Sfini [SFIN]
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Registered by
opalivity on 21 January 2022
Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Sfini
Sfini is a language spoken by a society of sphinx-like humans with wings and some lion traits. that live within vast desert oasises, accessible only by mirages that act as portals for the right people.
Meta-wise, Sfini is a langauge that I want to allow myself to not pay 100% attention to naturalism all the time and focus instead on experimenting and having fun with lexicon, phonoaestetics, and grammar :^)
Meta-wise, Sfini is a langauge that I want to allow myself to not pay 100% attention to naturalism all the time and focus instead on experimenting and having fun with lexicon, phonoaestetics, and grammar :^)
Sample of SfiniCan't find any yet.
Latest vocabularyNo words yet.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | t tʰ | k kʰ | ʔ | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | h | ||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||
| Click | ʘ | |||||||||||||
| Blends | ɽr |
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Near- back | Back | ||||
| Close | i | u | ||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||||
| Near-open | æ | |||||||
| Open | a | [ɑ]1 | ||||||
- allophone of /a/
Syllable Structure(phonotactics to be added)
Sfini is a mora-timing language! Any V/CV syllable is worth one mora, while long vowels and coda consonants are worth two. This plays a part in the pitch accent system
Sfini is a mora-timing language! Any V/CV syllable is worth one mora, while long vowels and coda consonants are worth two. This plays a part in the pitch accent system
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Sfini. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 SfiniOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| '/ʔ/ | a/a/ | ae/æ/ | ɑ[ɑ] | j/ʒ/ | b/p/ | ch/t͡ʃ/ | d/t/ | e/e/ | f/f/ | g/k/ |
| h/h/ | i/i/ | k/kʰ/ | kh/x/ | m/m/ | m'/ʘ/ | n/n/ | ng/ŋ/ | ny/ɲ/ | o/o/ | p/pʰ/ |
| r/r/ | rr/ɽr/ | s/s/ | sh/ʃ/ | t/tʰ/ | ts/t͡s/ | u/u/ | v/v/ | y/ɪ/ | z/z/ | ü/ʊ/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||||
