Nzevi [NZV]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Nzevi
Nzevi is the language spoken by the people of Zevia, a small country located on the west coast of sub-Saharan Africa. It is not known to be related to any other language.
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Pharyngeal | Other | ||||||||
Nasal | m̥ | m | n n̥ | ɳ ɳ̥ | ŋ ŋ̥ | |||||||||||
Plosive | p pʼ | b ᵐb | t tʼ | d ⁿd | ʈ ʈʼ | ɖ ᶯɖ | k kʼ | g ᵑg | ||||||||
Fricative | ɸ | β | s | z | ʂ | ʐ | ɣ | ħ | ʕ | |||||||
Affricate | ᵐb͡β | t͡s t͡sʼ | d͡z ⁿd͡z | ʈ͡ʂ ʈ͡ʂʼ | ɖ͡ʐ ᶯɖ͡ʐ | g͡ɣ ᵑg͡ɣ | ||||||||||
Lateral flap | ɺ | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ɥ | |||||||||||||
Trill | ʙ ʙ̥ | r r̥ |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i ĩ | ʉ ʉ̃ | u ũ | |||
Close-mid | e ẽ | ɘ ɘ̃ | ||||
Near-open | ɐ ɐ̃ |
Polyphthongs | ɐɘ | uɘ | iɘ | ʉɘ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Nzevi. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
NzeviOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
Ää ä /ɐɘ/ | Aa a /ɐ/ | Bb bi /b/ | Cc ci /ʈ/ | Ċċ ċi /ʈʼ/ | Dd di /d/ | Ḍḍ ḍi /ɖ/ | Ëë ë /ɘ/ | Ee e /e/ | Ff ifi /ɸ/ | Gg gi /g/ |
Ḥḥ iḥi /ʕ/ | Hh ihi /ħ/ | Ïï ï /iɘ/ | Ii i /i/ | Jj ji /ɖ͡ʐ/ | Kk ki /k/ | Ḳḳ ḳi /kʼ/ | Ll ili /ɺ/ | Mm im /m/ | Ṇṇ iṇ /ŋ/ | Ṅṅ iṅ /ɳ/ |
Nn in /n/ | Öö ö /uɘ/ | Oo o /u/ | Ṗṗ ṗi /pʼ/ | Pp pi /p/ | Qq qi /ɥ/ | Rr iri /r/ | Ṡṡ iṡi /ʂ/ | Ss isi /s/ | Ṭṭ ṭi /tʼ/ | Tt ti /t/ |
Üü ü /ʉɘ/ | Uu u /ʉ/ | Vv ivi /β/ | Ww wi /w/ | Xx xi /ɣ/ | Yy yi /j/ | Zz izi /z/ | Żż iżi /ʐ/ | |||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |