Diiban [DBI]
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Diiban
Màttur Dííban [ˈmɒ̀.t:ʊɹ ˈdí:.ɓɐn]
DiibanMàttur Dííban [ˈmɒ̀.t:ʊɹ ˈdí:.ɓɐn]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
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Language family relationships
Language treeRe-Pamuyan
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Proto-Re-Pamuyan
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Proto-Re-Pamuyan⤷
DiibanPhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |||||||||||
| Nasal | m m: | n n: | ŋ ŋ: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p p: | b b: | t̪ t̪: | d̪ d̪: | ʈ ʈ: | ɖ ɖ: | k k: | g g: | q q: | ʔ | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f f: | v | s s: | z | x x: | ɣ | ħ | ʕ | h | |||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l l: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | [ɹ]1 | j | [w]2 [w:]3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | [r:]4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Implosive | [ɓ]5 | [ɗ̪]6 | [ᶑ]7 | [ɠ]8 | ||||||||||||||||||
- syllable final, allophone of /ɾ/
- allophone of /ʋ/
- allophone of /ʋ/
- allophone of /ɾ/
- allophone of /b/
- allophone of /d̪/
- allophone of /ɖ/
- allophone of /g/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: í: ì: í ì | u u: ú: ù: ú ù | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: ɛ́: ɛ̀: ɛ́ ɛ̀ | ɔ ɔ: ɔ́: ɔ̀: ɔ́ ɔ̀ | ||
| Open | a a: á: à: á à | |||
Syllable Structure(C)V(V)(r/n)
Stress informationFree-stress
OtherTone is distinctive in stressed syllables, and can be either High or Low.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Diiban. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| DiibanOrthography | ||||||||||
| ' 'íí /ʔ/ | 3 3àá /ʕ/ | 7 7àá /ħ/ | Aa áá /a/ | Bb bíí /b/ | Dd díí /d̪/ | Ḍḍ ḍíí /ɖ/ | Ee éé /ɛ/ | Ff fíí /f/ | Gg gíí /g/ | GH gh gháá /ɣ/ |
| Hh húú /h/ | Ii íí /i/ | Kk kíí /k/ | Ll líí /l/ | Mm míí /m/ | Ññ ñáá /ŋ/ | Nn níí /n/ | Oo óó /ɔ/ | Pp píí /p/ | Qq qèé /q/ | Rr/ɾ/, [ɹ]1 |
| Ss sáá /s/ | Ṭṭ ṭíí /ʈ/ | Tt tíí /t̪/ | Uu úú /u/ | Vv víí /v/ | Ww wíí /ʋ/ | Xx xáá /x/ | Yy yúú /j/ | Zz záá /z/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | ||||||||||
- syllable final
