Wagarzan [WGA]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersWagarzan is spoken by a population of around 16,250,000 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Wagarzan
Wagarzan
Wagarzan is spoken natively as an L1 by around 14,000,000 people in the country of Wagaúe and as an L2 by around 2,250,000 mainly in the country of Viedhauźe. Standard Wagarzan is based on the variety spoken in the capital city of Wagaúe: Cáeme. Wagarzan is a member of the Dápos branch of the Gwédga Language Family, a sisterlang to Viedhoźan and Meacietsan
Sample of Wagarzan[view] Rafi' ning lo'ari, geśálifir lara dúfamo, śaaelú lara úvianemo.
"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." -Dolly Parton[view all texts]
"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." -Dolly Parton[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeGwédga
⤷ Proto-Gwédga
⤷ Proto-Dákwos
⤷ Íthasran
⤷ Wagarzan
⤷ Proto-Gwédga
⤷ Proto-Dákwos
⤷ Íthasran
⤷ Wagarzan
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||
Plosive | d | k | g | ʔ | ||||||||||
Fricative | f | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | ɣ | h | ||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
Approximant | ʋ | j | ɰ | |||||||||||
Trill | r r̝ r̝̥ | |||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ [ɾ̥]1 |
- when proceeded by or proceeding a voiceless consonant, allophone of /r̝̥/
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i | |||
Close-mid | o | |||
Open-mid | ɛ ɛ̃ | ɔ ɔ̃ | ||
Open | a ã |
Polyphthongs | ai |
OtherNasal vowels only appear word final
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Wagarzan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
WagarzanOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
'/ʔ/ | Áá/a/ | Aa/a/ | AE ae/ai/ | AM am/ã/ | AN an/ã/ | ANG ang/ã/ | AÚ aú/o/ | ÁU áu/o/ | ÁÚ áú/o/ | AU au/o/ |
Bb/ʋ/ | Cc/k/ | CH ch/x/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/ɛ/ | EM em/ɛ̃/ | EN en/ɛ̃/ | ENG eng/ɛ̃/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/ɰ/, /g/ | GH gh/ɣ/ |
Hh/h/ | Ii/j/, /i/ | IM im/ɛ̃/ | IN in/ɛ̃/ | ING ing/ɛ̃/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Oo/ɔ/, /ɔ/ | OA oa/ɔ/ |
OE oe/ɔ/ | OM om/ɔ̃/ | ON on/ɔ̃/ | ONG ong/ɔ̃/ | OU ou/o/ | Rr/ɾ/, /r/, [ɾ]1, [ɾ̥]2 | RS rs/r̝̥/ | RZ rz/r̝/ | Ss/s/ | Śś/ʃ/ | Uu/o/ |
Úú/o/ | UÁ uá/o/ | UA ua/o/ | ÚÁ úá/o/ | ÚA úa/o/ | Vv/ʋ/ | Ww/ʋ/ | Zz/z/ | Źź/ʒ/ | ||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
- when proceeded by or proceeding a voiced consonant
- when proceeded by or proceeding a voiceless consonant