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Thawayan
sasayalaǁgo
[saˈzajalaǁ̬o]*
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 17 April 2016
Language type Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species Human/humanoid
About Thawayan dumb orange monkeys

Sample of Thawayan[view] ŋolaimamaġaǂxiǂxi nlaǀhoǂni'ǁnaǀgimoǂxi

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Latest vocabulary
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Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialDentalAlveolarRetroflexAlveolo-
palatal
PalatalLabio-
velar
VelarGlottal
Nasal m   n         ŋ  
Plosive p [b]1 ᵐb   t ⁿd         k [g]2 ᵑg [ʔ]3
Fricative [ɸ]4   s [z]5            
Affricate     [ⁿd͡z]6            
Lateral approximant     l            
Approximant           j w    
Flap     [ɾ]7            
Click ʘ ʘʱ ʘˀ ʘ̃ ˀʘ̃ ʘ̥̃ ʘ̬ ʘʰ ǀ ǀʱ ǀˀ ǀ̃ ˀǀ̃ ǀ̥̃ ǀ̬ ǀʰ ǃ ǃʱ ǃˀ ǃ̃ ˀǃ̃ ǃ̥̃ ǃ̬ ǃʰ ‼ ‼ʱ ‼ˀ ‼̃ ˀ‼̃ ‼̥̃ ‼̬ ‼ʰ ǁ ǁʱ ǁˀ ǁ̃ ˀǁ̃ ǁ̥̃ ǁ̬ ǁʰ ǂ ǂʱ ǂˀ ǂ̃ ˀǂ̃ ǂ̥̃ ǂ̬ ǂʰ      
Blends ‼͡ʁ ǃ͡ʁ ǃ͡ɢ ʘ͡q ʘ͡qʼ ʘ͡qʰ ǁ͡χ ǁ͡χʼ ǀ͡ʁ ‼͡ɢ ǂ͡χ ǂ͡χʼ ‼͡q ‼͡qʼ ‼͡qʰ ‼͡χ ‼͡χʼ
ǀ͡q ǀ͡qʼ ǀ͡qʰ ǁ͡ɢ ǂ͡ɢ ʘ͡ʁ ǀ͡ɢ ʘ͡ɢ ǂ͡ʁ ʘ͡χ ʘ͡χʼ ǂ͡q ǂ͡qʼ ǂ͡qʰ ǃ͡q ǃ͡qʼ ǃ͡qʰ
ǃ͡χ ǃ͡χʼ ǁ͡ʁ ǀ͡χ ǀ͡χʼ ǁ͡q ǁ͡qʼ ǁ͡qʰ
  1. Between vowels, allophone of /p/
  2. Between vowels, allophone of /k/
  3. Inserted between vowels
  4. Between vowels, allophone of /w/
  5. Between vowels, allophone of /s/
  6. Between vowels, allophone of /ⁿd/
  7. Between vowels, allophone of /t/
VowelsFrontBack
Close i  
Close-mid   o
Open a  
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Thawayan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ThawayanOrthography [edit]
'ǀN 'ǀn/ˀǀ̃/'ǁN 'ǁn/ˀǁ̃/'ǂN 'ǂn/ˀǂ̃/'ǃN 'ǃn/ˀǃ̃/'ʘN 'ʘn/ˀʘ̃/'‼N '‼n/ˀ‼̃/Ḅḅ/ᵐb/Ḍḍ/ⁿd/Ġġ/ᵑg/GǀH gǀh/ǀʱ/GǀQ gǀq/ǀ͡ɢ/
GǀX gǀx/ǀ͡ʁ/GǁH gǁh/ǁʱ/GǁQ gǁq/ǁ͡ɢ/GǁX gǁx/ǁ͡ʁ/GǂH gǂh/ǂʱ/GǂQ gǂq/ǂ͡ɢ/GǂX gǂx/ǂ͡ʁ/GǃH gǃh/ǃʱ/GǃQ gǃq/ǃ͡ɢ/GǃX gǃx/ǃ͡ʁ/GʘH gʘh/ʘʱ/
GʘQ gʘq/ʘ͡ɢ/GʘX gʘx/ʘ͡ʁ/G‼H g‼h/‼ʱ/G‼Q g‼q/‼͡ɢ/G‼X g‼x/‼͡ʁ/Kk/k/Ll/l/Mm/m/Nn/n/NǀH nǀh/ǀ̥̃/NǁH nǁh/ǁ̥̃/
NǂH nǂh/ǂ̥̃/NǃH nǃh/ǃ̥̃/NʘH nʘh/ʘ̥̃/N‼H n‼h/‼̥̃/Pp/p/Ss/s/Tt/t/Ww/w/Yy/j/Ŋŋ/ŋ/ǀ/ǀ/
ǀ'/ǀˀ/ǀG ǀg/ǀ̬/ǀH ǀh/ǀʰ/ǀN ǀn/ǀ̃/ǀQ ǀq/ǀ͡q/ǀQ' ǀq'/ǀ͡qʼ/ǀQH ǀqh/ǀ͡qʰ/ǀX ǀx/ǀ͡χ/ǀX' ǀx'/ǀ͡χʼ/ǁ/ǁ/ǁ'/ǁˀ/
ǁG ǁg/ǁ̬/ǁH ǁh/ǁʰ/ǁN ǁn/ǁ̃/ǁQ ǁq/ǁ͡q/ǁQ' ǁq'/ǁ͡qʼ/ǁQH ǁqh/ǁ͡qʰ/ǁX ǁx/ǁ͡χ/ǁX' ǁx'/ǁ͡χʼ/ǂ/ǂ/ǂ'/ǂˀ/ǂG ǂg/ǂ̬/
ǂH ǂh/ǂʰ/ǂN ǂn/ǂ̃/ǂQ ǂq/ǂ͡q/ǂQ' ǂq'/ǂ͡qʼ/ǂQH ǂqh/ǂ͡qʰ/ǂX ǂx/ǂ͡χ/ǂX' ǂx'/ǂ͡χʼ/ǃ/ǃ/ǃ'/ǃˀ/ǃG ǃg/ǃ̬/ǃH ǃh/ǃʰ/
ǃN ǃn/ǃ̃/ǃQ ǃq/ǃ͡q/ǃQ' ǃq'/ǃ͡qʼ/ǃQH ǃqh/ǃ͡qʰ/ǃX ǃx/ǃ͡χ/ǃX' ǃx'/ǃ͡χʼ/ʘ/ʘ/ʘ'/ʘˀ/ʘG ʘg/ʘ̬/ʘH ʘh/ʘʰ/ʘN ʘn/ʘ̃/
ʘQ ʘq/ʘ͡q/ʘQ' ʘq'/ʘ͡qʼ/ʘQH ʘqh/ʘ͡qʰ/ʘX ʘx/ʘ͡χ/ʘX' ʘx'/ʘ͡χʼ//‼/‼'/‼ˀ/‼G ‼g/‼̬/‼H ‼h/‼ʰ/‼N ‼n/‼̃/‼Q ‼q/‼͡q/
‼Q' ‼q'/‼͡qʼ/‼QH ‼qh/‼͡qʰ/‼X ‼x/‼͡χ/‼X' ‼x'/‼͡χʼ/
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    Typological information for Thawayan

    Noun incorporationBoth
    Marked tense (verb)No marked tense
    Primary word orderNo set order
    Morphological typologyPolysynthetic
    Morphosyntactic alignmentErgative/Absolutive

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