Cimanese [CYM]
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Cimanese
Rzo Cıman [rzʲo sʲima:n]
CimaneseRzo Cıman [rzʲo sʲima:n]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersCimanese is spoken by a population of around 19,800,000 in Ekolasu (Kxıqezo).
Species
Human/humanoid
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | Other | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n̪ | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | t̪ | d̪ | [c]1 | k kʲ | ʔ | ||||||||||
| Fricative | s sʲ | z zʲ | ɕ ɕʲ | ʑ ʑʲ | x | |||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʲ | d͡z d͡zʲ | t͡ɕ t͡ɕʲ | d͡ʑ d͡ʑʲ | k͡x | t͡ɬ | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l lʲ | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r rʲ | |||||||||||||||
| Click | ǁ | |||||||||||||||
- only by some speakers, allophone of /kʲ/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | [ɯ]1 | u u: | |
| Close-mid | e e: | [ɤ]2 | o o: | |
| Open | a a: | |||
- in unstressed positions, allophone of /u/
- in unstressed positions, allophone of /o/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Cimanese. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 CimaneseOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Kk/k/ | Cc/s/ | Dd/d̪/ | Ll/l/ | Ee/e/ | Ɂɂ/ʔ/ | Iı/i/ | Mm/m/ |
| Nn/n̪/ | Ññ/ɲ/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/ǁ/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/ɕ/ | Tt/t̪/ | TL tl/t͡ɬ/ |
| Uu/u/ | Xx/x/ | Yy/j/ | Żż/ʑ/ | Zz/z/ | Đđ/d͡z/ | Ŧŧ/t͡s/ | ||
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
