Bhala [BALA]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Bhala
Bhala (Bhalaŋë /ˈbʰalaŋɤ/) is an isolate language native to the Bhala people of Kunu-Mbarkhene, where it is also the official language.
Sample of Bhala[view] Ka-aŋ tə kə kpe ya a ñaaŋ-aŋ tə kə ko ya ndoo ya
I have things to do and places to go[view all texts]
I have things to do and places to go[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | b bʰ | t tʰ | d dʰ | k kʰ | g gʰ | ||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | x | ɣ | |||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||
| Blends | ɱv |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | u | ||||
| Close-mid | e | ɤ | o | |||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||
| Open | a | ɒ | ||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Bhala. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 BhalaOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Ää/ɒ/ | Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | BH bh/bʰ/ | Çç/ʃ/ | Cc/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | DH dh/dʰ/ | Ëë/ɤ/ | Ee/e/ |
| Ff/f/ | Ğğ/ɣ/ | Gg/g/ | GH gh/gʰ/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/kʰ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ |
| MV mv/ɱv/ | Nn/n/ | Ññ/ɲ/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | PH ph/pʰ/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | TH th/tʰ/ |
| Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/x/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | Ɔɔ/ɔ/ | Əə/ə/ | Ɛɛ/ɛ/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
