Bania [BNIA]
▲
0▲ 0 ▼ 0
Registered by
[Deactivated User] on 26 March 2023
Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersBania is spoken by a population of around 7,866,000 in Shangeth.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Bania
A language spoken in the northern region of Shangeth. Its speakers have been granted legal protections and exceptions from the otherwise strict language requirements imposed by the country. It is written using an alphabet with characters that resemble basic geometric shapes. This is because such shapes are of religious significance to the Baña people because they are viewed as the "fundamentals" of the world.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | x | h | |||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
Trill | r |
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i | u | ||
Close-mid | e | o | ||
Open | a |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Bania. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
BaniaOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
A Aa /a/ | B Bb /b/ | C Cc /ʃ/ | D Dd /d/ | E Ee /e/ | F Ff /f/ | G Gg /g/ | H Hh /h/ | I Ii /i/ |
J Jj /j/ | K Kk /k/ | L Ll /l/ | M Mm /m/ | N Nn /n/ | Q Ññ /ɲ/ | O Oo /o/ | P Pp /p/ | R Rr /r/ |
S Ss /s/ | T Tt /t/ | U Uu /u/ | V Vv /v/ | W Ww /w/ | X Xx /x/ | Z Zz /z/ | ||
✔ Shown in correct order [change] |