Sonvi [ZND]
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[Deactivated User] on 12 July 2014
Language type
Engineered Language (Englang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Sonvi
A thought experiment based on the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. Can one language better portray an idea than another language? Could such a language convey that idea unintentionally, even to native speakers?
Sondi explores that concept, using horror as it's core idea.
Sondi explores that concept, using horror as it's core idea.
Sample of SonviCan't find any yet.
Phonology
Consonants | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | n | |||||||||||||||
Plosive | t | d | k | g | q | ɢ | ||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | h | ||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||
Trill | r |
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
Close | i | u | ||||||
Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
Close-mid | e | o | ||||||
Mid | ə | |||||||
Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ | ɔ | |||||
Open | a | ɑ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Sonvi. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
SonviOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
Àà/a/ | Áá/ɑ/ | Dd/d/ | DH dh/ð/ | Éé/e/ | Èè/ɛ/ | Ee/ə/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ |
Íí/i/ | Ìì/ɪ/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Nn/n/ | Òò/ɔ/ | Óó/o/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ |
Šš/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | TH th/θ/ | Úú/u/ | Ùù/ʌ/ | Vv/v/ | Xx/x/ | Žž/ʒ/ | Zz/z/ | |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |