Vanawo [VNW]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Vanawo[view] Na muyumulla tai imush, eipbunush u na tai, yubunush nem û.
If that's a veiled criticism about me, I won't hear it and I won't respond to it.[view all texts]
If that's a veiled criticism about me, I won't hear it and I won't respond to it.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | b | t tʰ | d | k kʰ | g | [ʔ]1 | |||||||||||
| Fricative | [ɸ]2 | v | s | z | ɕ | ʑ | ɣ | h | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʰ | d͡z | t͡ɕ t͡ɕʰ | d͡ʑ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɽ | |||||||||||||||||
- Allophone of /k kʰ/ (and sometimes also /t tʰ/) before a consonant or pause.
- allophone of /pʰ/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i [ĩ] | ɯ [ɯ̃] | u [ũ] | |||
| Close-mid | e [ẽ] | ɤ [ɤ̃] | o [õ] | |||
| Mid | ə [ə̃] | |||||
| Open | a [ã] | |||||
| Polyphthongs | oi [oĩ] | eu [eũ] | au [aũ] | ai [aĩ] |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Vanawo. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 VanawoOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡ɕ/ | Ch ch/t͡ɕʰ/ | Dd/d/ | Dz dz/d͡z/ | Ee/e/ | Ëë/ə/ | Gg/g/ | Gh gh/ɣ/ |
| Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/d͡ʑ/ | Kk/k/ | Kh kh/kʰ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Ññ/ɲ/ | Oo/o/ |
| Ôô/ɤ/ | Pp/p/ | Ph ph/pʰ/ | Rr/r/ | Rh rh/ɽ/ | Ss/s/ | Sh sh/ɕ/ | Tt/t/ | Th th/tʰ/ | Ts ts/t͡s/ |
| Tsh tsh/t͡sʰ/ | Uu/u/ | Ûû/ɯ/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Zh zh/ʑ/ | ||
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||
