Nekhilian [OXH]
▲
2▲ 2 ▼ 0
Registered by
[Deactivated User] on 30 September 2017
+ shared with: [Deactivated User]
+ shared with: [Deactivated User]
Language type
Not specified
Species
Human/humanoid
About Nekhilian
Nekhilian is a South Vaniuan language, closely related to 
Neherili, as well as the official language of the Republic of Nekhilia. It has a large consonant inventory, typical of Southern Vaniuan languages, which consists of pairs of aspirated or breathy voiced, prenasalised and prenasalised aspirated or breathy stopped plosives.
Nekhilian is, in terms of number of speakers, the most spoken Southern Vaniuan language; it is native to Eastern and Southern Nekhilia.
Neherili, as well as the official language of the Republic of Nekhilia. It has a large consonant inventory, typical of Southern Vaniuan languages, which consists of pairs of aspirated or breathy voiced, prenasalised and prenasalised aspirated or breathy stopped plosives.Nekhilian is, in terms of number of speakers, the most spoken Southern Vaniuan language; it is native to Eastern and Southern Nekhilia.
Sample of NekhilianCan't find any yet.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | Other | |||||||||||||
| Nasal | [m̥]1 | m | n̪ [n̪̥]2 | ɳ [ɳ̥]3 | ɲ [ɲ̥]4 | ŋ [ŋ̥]5 | ɴ [ɴ̥]6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p ᵐp pʰ ᵐpʰ | b bʱ ᵐbʱ ᵐb | t̪ ⁿt̪ t̪ʰ ⁿt̪ʰ | d̪ d̪ʱ ⁿd̪ʱ ⁿd̪ | ʈ ᶯʈ ʈʰ ᶯʈʰ | ɖ ɖʱ ᶯɖʱ ᶯɖ | c ᶮc cʰ ᶮcʰ | ɟ ɟʱ ᶮɟʱ ᶮɟ | k ᵑk kʰ ᵑkʰ | g gʱ ᵑgʱ ᵑg | q ᶰq qʰ ᶰqʰ | ɢ ɢʱ ᶰɢʱ ᶰɢ | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s sᵝ | z zᵝ | ɕ | ʑ | x | ʕ | ɦ | |||||||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ɕ ⁿt͡ɕ t͡ɕʰ ⁿt͡ɕʰ | d͡ʑ d͡ʑʱ ⁿd͡ʑʱ ⁿd͡ʑ | t͡ɬ ⁿt͡ɬ t͡ɬʰ ⁿt͡ɬʰ | d͡ɮ d͡ɮʱ ⁿd͡ɮʱ ⁿd͡ɮ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | ɭ | ʟ [ʟʱ]7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | ɮ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w [wʱ]8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /m/
- allophone of /n̪/
- allophone of /ɳ/
- allophone of /ɲ/
- allophone of /ŋ/
- allophone of /ɴ/
- allophone of /ʟ/
- allophone of /v/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | y | ɯ | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open | a | ɶ | ||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Nekhilian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 NekhilianOrthography | |||||||||
| Ââ ä /ɶ/ | Aa a /a/ | Bb bë /b/ | BH bh bhë /bʱ/ | Cc cë /c/ | Çç çë /t͡ɕ/ | ÇH çh çhë /t͡ɕʰ/ | CH ch chë /cʰ/ | Dd dë /d̪/ | Ďď ďë /ɖ/ |
| ĎH ďh ďhë /ɖʱ/ | DH dh dhë /d̪ʱ/ | DZ dz dzë /d͡ʑ/ | DZH dzh dzhë /d͡ʑʱ/ | DÐ dð dðë /d͡ɮ/ | DÐH dðh dðhë /d͡ɮʱ/ | Ee e /e/ | Ëë ë /ə/ | Ff fë /f/ | Ğğ ğë /ɢ/ |
| Gg gë /g/ | GH gh ghë /gʱ/ | ĞH ğh ğhë /ɢʱ/ | Hh ha /ɦ/ | Ii i /i/ | Jj jë /ɟ/ | JH jh jhë /ɟʱ/ | Kk ka /k/ | KH kh khë /kʰ/ | Ll lë /ʟ/, [ʟʱ] |
| Mm ma /m/, [m̥] | MB mb mba /ᵐb/ | MBH mbh mbha /ᵐbʱ/ | MP mp mpa /ᵐp/ | MPH mph mpha /ᵐpʰ/ | Nn na /n̪/, [n̪̥] | Ňň ňa /ɴ/, [ɴ̥] | Ńń ńa /ɲ/, [ɲ̥] | Ññ ña /ɳ/, [ɳ̥] | NÇ nç nça /ⁿt͡ɕ/ |
| ŃC ńc ńca /ᶮc/ | ŃCH ńch ńcha /ᶮcʰ/ | NÇH nçh nçha /ⁿt͡ɕʰ/ | ÑĎ ñď ñďa /ᶯɖ/ | ND nd nda /ⁿd̪/ | NDH ndh ndha /ⁿd̪ʱ/ | ÑĎH ñďh ñďha /ᶯɖʱ/ | NDZ ndz ndzë /ⁿd͡ʑ/ | NDZH ndzh ndzha /ⁿd͡ʑʱ/ | NDÐ ndð ndða /ⁿd͡ɮ/ |
| NDÐH ndðh ndðha /ⁿd͡ɮʱ/ | ŇĞ ňğ ňğa /ᶰɢ/ | ŇĞH ňğh ňğha /ᶰɢʱ/ | ŃJ ńj ńja /ᶮɟ/ | ŃJH ńjh ńjha /ᶮɟʱ/ | ŇQ ňq ňqa /ᶰq/ | ŇQH ňqh ňqha /ᶰqʰ/ | ÑŤ ñť ñťa /ᶯʈ/ | NT nt nta /ⁿt̪/ | ÑŤH ñťh ñťha /ᶯʈʰ/ |
| NTH nth ntha /ⁿt̪ʰ/ | NTÞ ntþ ntþa /ⁿt͡ɬ/ | NTÞH ntþh ntþha /ⁿt͡ɬʰ/ | Öö ö /ɯ/ | Oo o /o/ | Pp pë /p/ | PH ph phë /pʰ/ | Qq që /q/ | QH qh qhë /qʰ/ | Rr ra /ɾ/ |
| R̃ r̃ r̃a /ɭ/ | Šš šë /ɕ/ | Ss së /s/ | SV sv sva /sᵝ/ | Tt të /t̪/ | Ťť ťë /ʈ/ | ŤH ťh ťhë /ʈʰ/ | TH th thë /t̪ʰ/ | TÞ tþ tþë /t͡ɬ/ | TÞH tþh tþhë /t͡ɬʰ/ |
| Üü ü /y/ | Uu u /u/ | Vv vë /v/, [wʱ] | Ww/w/ | Xx xa /x/ | Yy yi /j/ | Zz zë /z/ | Žž žë /ʑ/ | ZV zv zvë /zᵝ/ | Ðð ðë /ɮ/ |
| Þþ þa /ɬ/ | Ħħ ħa /ʕ/ | Ŋŋ ŋa /ŋ/, [ŋ̥] | ŊG ŋg ŋga /ᵑg/ | ŊGH ŋgh ŋgha /ᵑgʱ/ | ŊK ŋk ŋka /ᵑk/ | ŊKH ŋkh ŋkha /ᵑkʰ/ | |||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | |||||||||
