Nailan [UDL]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Nailan
Nailan is spoken by griffin-like creatures, that is why a lot of the phonetic sounds of Nailan are hard to pronounce. The phonetic inventory of Nailan is just an approximate of the sounds that the griffin-like creatures actually make. And yes, they can pronounce bilabial or any labial sound because of the flexibility and other properties of their beaks.
AND REMEMBER! This is a language spoken by griffins, it makes no human sense but it does in the mind of a griffin.
Thanks to @Orikrin_Ywnech for the awesome recordings he did for Nailan!
Conscript still needs some work.
AND REMEMBER! This is a language spoken by griffins, it makes no human sense but it does in the mind of a griffin.
Sound samples in Nailan
Some sound samples of Nailan. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
jo o̞żulgɔɻo̞ʊ eħāɻɵ ɭɯ śɛo̞żulgɔ moæźo.
The freedom of all is essential to my freedom.
The freedom of all is essential to my freedom.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||||||||||
Nasal | m | n nʷ | ||||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | ˀb | t | d | k | g | ʔ | |||||||||||||
Fricative | β̟ | f | s sᵝ ↓s sʷ ˀs s̩̀ | z zᵸˡ | ʃ ʰʃ̞ | ʂ̟ᵸ: ʂ̄ | ɣ | ħˀ | h | |||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l ˀl̟ˑ | ʟ | ||||||||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | ɹ̃ʷ | ɻ | jʷ | w | ||||||||||||||||
Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||
Click | ǃ |
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
Close | i | y | ɯ | u | ||||||
Near-close | ɪ | ʊ̈ʶ | ʊ ʊ̀ | |||||||
Close-mid | e | ɤ ɤʷ | o | |||||||
Mid | e̞ ë̞ | ə | ʲo̞͋ | |||||||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɞ ɞ̃ | ɔ̃ | |||||||
Near-open | æ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Nailan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
NailanOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
*/ǃ/ | Āā/ɤ/ | Bb/ˀb/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | E̞ e̞/e̞/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ |
Jj/jʷ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/ˀl̟ˑ/ | Mm/m/ | Ňň/nʷ/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | O̞ o̞/ʲo̞͋/ | Pp/p/ | Ŕŕ/ɹ̃ʷ/ |
Rr/r/ | Śś/s̩̀/ | Ss/s/ | Şş/sʷ/ | Ŝŝ/ˀs/ | Šš/sᵝ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Ûû/ʊ/ | Ww/w/ |
Yy/y/ | Zz/z/ | Źź/zᵸˡ/ | Żż/ʰʃ̞/ | Ææ/æ/ | Ħħ/ħˀ/ | Ɔɔ/ɔ̃/ | Əə/ə/ | Ɛɛ/ɛ/ | Ɣɣ/ɣ/ |
Ɯɯ/ɯ/ | Ɵɵ/ʊ̀/ | Ƨƨ/↓s/ | Ʃʃ/ʃ/ | Ʊʊ/ʊ̈ʶ/ | Ƶƶ/ʂ̟ᵸ:/ | Ɀɀ/:/ | Ɇɇ/ɞ̃/ | ɝ/ë̞/ | ɞ/ɞ/ |
Ɬɬ/ɬ/ | ɭ/l/ | ɻ/ɻ/ | ʂ/ʂ̄/ | ʔ/ʔ/ | ʟ/ʟ/ | ʮ/ɤʷ/ | ʯ/ɪ/ | Ββ/β̟/ | |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |