Cembhai Barra [CMB]
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Cembhai Barra
Cembhai Barra [t͡ɕɘmbʰai baɾ:a]*
Cembhai BarraCembhai Barra [t͡ɕɘmbʰai baɾ:a]*
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Cembhai Barra
Cembhai Barra (lit.: speech of the Enclave) is the largest of the North Riesian languages. It is softer and gentler than Central or South Riesian languages, with many of the more complex phonemes smoothed out to simpler versions of themselves or else dropping out altogether, contrasting consonant clusters assimilated, and the grammatical system vastly streamlined and regularized. A Raynat substratum is highly likely, contributing to this process, although raising the question of whether or not Barha is actually a creole will get you yelled at by Cembhai locals. (it could be, though.)
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Language family relationships
Language treeRiesian
⤷ Proto-Riesian
⤷ (c) Proto North Riesian
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Cembhai Barra
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⤷ (c) Proto North Riesian
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Cembhai BarraPhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m m: mʰ | n̪ n̪: n̪ʰ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | b bʰ | t̪ t̪ʰ | d̪ d̪ʰ | k | g | ʔ | |||||||||
| Fricative | [ɸ]1 | [β]2 | [θ]3 | [ð]4 | s | z | x | ɣ | h | ɦ | ||||||
| Affricate | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l lʰ | ɭ ɭʰ | ȴʰ | |||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | [ɬ]5 | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ ɾ: ɾʰ | |||||||||||||||
- allophone of /pʰ/
- allophone of /bʰ/
- allophone of /t̪ʰ/
- allophone of /d̪ʰ/
- allophone of /lʰ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i i: ĩ | y y: ỹ | u u: ũ | |||||
| Near-close | [ɪ]1 | |||||||
| Close-mid | e e: ẽ | ɘ ɘ̃ | o o: õ | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | |||||||
| Open | a a: ã | |||||||
- allophone of /i/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Cembhai Barra. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Cembhai BarraOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| 'A 'a/ã/ | 'È 'è/ẽ/ | 'E 'e/ɘ̃/ | 'I 'i/ĩ/ | 'L 'l/ɭ/ | 'O 'o/õ/ | 'U 'u/ũ/ | Aa/a/, /a:/ | Bb/b/ |
| BH bh/bʰ/, [β] | Cc/t͡ɕ/ | Dd/d̪/ | DH dh/d̪ʰ/, [ð] | Ee/ɘ/, /ɛ/ | Èè/e:/, /e/ | Gg/g/ | GH gh/ɣ/ | Hh/h/ |
| Ii/i/, /i:/, [ɪ] | Jj/d͡ʑ/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/x/ | Ll/l/ | L'H l'h/ɭʰ/ | LH lh/lʰ/, [ɬ] | LYH lyh/ȴʰ/ | Mm/m/ |
| MH mh/mʰ/ | MM mm/m:/ | Nn/n̪/ | NH nh/n̪ʰ/ | NN nn/n̪:/ | Oo/o/, /o:/ | Pp/p/ | PH ph/pʰ/, [ɸ] | Rr/ɾ/ |
| RH rh/ɾʰ/ | RR rr/ɾ:/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t̪/ | TH th/t̪ʰ/, [θ] | Uu/u:/, /u/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | ~/ɦ/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
