West Bautian [WBAW]
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West Bautian
Bautavidẹ [ˈbɔ:tavid]
West BautianBautavidẹ [ˈbɔ:tavid]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About West Bautian
modern descendant of 
Old Bawati
Old Bawati
Sample of West Bautian[view] r-Yaţ vatûi yatuṃ mî ûivẹ yê.
The ability to speak doesn't make you intelligent.[view all texts]
The ability to speak doesn't make you intelligent.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeShanavic
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Proto-Shanavic
⤷ Proto-Bawatic
⤷ Old Bawati
⤷ Middle Bawati
⤷ Old West Bautian
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West Bautian
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Proto-Shanavic⤷ Proto-Bawatic
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Old Bawati⤷ Middle Bawati
⤷ Old West Bautian
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West BautianPhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | b bʰ | t tʰ | d dʰ | k kʰ | g gʰ | ||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | χ | |||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | y: | ɯ | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | ø: | o | |||
| Mid | ə ə̯ | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ ɔ: | ||||
| Open | a a: | ɑ: | ||||
| Polyphthongs | əɪ | ɪɛ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for West Bautian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| West BautianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Áá/a/ | Ââ/a:/ | AU au/ɔ:/ | Bb/b/ | BH bh/bʰ/ | Dd/d/ | DH dh/dʰ/ | Éé/e/ |
| Ẹẹ/ə/ | Êê/ɪɛ/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | GH gh/gʰ/ | Ii/i/ | Îî/əɪ/ | Íí/i/ |
| Jj/d͡ʒ/ | JH jh/ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/kʰ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Ṃṃ/̃/ | Nn/n/ | Ôô/ø:/ |
| Óó/o/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Pp/p/ | PH ph/pʰ/ | Rr/r/, /ə̯/, /χ/ | Şş/ʃ/ | Ss/s/ | Ṣṣ// | Tt/t/ |
| Ţţ/t͡ʃ/ | TH th/tʰ/ | Uu/ɯ/ | Úú/u/ | Ûû/y:/ | Vv/v/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
