Ancestral Dhiyamu [TYI]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Ancestral Dhiyamu
Dhiyamu is the ancestral language of the inhabitants the Mheter Valley. It is still used in the modern day even though it is over 2000 years old. The language is solely used in religious ceremonies, but even there it's use is declining due to it's difference from the modern language.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m mʷ mʲ mʶ mˠ mʰ | n nʷ nʲ nʶ nˠ nʰ | ||||||||||||||
Plosive | b bʷ ᵐb bʲ bʶ bʰ | d dʷ ⁿd dʲ dʶ dʰ | g gʷ ᵑg gʲ gʶ gʰ | |||||||||||||
Fricative | v vʷ vʲ vʰ | z zʷ zʲ zʰ | ɣ ɣʷ ɣʲ ɣʰ | ʁ ʁʷ ʁʲ ʁʰ | h hʷ hʲ | |||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | ʋ | ɹ | j | w |
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Near- back | Back | ||||
Close | i [ĩ]1 | u [ũ]2 | ||||||
Near-close | ɪ [ɪ̃]3 | ʊ [ʊ̃]4 | ||||||
Close-mid | e [ẽ]5 | o [õ]6 | ||||||
Open-mid | ɛ [ɛ̃]7 | ɔ [ɔ̃]8 | ||||||
Near-open | æ [æ̃]9 | |||||||
Open | a [ã]10 |
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /u/
- allophone of /ɪ/
- allophone of /ʊ/
- allophone of /e/
- allophone of /o/
- allophone of /ɛ/
- allophone of /ɔ/
- allophone of /æ/
- allophone of /a/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Ancestral Dhiyamu. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Ancestral DhiyamuOrthography | |||||||||
Aa/æ/, /a/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/ʁ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/, /ɛ/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/ɪ/, /i/ | Jj/j/ | Ll/l/ |
Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/ɔ/, /o/ | Qq/ɣ/ | Rr/ɹ/ | Uu/u/, /ʊ/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/ʋ/ | Zz/z/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |