Zovashtani [ZLN]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Place & SpeakersZovashtani is spoken by a population of around 6,000,000 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Zovashtani
Zovashtani is the most widely-spoken language within the coastal regions of Onam and is globally associated with the arts and sciences. It belongs to the Tëlyeric language family, its closest relatives being Mutsuanyar and Fehu.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n̪ | [n]1 | [ŋ]2 | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | b | t̪ | d̪ | g | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | ð | z | ʒ | [ç]3 | [ɣ]4 | h | ||||||||||
| Affricate | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | [ɾ]5 | |||||||||||||||
| Blends | ja | ju | jə | jo |
- allophone of /n̪/
- allophone of /n̪/
- allophone of /h/
- allophone of /g/
- allophone of /r/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | u | ||||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open-mid | [ɛ]1 | [ɔ]2 | ||||
| Open | a | |||||
| Polyphthongs | eʊ | aʊ |
- allophone of /e/
- allophone of /o/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Zovashtani. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ZovashtaniOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa a /a/ | Àà ëđu /ə/ | AU au/aʊ/ | Bb be /b/ | Dd de /d̪/ | Ee edu /e/ | EU eu/eʊ/ | Gg ge /g/ | Hh huh /h/ |
| Ii i /i/ | Ll el /l/ | Mm ëm /m/ | Nn ën /n̪/ | Oo o /o/ | Rr ere /r/ | Tt/t̪/ | Uu udu /u/ | Ww awë /w/ |
| YA ya/ja/ | YÀ yà/jə/ | YO yo/jo/ | YU yu/ju/ | Zz ez /z/ | Đđ đe /ð/ | Ƶƶ ƶe /ʒ/ | Ђђ ђe /d͡ʒ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
