Saivan [SWY]
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Saivan
svn [sa:van]
Saivansvn [sa:van]
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[Deactivated User] on 20 April 2021
Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Saivan
Linked to "rootedv.01" file; word roots and grammar conjugations, some vocabulary borrowed from Proto-Semetic and Proto-Afroasiatic.
Sample of Saivan[view] Sibīret nuhn dāvim uz jixenen, lakin kitīet nuhn.
We thought the bear was sleeping, but we were wrong. [view all texts]
We thought the bear was sleeping, but we were wrong. [view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | t | k | ʔ | |||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | |||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||
| Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||
| Open | a a: | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Saivan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 SaivanOrthography [edit] | |||||||
| Bb/β/ | Dd/ð/ | Ff/f/ | Hh/θ/ | Jj/ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ |
| Nn/n/ | Pp/ɸ/ | Rr/ɹ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Vv/v/ | Xx/ʃ/ | Zz/z/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||
