Tangzai Lou [TZI]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Tangzai Lou
attempt at an isolating language
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | [c]1 | [ɟ]2 | k | g | ʔ | |||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | [ʂ]3 | ɕ | [ç]4 | x | ||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ɕ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | [ɥ]5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Blends | [tʂ]6 |
- before /i/ and /y/, allophone of /k/
- before /i/ and /y/, allophone of /g/
- before back vowels, allophone of /ɕ/
- before /i/ and /y/, allophone of /x/
- before rounded vowels, allophone of /j/
- before back vowels, allophone of /t͡ɕ/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i î í ì ǐ | y ŷ ý ỳ y̌ | [ɯ]1 | u û ú ù ǔ | ||
| Close-mid | e ê é è ě | ɤ ɤ̂ ɤ́ ɤ̀ ɤ̌ | o ô ó ò ǒ | |||
| Mid | [ə]2 | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ̂ ɛ́ ɛ̀ ɛ̌ | |||||
| Open | a â á à ǎ | |||||
| Polyphthongs | ew | aj | oj | ej | aw | ow |
- before nasals, allophone of /u/
- after velars, allophone of /ɤ/
Syllable Structure(C)(L)V(N)
L = ɾ, l
S = m, n, ŋ
Only obstruents can cluster with L (except ʔ, ɕ, x, t͡s and t͡ɕ)
L = ɾ, l
S = m, n, ŋ
Only obstruents can cluster with L (except ʔ, ɕ, x, t͡s and t͡ɕ)
Stress informationStress is not phonemic
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Tangzai Lou. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Tangzai LouOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| a/a/ | ae/ɛ/ | ai/aj/ | au/aw/ | b/b/ | ch/t͡ɕ/, [tʂ]1 | d/d/ | e/e/ | ei/ej/ |
| eu/ew/ | f/f/ | g/g/, [ɟ]2 | h/x/, [ç]3 | i/i/ | k/k/, [c]4 | l/l/ | m/m/ | n/n/ |
| ng/ŋ/ | o/o/ | oe/ɤ/, [ə]5 | oi/oj/ | ou/ow/ | p/p/ | r/ɾ/ | s/s/ | sh/ɕ/, [ʂ]6 |
| t/t/ | ts/t͡s/ | u/u/, [ɯ]7 | ue/y/ | v/v/ | w/w/ | y/j/, [ɥ]8 | z/z/ | ʻ/ʔ/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
- before back vowels
- before /i/ and /y/
- before /i/ and /y/
- before /i/ and /y/
- after velars
- before back vowels
- before nasals
- before rounded vowels
