Bonin [CHOT]
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Language type
Mixed
Place & SpeakersBonin is spoken by a population of 98,500 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Bonin
乃友好天！/나이란국볘！
Nailankukpe!
[nʌi.lˠɑn.kɯk̚.pɛ]
Welcome!
be-friend-good-day
Bonin (Bonin: 樹町語/쵸뎽뇌 Choteŋ ŋö [t͡ɕɔ.tɛŋ.ŋø]) is a language isolate spoken on the Bonin islands. However, according to some linguists, it also has ties to the Austronesian language family and the hypothetical Altaic language family. It is also in the same universe as
Formosan Creole and 
Yitekel. The phonology is basically throwing Marshallese and Korean into a mixer. The grammar is probably A priori.
Game Idea: Guess if I made the word up, or if it has actual connections to natlangs
Features of Bonin:
-Human and Non-Human distinctions
-Topic Markers
-VOS Word Order
-Sino-Xenic Vocabulary
-Past and Non-Past Tenses
-Velarization!
-(Maybe) related to the Polynesian languages
-Uh
Basically Sami: East Asian Edition
Bonin (Bonin: 樹町語/쵸뎽뇌 Choteŋ ŋö [t͡ɕɔ.tɛŋ.ŋø]) is a language isolate spoken on the Bonin islands. However, according to some linguists, it also has ties to the Austronesian language family and the hypothetical Altaic language family. It is also in the same universe as
Formosan Creole and Yitekel. The phonology is basically throwing Marshallese and Korean into a mixer. The grammar is probably A priori.Game Idea: Guess if I made the word up, or if it has actual connections to natlangs
Features of Bonin:
-Human and Non-Human distinctions
-Topic Markers
-VOS Word Order
-Sino-Xenic Vocabulary
-Past and Non-Past Tenses
-Velarization!
-(Maybe) related to the Polynesian languages
-Uh
Basically Sami: East Asian Edition
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Epiglottal | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m mˠ | n nˠ | ȵ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p p̚ [ᵐp]1 pˠ pʰ | t t̚ [ⁿt]2 tˠ tʰ | k k̚ [ᵑk]3 kʰ | [ʡ]4 | ʔ | |||||||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β5 | s | ɕ | ʑ | [ç]6 | h | |||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʰ | d͡z d͡zʱ | t͡ɕ t͡ɕʰ | d͡ʑ d͡ʑʱ | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l lˠ | [ɭ]7 | [ʟ]8 | [ɫ]9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | [ɥ]10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||||
- after nasal consonants, allophone of /p/
- after nasal consonants, allophone of /t/
- after nasal consonants, allophone of /k/
- before rounded vowels
- between vowels
- before /i/, allophone of /h/
- allophone of /l/
- allophone of /l/
- allophone of /l/
- before rounded vowels, allophone of /j/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | [y]1 | ɯ | u | ||
| Close-mid | ø | ɤ | ||||
| Mid | e̞ | o̞ | ||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | [œ]2 | ʌ | ɔ | ||
| Near-open | æ | ɐ | ||||
| Open | [ɑ]3 | |||||
- after velarized consonants, allophone of /i/
- after velarized consonants, allophone of /ɛ/
- after velarized consonants, allophone of /ɐ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Bonin. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 BoninOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| ᄀ ᄀ /k/, /k̚/ | ᄁ ᄁ [ᵑk]1 | ᄂ ᄂ /ȵ/, /n/, /nˠ/ | ᄃ ᄃ /t/, /t̚/ | ᄅ ᄅ /lˠ/ | ᄆ ᄆ /m/, /mˠ/ | ᄇ ᄇ /p̚/, /p/ | ᄉ ᄉ /s/ | ᄊ ᄊ /ɕ/ | ᄍ ᄍ /ʑ/ | ᄏ ᄏ /kʰ/ |
| ᄐ ᄐ /tʰ/ | ᄑ ᄑ /pʰ/ | ㄸ ㄸ /tˠ/, [ⁿt]2 | ㄹ ㄹ /ɾ/, /l/, [ʟ], [ɫ], [ɭ] | ㅃ ㅃ /pˠ/, [ᵐp]3 | ㅇ ㅇ /ŋ/ | ㅉ ㅉ /d͡ʑʱ/, /d͡zʱ/, /d͡z/, /d͡ʑ/ | ㅊ ㅊ /t͡ɕ/, /t͡sʰ/, /t͡ɕʰ/, /t͡s/ | ㅎ ㅎ /h/, /ʔ/, /β/4, /ɸ/, [ç]5, [ʡ]6 | ㅏ ㅏ /ɐ/, /ʌ/, [ɑ]7 | ㅐ ㅐ /æ/ |
| ㅔ ㅔ /e̞/ | ㅖ ㅖ /ɛ/, [œ]8 | ㅗ ㅗ /o̞/, /ɤ/ | ㅚ ㅚ /ø/ | ㅛ ㅛ /ɔ/ | ㅜ ㅜ /u/, /ɯ/ | ㅝ ㅝ /w/ | ㅢ ㅢ /j/, [ɥ]9 | ㅣ ㅣ /i/, [y]10 | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
- after nasal consonants
- after nasal consonants
- after nasal consonants
- between vowels
- before /i/
- before rounded vowels
- after velarized consonants
- after velarized consonants
- before rounded vowels
- after velarized consonants
