Quan [QWA]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Quan
Quan is a agglutinative language with no genders, 3 cases (absolutive, ergative, genitive), and 3 numbers (singular, dual, plural). The verbs have 4 tenses (present, past, pluperfect, future), and 2 moods (indicative and subjunctive). The persons are: 1S, 2, 3S, 1PI, 1PE, 3P.
Sample of Quan[view] Zurt barul sratehurt, uhe zib heµutrihurt.
It's pretty far, but it doesn't seem like it.[view all texts]
It's pretty far, but it doesn't seem like it.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Other | ||||||||||
Nasal | n | [ŋ]1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | |||||||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | θ | s | ʃ | ʒ | χ | |||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | [ɫ]2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||
Trill | r |
- At the end of a sentence, before /k/, and instead of /ng/, allophone of /n/
- At the end of a sentence, except after /e/, allophone of /l/
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i | u | ||
Close-mid | e | |||
Near-open | æ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Quan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
QuanOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
Aa/æ/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | Hh/ʃ/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/, [ɫ]1 | Nn/n/, [ŋ]2 |
Pp/p/ | Qq/χ/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Zz/θ/ | Μµ/ʒ/ | |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
- At the end of a sentence, except after /e/
- At the end of a sentence, before /k/, and instead of /ng/
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