Cintem [CTM]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Cintem
Cintem is the language of science, literature, and the arts in the world of Maryum. Many religious texts are written in Cintem, many scholars write in Cintem, and the country of Cintempri is one of the richest and most expansive in the world.
Language family relationships
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | |||||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | [ŋ]1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p pʰ | b bʰ | t tʰ | d dʰ | c cʰ | k kʰ | g gʰ | [q]2 | ʔ | |||||||||||||
Fricative | [ɸ]3 | [β]4 | f | v | [θ]5 | [ð]6 | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ç | x | [ɣ]7 | χ | ||||||||
Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | t͡ɬ | ||||||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | ʟ | ||||||||||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ɥ | |||||||||||||||||||
Trill | r | [ʀ]8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Click | ǃʼ |
Blends | wa |
- preceding Velars, allophone of /n/
- word-initial, allophone of /k/
- intervocalic, allophone of /p/
- intervocalic, allophone of /b/
- word-initial/intervocalic, allophone of /t/
- intervocalic, allophone of /d/
- word-initial/intervocalic, allophone of /g/
- word-initial, allophone of /r/
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | [ĩ]1 í ì ī | ɯ́ ɯ̀ ɯ̄ | [ũ]2 ú ù ū | |||
Close-mid | é è ē | ǿ ø̀ ø̄ | ó ò ō | |||
Open-mid | [ɛ̃]3 | [ɜ̃]4 | [ɔ̃]5 | |||
Open | á à ā |
Polyphthongs | au | eu | oi | ai | ia |
- preceding nasals, allophone of /ī/
- preceding nasals, allophone of /ū/
- preceding nasals, allophone of /ā/
- preceding nasals, allophone of /ē/
- preceding nasals, allophone of /ō/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Cintem. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
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' an'aç /ʔ/ | - ol-Sañeç // | Ąą ąl /ai/ | Aa al /ā/ | Bb yub /b/ | Cc yac /ʃ/ | Çç yaç /t͡ʃ/ | Dd yud /d/ | Ee el /ē/ | Ęę ęl /eu/ | Ff yaf /f/ |
Gg yug /g/ | Hh yah /x/ | Ḩḩ yaḩ /χ/ | Ii il /ī/ | Įį įl /ia/ | Jj yaj /ʒ/ | Kk yuk /k/ | Ll yel /l/ | Ļļ yeļ /ɬ/ | Mm yem /m/ | Nn yen /n/ |
Ññ yeña /ɲ/ | Ǫǫ ǫl /oi/ | Oo ol /ō/ | Öö öl /ø̄/ | Pp yup /p/ | Qq qal /ǃʼ/ | Rr ran /r/ | Ss yas /s/ | Şş yaş /t͡s/ | Tt yut /t/ | Ųų ųl /au/ |
Uu ul /ū/ | Üü ül /ɯ̄/ | Vv yav /v/ | Ww wek /w/ | Xx xum /t͡ɬ/ | Yy yuma /j/ | Zz yaz /z/ | Ȥȥ yaȥ /d͡z/ | |||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
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