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Vankama
Vankana [vaŋ.ka.ma]

Registered by [Deactivated User] on 7 November 2018

Language type A priori

Species Human/humanoid

Sample of Vankama[view] Dzuyoòyànu cìndeleki djìmi zi vansandeki p'eye ga-Paèpaniìgiìni je ghitcikena!

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Language family relationships

[edit] [view] Adirakiya Shizuo (Godless Vankama)Spoken by subset of people living in the desert of the East. Notably lacks labial consonants.

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial

Labio-
dental

Alveolar

Post-
Alveolar

Palatal

Labio-
velar

Velar

Nasal

m m:

[n]¹

[ŋ]²

Plosive

p pʰ

b bʰ

k kʰ

g gʰ

Fricative

ɸ:

β:

x x:

ɣ ɣ:

Affricate

t͡s

d͡z

t͡ʃ

d͡ʒ

Lateral flap

[ɺ]³

Approximant

allophone of /m/
allophone of /m/
allophone of /t/

Vowels	Front	Near- front	Near- back		Back
Close	i i:					[u]¹ [u:]²
Near-close		ɪ ɪ:		[ʊ]³ [ʊ:]⁴
Close-mid	e e:					[o]⁵ [o:]⁶
Open-mid	ɛ ɛ:					[ɔ]⁷ [ɔ:]⁸
Open	a a:					[ɒ]⁹ [ɒ:]¹⁰

Polyphthongs

[oʊ]¹¹

eɪ

allophone of /i/
allophone of /i:/
allophone of /ɪ/
allophone of /ɪ:/
allophone of /e/
allophone of /e:/
allophone of /ɛ/
allophone of /ɛ:/
allophone of /a/
allophone of /a:/
allophone of /eɪ/

Orthography

Below is the orthography for Vankama. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.

VankamaOrthography [edit]
Aa/a/	Àà[ɒ]	Bb/b/	B' b'/bʰ/	BH bh/β:/	Cc/ʃ/	Dd/d/	DJ dj/d͡ʒ/	DZ dz/d͡z/	Ee/e/	Éé/ɛ:/
Èè/ɛ/	Ff/f/	Gg/g/	G' g'/gʰ/	G'H g'h/ɣ:/	GH gh/ɣ/	Ii/i/	Ìì/ɪ/	Jj/ʒ/	Kk/k/	K' k'/kʰ/
K'H k'h/x:/	KH kh/x/	Ll[ɺ], [ɺ]	Mm/m:/	Nn/m/, [n], [ŋ]	Oo[o]	Òò[ɔ]	Óó[ɔ:]	Pp/p/	P' p'/pʰ/	PH ph/ɸ:/
Ss/s/	Tt/t/	TC tc/t͡ʃ/	TS ts/t͡s/	Úú[ʊ:]	Uu[u]	Ùù[ʊ]	Vv/v/	Ww/w/	Yy/j/	Zz/z/
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change]

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