/ | ף/p/, /ɸ/ | פ/ɸ/, /p/ | ץ/t͡sʼ/ | צ/t͡sʼ/ | ק/d͡ʒ/ | ר/ɾ/ | ש/ɬ/ | ת/t/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
