Burzhtean [BZT]
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Burzhtean
Brzteki'i [bʐʈɤkɯʔɨ]
BurzhteanBrzteki'i [bʐʈɤkɯʔɨ]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Burzhtean
Burzhtean is an extinct language with tripartite alignment and relatively free word order. It possesses a vertical vowel system and a strong "light-dark" / "palatized-velarized" distinction.
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | |||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | ʈ | ɖ | c | ɟ | k | g | ʔ | |
| Fricative | s | z | ʂ | ʐ | ç | x | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ʟ | |||||||||
| Approximant | ɻ | j | ɰ | |||||||||
| Implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | [i]1 | ɨ | [ɯ]2 | |||
| Close-mid | [e]3 | [ɤ]4 | ||||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open | [a]5 | ä | [ɑ]6 | |||
- "Light" or "Palatal" form, allophone of /ɨ/
- "Dark" or "Velar" form, allophone of /ɨ/
- "Light" or "Palatal" form, allophone of /ə/
- "Dark" or "Velar" form, allophone of /ə/
- "Light" or "Palatal" form, allophone of /ä/
- "Dark" or "Velar" form, allophone of /ä/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Burzhtean. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 BurzhteanOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| '/ʔ/ | Aa/ä/, [a]1, [ɑ]2 | Bb/b/, /ɓ/ | Cc/c/ | Dd/ɗ/, /d/ | Ee/ə/, [e]3, [ɤ]4 | Gg/g/ | Gn gn/ŋ/ | Hh/x/, /ç/ | Ii/ɨ/, [i]5, [ɯ]6 | Jj/ɟ/ |
| Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Ll ll/ʎ/ | Lu lu/ʟ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Nn nn/ɲ/ | Oo/ʶ/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɻ/ | Rd rd/ɖ/ |
| RN rn/ɳ/ | Rs rs/ʂ/ | Rt rt/ʈ/ | Rz rz/ʐ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/ˠ/ | Ww/ɰ/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
- "Light" or "Palatal" form
- "Dark" or "Velar" form
- "Light" or "Palatal" form
- "Dark" or "Velar" form
- "Light" or "Palatal" form
- "Dark" or "Velar" form
