Tlemba [TMB]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Tlemba
A do-over of my second-ever conlang from way back when, 
Semberek. Featuring slightly less absurd infixation, shortened stems, barer noun morphology, and clicks.
Semberek. Featuring slightly less absurd infixation, shortened stems, barer noun morphology, and clicks.
Sample of Tlemba[view] Kmetot, lad yiyinip korešanas lusanak biynas. Kun ḷapip quf tilukas, kun šuvup xu qolenas, rei kun bekanok qolenas sušum. Lad lusaniš sanas: "Heš busu šo haqina, biyeb bekan lusanak wasena." Lusaniš saxinis: "Honoyo, lad, bixiš busuyu haxa haxiqinit biyibet: bekan, ḿosaf, yiyin kal[view all texts]
Language family relationships
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m [m̥] | n ˀn [ˀn̥]1 [n̥] | ŋ [ŋ̥] | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p ˀp | b | t ˀt | d | k | (g) | q | ʔ | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | (v) | s ˀs | [z]2 | ʃ ˀʃ | [ʒ]3 | [ħ] | ʕ4 | ||||||||||
| Affricate | [t͡s]5 | [t͡ʃ]6 | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l [l̥] | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral flap | ˀɺ [ˀɺ̥]7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r [r̥] | |||||||||||||||||
| Click | ʘ ʘ̃ | ǃ ǃ̃ | ǂ ǂ̃ | |||||||||||||||
- allophone of /ˀn/
- allophone of /s/
- allophone of /ʃ/
- colours surrounding vowels with creaky voice
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /ˀɺ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i | [u]1 | ||||||||
| Near-close | [ɪ]2 | ʊ | ||||||||
| Close-mid | [o]3 | |||||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ | ||||||||
| Near-open | [æ]4 | |||||||||
| Open | ä | |||||||||
| Polyphthongs | äi | ei |
- allophone of /ʊ/
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /ʌ/
- allophone of /ä/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Tlemba. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 TlembaOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa/ä/, [æ] | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Ff/f/, [v] | Gg/g/1 | Hh/ʔ/ | Ii/i/, [ɪ] | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/, [l̥] |
| Ḷḷ/ǃ/ | Ḿḿ/ʘ̃/ | Mm/m/, [m̥] | Nn/n/, [n̥] | Ńń/ǃ̃/ | Oo/ʌ/, [o] | Pp/p/ | Qq/q/ | Rr/r/, [r̥] | Šš/ʃ/, [ʒ] | Ss/s/, [z] |
| Tt/t/, [t͡ʃ], [t͡s] | Uu/ʊ/, [u] | Vv/v/2 | Ww/ʘ/ | Xx/ʕ/3, [ħ] | Ỹỹ/ǂ̃/ | Yy/j/ | Ýý/ǂ/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/, [ŋ̥] | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
- loan words only
- loan words only
- colours surrounding vowels with creaky voice
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