Northwestern Island Language [NWL]
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[view flag info] Northwestern Island Language
hokahumowovaha [hokahumowovaha]
[view flag info] Northwestern Island Language
hokahumowovaha [hokahumowovaha]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Northwestern Island Language
The Northwestern Island was discovered by European explorers in the Era of Discovery. Close to the Americas, this island had indigenous people who were different from any of the mainland. The language of Northwestern Island Language is of the [C]V sort, and has simple to understand grammar. It was developed by the people of the Island and, because of the isolation, had no known influence from the continental languages whatsoever.
Sample of Northwestern Island Language[view] hu mowovahaki hokahumowovaha
I speak English[view all texts]
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Language family relationships
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | h | |||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
Trill | r |
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i | u | ||
Close-mid | e | o | ||
Open | a |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Northwestern Island Language. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Northwestern Island LanguageOrthography | |||||||||||
Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ |
Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ʃ/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |