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Typology Progressing 33 words Ulan
Uln
[(u)ɮˑn̪]
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 17 September 2019
Language type A priori
Species Human/humanoid
About Ulan Spoken in Rou, an island nation in Xang, North of Toji, South of the one island Xōna possesses and East of Chū-Mèe. Despite not being related to Chū-Bing, Xōtan or Toji, Uln does possess a lot of loanwords that have been altered over time. The grammar and typology in general is to be decided as of now.
Sample of Ulan[view] Ulan žaxur en.

I speak English
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Latest vocabulary
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Sound samples in Ulan
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Ulan žaxur en.
I speak English
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
DentalAlveolarPost-
Alveolar
RetroflexPalatalLabio-
velar
VelarUvularGlottal
Nasal m   1           ŋ    
Plosive p b   2     [ʈ]3 [ɖ]4     k5 g6 [q]7 [ɢ]8 [ʔ]9
Fricative   f v   s10 [z]11 ʃ ʒ       x [ɣ]12 [χ]13 [ʁ]14  
Affricate       t͡s [d͡z]15 [t͡ʃ]16 [d͡ʒ]17            
Lateral approximant                    
Lateral fricative       [ɬ]18 [ɮ]19              
Approximant             j w      
Trill       [r]20           ʀ  
Flap       ɾ              
Blends ja mp [ɮn̪] n̪ɪ21 wa [χʔɛ]22 wi [χʔa]23 [xʔa]24
mb jo [xʔɛ]25 ŋk
  1. Becomes /ʊ~u/ before /w/
  2. Shifted from /θ/
  3. allophone of /t̪/
  4. allophone of /d̪/
  5. Intervocalic /k/>/x/
  6. Devoiced after /ŋ/
  7. From an older /k/ /q/ distinction, allophone of /k/
  8. allophone of /g/
  9. Intervocalic /t̪/ and /d̪/, allophone of /t̪/
  10. /t̪/ is dropped after sibilants
  11. allophone of /s/
  12. allophone of /x/
  13. allophone of /x/
  14. allophone of /ɾ/
  15. allophone of /t͡s/
  16. allophone of /ʃ/
  17. allophone of /ʒ/
  18. allophone of /l̪/
  19. /l̪/ before /n̪/, allophone of /l̪/
  20. allophone of /ɾ/
  21. /i/ after a nasal is not nasalised
  22. allophone of /aʔɛ/
  23. allophone of /aʔa/
  24. allophone of /aʔa/
  25. allophone of /aʔɛ/
VowelsFrontNear-
front
CentralNear-
back
Back
Close i i: [y]1   ʉ   u u: [ũ]2
Near-close   [ɪ]3   [ʊ]4  
Close-mid [e]5       o o: õ
Mid [e̞]6   ə7 ə̃8    
Open-mid ɛ ɛ: ɛ̃   [ɜ]9    
Near-open     [ɐ]10    
Open a a: ã       ɑ11 ɑ: ɑ̃
Polyphthongs ɛw oʔo ɪxa [ɑw]12 ɑu oxo ʉʔʉ uʔi axɛ aʔo
ɪçɪ oʔʉ ʉxʉ iʔo uxu iʔa aʔɛ uʔo axɪ ɑi
oi ɛʔo ɛʔɛ ɛxa uʔɛ oʔɛ aʔu ɛʔi iʔʉ [ai]13
ɛʔa iʔi aʔa ɑxɑ ɛʔu ɛxɛ axa oʔu uʔu oʔi
ʉʔa ʉʔo iʔu uʔa
  1. allophone of /ʉ/
  2. allophone of /ʉ/
  3. allophone of /i/
  4. allophone of /u/
  5. allophone of /ɛ/
  6. allophone of /ɛ/
  7. Word final only
  8. Word final only
  9. allophone of /ə/
  10. Final /ʁ/, allophone of /ɾ/
  11. /l̪/ and its allophones are dropped after /ɑ/ but not /a/
  12. allophone of /ɑw/
  13. allophone of /ɑi/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Ulan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 UlanOrthography
Aa/a/Ää/ɑ/AA aa/a:/ÄÄ ää/ɑ:/Bb/b/Dd/d̪/Ee/ɛ/Ff/f/Gg/g/1Ii/i/II ii/i:/
Jj/j/Kk/k/2Ll/l̪/Mm/m/Nn/n̪/3Oo/o/OO oo/o:/Pp/p/Qq[q]4Rr/ɾ/Ss/s/
Šš/ʃ/Tt/t̪/Üü/ʉ/Uu/u/UU uu/u:/Vv/v/Ww/w/Xx/x/XK xk/ʀ/Zz/t͡s/Žž/ʒ/
✖ Unknown alphabetical order
  1. Devoiced after /ŋ/
  2. Intervocalic /k/>/x/
  3. Becomes /ʊ~u/ before /w/
  4. From an older /k/ /q/ distinction
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
Chū-Bing Loanwords
How they are assimilated
19-Sep-19 11:35
Typological information for Ulan

Adjective agreementNumber
Morphological typologyAgglutinative
Morphosyntactic alignmentErgative/Absolutive
Primary word orderOVS
Verb agreementSubject only

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