Bilemã [BIL]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersSpoken by a population of around 4,000 in:
AwatingMinority
AwatingMinoritySpecies
Human/humanoid
About Bilemã
A Termic language spoken in Awating.
Awating.
Sample of Bilemã[view] Adjim ysyn yruárdagwa ydjin.
A woman washes cassava in the river.[view all texts]
A woman washes cassava in the river.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeNgerupic
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Wa Ñi
⤷ Termic
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Old Terminian
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Bilemã
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Wa Ñi⤷ Termic
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Old Terminian⤷
Bilemã[view] About NgerupicWith over one hundred languages and approximately 500 million speakers in total, the Ngerupic languages comprise one of the largest language families on Sahar, spoken predominantly in Akulanen, Soltenna, and the Terminian Dominion. Countries with Nge...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | [ᵐb]1 | t tʷ tʲ | [ⁿd]2 | k kʷ kʲ | [ᵑg]3 | ||||||||||
| Fricative | [ɸ]4 | s | ʃ | x | χ χʷ χʲ | [h]5 | ||||||||||
| Affricate | [t͡s]6 | [t͡ʃ]7 | ||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | [r]8 | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
- Word-initially, allophone of /p/
- Word-initially, allophone of /t/
- Word-initially, allophone of /k/
- Intervocalic allophone of /p/, free variation
- In free variation with /x/
- Word-initial realization of /s/ in some dialects
- Word-initial realization of /ʃ/ in some dialects
- Intervocalically in free variation with /ɾ/ in some dialects
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i ĩ | ɨ ɨ̃ | ʉ ʉ̃ | u ũ | ||
| Close-mid | [ɵ]1 [ɵ̃]2 | |||||
| Mid | [ə]3 [ə̃]4 | |||||
| Near-open | ɐ ɐ̃ | |||||
| Open | a ã | |||||
- In closed syllables, allophone of /ʉ/
- In closed syllables, allophone of /ʉ̃/
- In closed syllables, allophone of /ɨ/
- In closed syllables, allophone of /ĩ/
OtherThe occasional /CʷC/ and /CʲC/ sequence is pronounced by some speakers as [CʷŭC] and [CʲĭC], respectively (with extra-short vowels).
The phonemes /n/ and /ŋ/ are variously transcribed as <m/n> and <n/ng>, respectively, due to etymological spelling.
The phonemes /n/ and /ŋ/ are variously transcribed as <m/n> and <n/ng>, respectively, due to etymological spelling.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Bilemã. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| BilemãOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| á á /a/ | a a /ɐ/ | áń áń /ã/ | ań ań /ɐ̃/ | b b /p/ | c c /s/ | d d /t/ | dj dj /tʲ/ | dw dw /tʷ/ | g g /k/ | gj gj /kʲ/ |
| gw gw /kʷ/ | h h /χ/ | hj hj /χʲ/ | hw hw /χʷ/ | i i /i/ | iń iń /ĩ/ | j j /j/ | m m /m/ | n n /n/ | ŋ ng /ŋ/ | q q /x/ |
| r r /ɾ/ | s s /ʃ/ | u u /ʉ/ | ú ú /u/ | úń úń /ũ/ | uń uń /ʉ̃/ | w w /w/ | y y /ɨ/ | yń yń /ɨ̃/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
