Homeworld [CHOZH]
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Registered by
cemeteryghoul on 7 July 2020
Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Homeworld
Homeworld Chozo is the original unified Chozo language. It was spoken on the Chozo Homeworld before a mass migration to Zebes and the subsequent mass overhaul of the language into what then became 
Zebesian Chozo. It is the primary inspiration of the spoken constructed language used by the Chozo on Tallon IV, 
Talloric Chozo.
Zebesian Chozo. It is the primary inspiration of the spoken constructed language used by the Chozo on Tallon IV, Talloric Chozo.
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Language family relationships
[view] About ChozoThe Chozo language family is a somewhat insulated family of languages spoken by the Chozo, a species of bird people from the video game series Metroid.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | n | [ŋ]1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | t | d | [ʈ]2 | [ɖ]3 | k | g | ʔ | |||||||||||
| Fricative | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | [ɕ]4 | [ʑ]5 | x | ɣ | h | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | [ɰ]6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | ʀ | |||||||||||||||||
| Click | ʘ̬ ʘ̥ | |||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /d/
- allophone of /ʃ/
- allophone of /ʒ/
- identical to u but written as y for ease of transciption, allophone of /ɯ/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i:: i᷅:: i᷇:: î:: í:: ì:: ǐ:: i: î: í: ì: ǐ: í ì | ɯ ɯ:: ɯ᷅:: ɯ᷇:: ɯ̂:: ɯ́:: ɯ̀:: ɯ̌:: ɯ: ɯ̂: ɯ́: ɯ̀: ɯ̌: ɯ́ ɯ̀ | ||||
| Close-mid | ɤ ɤ:: ɤ᷅:: ɤ᷇:: ɤ̂:: ɤ́:: ɤ̀:: ɤ̌:: ɤ: ɤ̂: ɤ́: ɤ̀: ɤ̌: ɤ́ ɤ̀ | |||||
| Near-open | æ æ:: æ᷅:: æ᷇:: æ̂:: ǽ:: æ̀:: æ̌:: æ: æ̂: ǽ: æ̀: æ̌: ǽ æ̀ | |||||
| Open | ä ä:: ä᷅:: ä᷇:: ä̂:: ä́:: ä̀:: ä̌:: ä: ä̂: ä́: ä̀: ä̌: ä́ ä̀ | |||||
Othera - neutral tone
á - high
à - low
ā́ - high, long
ā̀ - low, long
â - falling, long
ǎ - rising, long
ā́a - high, overlong
ā̀a - low, overlong
âa - falling, overlong
ǎa - rising, overlong
ā́à - high falling, overlong
ā̀á - low rising, overlong
See Talloric for notes about /n/. Homeworld follows the same rules.
á - high
à - low
ā́ - high, long
ā̀ - low, long
â - falling, long
ǎ - rising, long
ā́a - high, overlong
ā̀a - low, overlong
âa - falling, overlong
ǎa - rising, overlong
ā́à - high falling, overlong
ā̀á - low rising, overlong
See Talloric for notes about /n/. Homeworld follows the same rules.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Homeworld. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 HomeworldOrthography | ||||||||
| a/ä/ | ā/ä:/ | i/i/ | ī/i:/ | u/ɯ/ | ū/ɯ:/ | e/æ/ | ē/æ:/ | o/ɤ/ |
| ō/ɤ:/ | r/ʀ/ | t/t/, [ʈ] | d/d/, [ɖ] | s/s/ | z/z/ | š/ʃ/, [ɕ] | ž/ʒ/, [ʑ] | n/n/, [ŋ] |
| h/h/ | g/g/ | γ/ɣ/ | j/j/ | k/k/ | x/x/ | ϙ/ʘ̥/ | ө/ʘ̬/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order | ||||||||
Additional NotesTraditionally logographic with an alphabet for loanwords. Logography is in progress
