Western Zági [ZAGI]
▲
0▲ 0 ▼ 0
Registered by
[Deactivated User] on 26 June 2023
Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersWestern Zági is spoken by a population of around 2,350,000 in Zhartaj.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Western Zági
Language of the Jaguar Peoples and neighbors of the Aʻoonirob.
Featuring:
Palatalization contrast in plosives and nasals
Ejective contrast in plosives
Three phonemic vowel lengths
Meow
Featuring:
Palatalization contrast in plosives and nasals
Ejective contrast in plosives
Three phonemic vowel lengths
Meow
Sample of Western ZágiCan't find any yet.
Language family relationships
Language treeHepteidola
⤷ Languages of The Seven Seams
⤷ Natural Languages
⤷ Zhartaic Languages
⤷ Western Zági
⤷ Languages of The Seven Seams
⤷ Natural Languages
⤷ Zhartaic Languages
⤷ Western Zági
[view] About HepteidolaLanguages of The Seven Seams organized by natural and divine languages, with the former being categorized by continent of origin while the latter being organized by deity responsible.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | |||||||
Nasal | m mʲ | n nʲ | ||||||||||||
Plosive | p pʼ pʲ | b bʲ | t tʼ tʲ | d dʲ | k kʼ kʲ | g gʲ | ||||||||
Fricative | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ||||||||||
Affricate | t͡sʼ | |||||||||||||
Approximant | j | (w) | ||||||||||||
Trill | [r̥]1 | r | ʀ̥ | ʀ [ʀ̆]2 |
- preceeding bilabials and alveolars, allophone of /ʀ̥/
- Single-contact trill word finally, allophone of /ʀ/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Back | |||
Close | i iˑ i: | |||||
Near-close | [ɪ]1 | |||||
Close-mid | o oˑ o: | |||||
Open | a aˑ a: | ɒ ɒˑ ɒ: |
Polyphthongs | oi oi: | ia ia: | io io: | aɪ |
- In unstressed syllables, allophone of /i/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Western Zági. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Western ZágiOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
A a'/aˑ/ | Aa aa/a:/ | b/b/ | By by/bʲ/ | c/ʃ/ | d/d/ | Dy dy/dʲ/ | g/g/ | Gy gy/gʲ/ | i/i/ |
I i'/iˑ/ | Ii ii/i:/ | j/ʒ/ | k/k/ | K k'/kʼ/ | Ky ky/kʲ/ | m/m/ | My my/mʲ/ | n/n/ | Ny ny/nʲ/ |
o/o/ | O o'/oˑ/ | Oo oo/o:/ | p/p/ | P p'/pʼ/ | Py py/pʲ/ | r/r/ | Rh rh/ʀ/ | s/s/ | t/t/ |
T t'/tʼ/ | Ty ty/tʲ/ | u/ɒ/ | U u'/ɒˑ/ | Uu uu/ɒ:/ | w/w/1 | x/ʀ̥/ | y/j/ | z/z/ | Z z'/t͡sʼ/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
- loan words only