Sacconese [ZMA]
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Sacconese
Tsakeni [tsakeni]*
SacconeseTsakeni [tsakeni]*
Registered by
naama123 on 12 November 2019
Language type
Not specified
Species
Human/humanoid
About Sacconese
My goal with this language was to create a language with unique phonemes such as click consonants but whose overall phonology sounded more European in origin.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m mʲ | n nʲ | ŋ ŋʲ | |||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʼ pʼʲ pʲ | b bʲ | t tʼ tʼʲ tʲ | d dʲ | k kʲ | g gʲ | q | ɢ | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | s | z | ʃ | x xʲ | ʁ | h hʲ | |||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʼ t͡sʼʲ t͡sʲ | d͡z d͡zʲ | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʼ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | w | |||||||||||||||||
| Click | ǃ ǃʲ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | u | ||||
| Close-mid | e | ɘ | o | |||
| Open | a | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Sacconese. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 SacconeseOrthography | |||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | BY by/bʲ/ | Cc/t͡s/ | C’ c’/t͡sʼ/ | C’Y c’y/t͡sʼʲ/ | CH ch/t͡ʃ/ | CH’ ch’/t͡ʃʼ/ | CX cx/ǃ/ | CY cy/t͡sʲ/ |
| CZ cz/d͡z/ | CZY czy/d͡zʲ/ | Dd/d/ | DY dy/dʲ/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | G’ g’/ɢ/ | GH gh/ʁ/ | GY gy/gʲ/ |
| Hh/h/ | HY hy/hʲ/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/x/ | KHY khy/xʲ/ | KY ky/kʲ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ |
| MY my/mʲ/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | NGY ngy/ŋʲ/ | NY ny/nʲ/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | P’ p’/pʼ/ | P’Y p’y/pʼʲ/ | PY py/pʲ/ |
| Qq/q/ | Rr/ɹ/ | Ss/s/ | SH sh/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | T’ t’/tʼ/ | T’Y t’y/tʼʲ/ | TH th/θ/ | TXY txy/ǃʲ/ | TY ty/tʲ/ |
| Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Ęę/ɘ/ | ||||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | |||||||||
