Cheon [RNT]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Cheon
Contemporary language to 
Alvwe
Originally exclusively spoken by humans, but has been adopted by people of many species as the region becomes settled agriculturalists. Speakers interact extensively with Vwelul people, leading to influence from the Alvwe language.
Alvwe Originally exclusively spoken by humans, but has been adopted by people of many species as the region becomes settled agriculturalists. Speakers interact extensively with Vwelul people, leading to influence from the Alvwe language.
Sample of Cheon[view] otoki haokenko elo-tene iñi
/ phen rongi ra iñi
/ thon sei tomofeko-tene otoki-are ‘oin
/ kae nema-hefi ninaeloi
We are the children of the stone / Strong and resilient / We receive what our gods have given us / And adorn it with ochre / [view all texts]
We are the children of the stone / Strong and resilient / We receive what our gods have given us / And adorn it with ochre / [view all texts]
Language family relationships
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | [ŋ]1 | ||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | [b]2 | t tʰ | [d]3 | k | [g]4 | ʔ | |||||
| Fricative | β̞ | s | ç | h | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʰ | [d͡z]5 [d͡zʰ]6 | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ | d͡ʒ7 [d͡ʒʰ]8 | ||||||||
| Approximant | j | ɰ | ||||||||||
| Trill | rʲ | |||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /p/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /t͡s/
- allophone of /t͡sʰ/
- tʃ/dʒ/#_
- tʃʰ/dʒʰ/#_, allophone of /t͡sʰ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Near- back | Back | ||||
| Close | i [i̥]1 | |||||||
| Near-close | [ɪ]2 | [ʊ]3 | ||||||
| Close-mid | e [e̥]4 | o | ||||||
| Open | a | |||||||
- allophone of /i̥/
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /o/
- allophone of /e̥/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Cheon. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 CheonOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| '/ʔ/ | Aa/a/ | CH ch/t͡ʃ/, /d͡ʒ/1 | CY cy/ç/ | Ee/e/, [e̥] | Ff/β̞/ | Gg/ɰ/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/, [ɪ], [i̥] |
| Kk/k/, [g] | Ll/ɾ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/, [ŋ] | Ññ/ɲ/ | Oo/o/, [ʊ] | Pp/p/, [b] | PH ph/pʰ/ | Rr/rʲ/ |
| Ss/s/ | Tt/t/, [d] | TCH tch/t͡ʃʰ/, [d͡ʒʰ]2 | TH th/tʰ/ | TS ts/t͡s/, [d͡z] | TZ tz/t͡sʰ/ | Yy/j/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
- tʃ/dʒ/#_
- tʃʰ/dʒʰ/#_
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