Sgen language [SGEN]
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Sgen language
Raotarokota repevie [dɑotɑɾokotɑ dɛpɛβiɛ]*
Raotarokota repevie [dɑotɑɾokotɑ dɛpɛβiɛ]*
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Sgen language
Sgen is a phonologically minimal language, it has totally 10 phonemes, of which six are consonants and four are vowels. All syllables are open syllables and there are no consonant clusters. As a result, Sgen has totally 28 possible syllables, fewer than Rotokas(35 possible syllables) but still more than Piraha(21 possible syllables, however, considering tones, Piraha could have 63 possible syllables)
Sample of Sgen language[view] agarapavo gavogata ovoravova rerigete
The girl who brought fish left.[view all texts]
The girl who brought fish left.[view all texts]
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | |||
Nasal | (m)1 | (n)2 | (ŋ)3 | |||
Plosive | p | [b]4 | t | [d]5 | k | [g]6 |
Fricative | β | [s]7 | ɣ | |||
Affricate | [t͡s]8 | |||||
Flap | ɾ |
- allophone of /β/
- allophone of /ɾ/
- allophone of /ɣ/
- allophone of /β/
- allophone of /ɾ/
- allophone of /ɣ/
- before /i/, in free variation with [ts], allophone of /t/
- before /i/, in free variation with [s], allophone of /t/
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i i: | [u:]1 | ||
Close-mid | [e:]2 | o o: | ||
Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | |||
Open | ɑ ɑ: |
- allophone of /o:/
- allophone of /ɛ:/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Sgen language. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Sgen languageOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||||
Aa/ɑ/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Gg/ɣ/ | Ii/i/ | Kk/k/ | Mm[m]1 | Nn[n]2 | NG ng[ŋ]3 | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ss[t͡s]4 | Tt/t/ | Vv/β/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
- loan words only
- loan words only
- loan words only
- before /i/, in free variation with [s]