Amam [AMAM]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Amam[view] pùqùm'll'qákù ḱxúqìnúll' sílìŕ'yúlúr' qìllú qàlíháshàqákù ḱàk'll' qìtshìqá súhánù síhúxìlár' qàlínúksìtìll' núksítànúll' súnyàl' sírànìx'lúr' qàlípàtyáll' ḱùshíx' símùŕìlár kàn'má sílùxùqálár; t'ha...[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeLlagz-Amam
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ɴ | ||||||||||
Plosive | p pʲ | [b]1 | t tʲ | [d]2 | k kʲ | [g]3 | q qʲ | [ɢ]4 | ʔ | |||||
Fricative | s | [z]5 | ʃ | [x]6 | χ | h | ||||||||
Affricate | t͡ʃ | q͡χ | ||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | (ʟ) | ||||||||||||
Approximant | j | |||||||||||||
Trill | r | ʀ |
Blends | (pʃ) | (kʃ) |
- allophone of /p/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /q/
- allophone of /s/
- allophone of /χ/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
Close | í: | ú: | ||||||
Near-close | ɪ̀ | |||||||
Mid | ə | |||||||
Open-mid | ɔ̀ | |||||||
Near-open | ǽ | |||||||
Open | á: |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Amam. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
AmamOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
' ' /ə/ | à À à /á:/ | á Á á /ǽ/ | h Hh /h/ | ì Ì ì /í:/ | í Í í /ɪ̀/ | k Kk /k/ | ks KS ks /kʃ/1 | ky KY ky /kʲ/ | ḱ Ḱ ḱ /q/ | ḱy ḰY ḱy /qʲ/ |
l Ll /l/ | ll LL ll /ʟ/2 | m Mm /m/ | n Nn /n/ | ny NY ny /ɲ/ | ń Ń ń /ɴ/ | p Pp /p/ | ps PS ps /pʃ/3 | r Rr /r/ | ŕ Ŕ ŕ /ʀ/ | s Ss /s/ |
sh SH sh /ʃ/ | t Tt /t/ | ty TY ty /tʲ/ | ù Ù ù /ú:/ | ú Ú ú /ɔ̀/ | x Xx /χ/ | y Yy /j/ | ḱx ḰX ḱx /q͡χ/ | py PY py /pʲ/ | q Qq /ʔ/ | tsh TSH tsh /t͡ʃ/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
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