Yema [YMA]
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Yema
Yema [jémà]
YemaYema [jémà]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Yema
Yema is the language spoken in the Republic of Tuloreva, and is the lingua franca of the nation on Tormepa and its colonies throughout the system.
Of note, it is a tonal language, which distinguishes its group of languages from the rest of the Xorlama Family.
Of note, it is a tonal language, which distinguishes its group of languages from the rest of the Xorlama Family.
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | |||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | (h) | |||||
| Affricate | p͡ɸ | t͡ʃ | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||
| Flap | [ɾ]1 | |||||||||||
- allophone of /r/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open | a | ɒ | ||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Yema. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 YemaOrthography | ||||||||
| Aa/a/ | AU au/ɒ/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/ɸ/ | Hh/h/1 | Ii/i/ |
| Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | PF pf/p͡ɸ/ | Rr[ɾ] | RR rr/r/ |
| Ss/s/ | SH sh/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/β/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | ZH zh/ʒ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | ||||||||
- loan words only
