Zhiel [ZIL]
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Language type
Proto-Conlang
Species
Human/humanoid
About Zhiel
Analytical
Noun classifier system with singular/plural forms of each measure word to denote size or amount
SVO base word order, can move verb to denote passivity of subject
some tense layering
Noun classifier system with singular/plural forms of each measure word to denote size or amount
SVO base word order, can move verb to denote passivity of subject
some tense layering
Sound samples in Zhiel
Some sound samples of Zhiel. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
wu ka bó i
That is not my job!
That is not my job!
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | t tʷ | d dʷ | k | ||||||||||||
Fricative | β | [v]1 | θ | ð | z | ʃ | ʒ | ç | h | |||||||
Affricate | d͡z | |||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɮ | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | ɹ |
- allophone of /β/
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i i: | u | ||
Open-mid | œ | ɔ | ||
Open | a a: | ɑ ɑ: |
Polyphthongs | ai | aœ | ia | ɔu |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Zhiel. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
ZhielOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
a/a/ | ā/a:/ | ae/aœ/ | ai/ai/ | d/d/ | dh/ð/ | dw/dʷ/ | dz/d͡z/ | e/œ/ | h/h/ | i/i/ |
ī/i:/ | ia/ia/ | k/k/ | ľ/ɮ/ | l/l/ | m/m/ | n/n/ | o/ɑ/ | ō/ɑ:/ | ó/ɔ/ | óu/ɔu/ |
p/p/ | r/ɹ/ | s/ʃ/ | t/t/ | th/θ/ | tw/tʷ/ | u/u/ | w/β/ | x/ç/ | z/z/ | ž/ʒ/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
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