Tsegu [TGE]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Tsegu
The Tsegu language is spoken in the fictional country of Gasumiu by the Tsegu people. Agriculture plays an important role in Tsegus' lives. The state has a slavery-based regime with Tsegus being the slaveholders. They spend most of their leisure time discussing the themes of eternity and visiting theaters, among others.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | Other | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ŋ]1 | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | [f]2 | [v]3 | θ | ð | s | z | ç | h | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | [ɥ]4 | |||||||||||||||
- at the end of a word, allophone of /n/
- between vowels, allophone of /p/
- between vowels, allophone of /b/
- after palatal and lateral consonants, allophone of /w/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||
| Close-mid | [e]1 [e:]2 | |||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | ɔ ɔ: | ||
| Open | a a: | |||
- after palatal consonants, allophone of /ɛ/
- after palatal consonants, allophone of /ɛ:/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Tsegu. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 TseguOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Āā ā /a:/ | Aa a /a/ | Bb bā /b/ | Cc ce /ç/ | Dd dā /d/ | Dh dh dhe /ð/ | Dz dz dzu /d͡z/ | Ēē ē /ɛ:/ | Ee e /ɛ/ | Ff[f]1 | Gg gā /g/ |
| Hh he /h/ | Īī ī /i:/ | Ii i /i/ | Jj je /j/ | Kk kā /k/ | Ll le /l/ | Mm mī /m/, /m/ | Nn nī /n/ | Ng ng[ŋ]2 | Ōō ō /ɔ:/ | Oo o /ɔ/ |
| Pp pā /p/ | Ss se /s/ | Tt tā /t/ | Th th the /θ/ | Ts ts tsu /t͡s/ | Ūū ū /u:/ | Uu u /u/ | Vv[v]3 | Ww we /w/ | Yy[ɥ]4 | Zz ze /z/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
- between vowels
- at the end of a word
- between vowels
- after palatal and lateral consonants
