Atenenhaian [ATNHI]
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[Deactivated User] on 21 March 2021
Language type
Not specified
Species
Human/humanoid
About Atenenhaian
Atenenhaian (Atenenhai) is a naturalistic language. It is not based on anything in particular. It shall serve as a test and model for future conlangs.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p [pʰ]1 | b [bʲ]2 | t [tʰ]3 | d [d̪]4 | k [kʰ]5 | g [gʲ]6 | ||||||||||
| Fricative | [ɸ]7 | [β]8 | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | ɣ | h | |||
| Lateral approximant | l | [ʎ]9 | [ʟ]10 | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r [rˑ]11 | |||||||||||||||
- In the beginning of words, allophone of /p/
- After vowels, allophone of /b/
- Beginning of words and after vowels, allophone of /t/
- Beginning of words, allophone of /d/
- Beginning of words and after vowels, allophone of /k/
- After vowels, allophone of /g/
- allophone of /f/
- allophone of /b/
- allophone of /l/
- allophone of /l/
- Middle of words, allophone of /r/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | y | u | |
| Close-mid | e | ø | o | |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||
| Near-open | æ | |||
| Open | a | |||
| Polyphthongs | øu | ʌi | ai | øi | ɛi | iu | au | æi | ou | ui |
| ɔi | eu | ei | oi |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Atenenhaian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 AtenenhaianOrthography | |||||||||||
| Áá á /æ/ | Aa a /a/ | Bb ba /b/, [bʲ]1 | Dd da /d/, [d̪]2 | DH dh dha /ð/ | Éé é /ø/ | Ee e /e/ | Êê ê /ɛ/ | Ff fa /f/, [ɸ] | Gg ga /g/, [gʲ]3 | Hh ha /h/ | Ii i /i/ |
| Íí í /y/ | Kk ka /k/, [kʰ]4 | KH kh/ɣ/ | Ll la /l/, [ʟ], [ʎ] | Mm ma /m/ | Nn na /n/ | NH nh/ɲ/ | Ôô ó /ɔ/ | Oo o /o/ | Pp pa /p/, [pʰ]5 | Rr ra /r/, [rˑ]6 | Ss sa /s/ |
| SH sh sha /ʃ/ | Tt ta /t/, [tʰ]7 | TH th tha /θ/ | Uu u /u/ | Vv va /v/, [β] | XH xh xha /x/ | Yy y /j/ | Zz za /z/ | ZH zh zha /ʒ/ | `N `n `na /ŋ/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | |||||||||||
- After vowels
- Beginning of words
- After vowels
- Beginning of words and after vowels
- In the beginning of words
- Middle of words
- Beginning of words and after vowels
