Nzrande [NZRND]
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Nzrande
Unzrandr [n̩zʁ̯andʁ̯]*
NzrandeUnzrandr [n̩zʁ̯andʁ̯]*
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m [m̩]1 | n n̩2 | ŋ [ŋ̩]3 | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʼ | b4 | t tʼ | d | k kʼ | g | [qʼ]5 | ʔ | ||||||||
| Fricative | f fʼ | v | s sʼ | z | [χ]6 | ʁ ʁ̯7 | h h̯8 | [ɦ]9 | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʼ | d͡z | ||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j10 | w11 | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | [ʀ]12 | |||||||||||||||
| Blends | p͡f p͡fʼ | b͡v | [v͡ʀ] | [ʒ͡ʀ] | [f͡ʀ̥] | [ʃ͡ʀ̥] |
- allophone of /n̩/
- assimilates to surrounding syllables
- allophone of /n̩/
- voiced plosives may be slightly prenasalized
- after ejective consonants, allophone of /ʁ̯/
- after voiceless consonants, allophone of /ʁ̯/
- signifies uvular release of prior consonant
- signifies aspiration of prior consonant
- allophone of /h̯/
- brief <j> iotizes prior consonant or smooshed cluster
- brief <w> labializes prior consonant or smooshed cluster
- allophone of /ʁ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | [ʲi] | ɨ | [ʲɯ] | |||||
| Near-close | [ʷʏ] | |||||||
| Close-mid | [ʲe] | ɤ | ||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | [ʷœ] | [ʷɔ] | |||||
| Near-open | [ʲæ] | |||||||
| Open | a [ʷa] | |||||||
Syllable StructureSyllable structure is (C)(C)(C)V[C*](C)[C*]. However, "C" may also include compressed clusters/phonemes (?), which themselves may have up to four components: the main consonant (including affricate), r/h, x, and j/w (in that order).
All clusters must have the same voicing, but may have different voicing between syllable boundaries.
Onset Clusters:
may be any combination of three consonants that would otherwise appear in a compressed cluster (not four);
s/f (or z/v if voiced) may appear after a plosive or compressed cluster (in place of j/w);
s/f (or z/v if voiced) may appear before a plosive or compressed cluster starting with a plosive;
Anything may come after r
a nasal may appear after any consonant, but never after a cluster with j, w, or non-clustered plosive;
a voiceless plosive may occur before only one other voiceless plosive or fricative.
Codas are far more heavily restricted and a bit complicated; they can by any compressible consonant, but MUST be followed by either a compressed h or x (in effect making them ejective or aspirated), or followed by r (written rh, as it behaves like a normal, uncompressed consonant). The second (C*) accounts for this one variable, which may simply be a realization of a "compressed" consonant in an environment where a non-compressed consonant cannot exist. The first (C*) is an assimilating nasal, which may otherwise be analyzed as the "nasal vowel" after another vowel.
All clusters must have the same voicing, but may have different voicing between syllable boundaries.
Onset Clusters:
may be any combination of three consonants that would otherwise appear in a compressed cluster (not four);
s/f (or z/v if voiced) may appear after a plosive or compressed cluster (in place of j/w);
s/f (or z/v if voiced) may appear before a plosive or compressed cluster starting with a plosive;
Anything may come after r
a nasal may appear after any consonant, but never after a cluster with j, w, or non-clustered plosive;
a voiceless plosive may occur before only one other voiceless plosive or fricative.
Codas are far more heavily restricted and a bit complicated; they can by any compressible consonant, but MUST be followed by either a compressed h or x (in effect making them ejective or aspirated), or followed by r (written rh, as it behaves like a normal, uncompressed consonant). The second (C*) accounts for this one variable, which may simply be a realization of a "compressed" consonant in an environment where a non-compressed consonant cannot exist. The first (C*) is an assimilating nasal, which may otherwise be analyzed as the "nasal vowel" after another vowel.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Nzrande. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 NzrandeOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| -H -h/h/ | -R -r/ʁ/, [ʀ] | -X -x/ʔ/ | Aa/a/ | Bb/b/1 | BV bv/b͡v/ | Dd/d/ | DZ dz/d͡z/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Ff/f/ | FR fr[f͡ʀ̥] |
| FX fx/fʼ/ | Gg/ŋ/ | Hh/h̯/2, [ɦ] | HH hh/h/ | Ii/ɨ/ | JA ja[ʲæ] | JE je[ʲe] | JI ji[ʲi] | JU ju[ʲɯ] | Kk/k/ | KX kx/kʼ/ |
| Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/ɤ/ | Pp/p/ | PF pf/p͡f/ | PFX pfx/p͡fʼ/ | PX px/pʼ/ | Qq/g/ | Rr/ʁ̯/3, [qʼ]4, [χ]5 | RH rh[χ] | RR rr/ʁ/, [ʀ] |
| Ss/s/ | SR sr[ʃ͡ʀ̥] | SX sx/sʼ/ | Tt/t/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | TSX tsx/t͡sʼ/ | TX tx/tʼ/ | Uu/w/6 | UG ug[ŋ̩] | UM um[m̩] | UN un/n̩/7 |
| Vv/v/ | VR vr[v͡ʀ] | WA wa[ʷa] | WE we[ʷœ] | WI wi[ʷʏ] | WO wo[ʷɔ] | XX xx/ʔ/ | Yy/j/8 | Zz/z/ | ZR zr[ʒ͡ʀ] | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
- voiced plosives may be slightly prenasalized
- signifies aspiration of prior consonant
- signifies uvular release of prior consonant
- after ejective consonants
- after voiceless consonants
- brief <w> labializes prior consonant or smooshed cluster
- assimilates to surrounding syllables
- brief <j> iotizes prior consonant or smooshed cluster
