Thawayan [TWY]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Thawayan
dumb orange monkeys
Sample of Thawayan[view] ŋolaimamaġaǂxiǂxi nlaǀhoǂni'ǁnaǀgimoǂxi
Can you see this without reading it?[view all texts]
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
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 |
- Between vowels, allophone of /p/
- Between vowels, allophone of /k/
- Inserted between vowels
- Between vowels, allophone of /w/
- Between vowels, allophone of /s/
- Between vowels, allophone of /ⁿd/
- Between vowels, allophone of /t/
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
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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