Old Ghoman [GTY]
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Old Ghoman
Gahm'il Tsagyat [gahmʔiɬ tsagjat]
Gahm'il Tsagyat [gahmʔiɬ tsagjat]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Old Ghoman
Old Ghoman was a triliteral language spoken by the mountain dwelling Ghoman peoples.
Sample of Old Ghoman[view] daptoza el sdhi ur dhoka / amnoya el le tikunva / atihal el le giluyva / awyoya el le tuzva ur lige tyoba uy ur dhoka altuzva / sudhi lige blayyat sikay yras pṛoga el sdhi / gu sudhi sizuw stgona el sdhi uy sizuwma sadhi stgenu el sdhi / gu sudhi nubiwun ṛe kragsin tur sudhi biwun lu kroga / ysa satzo al el ale udatihal udawiyay udatkona / ...[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeGhoman
⤷ Proto Ghoman
⤷ Old Ghoman
⤷ Proto Ghoman
⤷ Old Ghoman
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | [ŋ]1 | |||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ2 | |||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | z | [x]3 | [ɣ]4 | ʁ | h | ||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | [ɮ]5 | ||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
- allophone of /ng/
- between adjacent vowels
- preceding a consonant, allophone of /ʁ/
- allophone of /gh/
- after a voiced consonant, allophone of /ɬ/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
Close | i | u | ||||||
Near-close | [ɪ]1 | |||||||
Close-mid | o | |||||||
Mid | [ə]2 | |||||||
Open-mid | ɛ | |||||||
Open | a |
- preceding a consonant, allophone of /j/
- initial consonant before a fricative, allophone of /ɾ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Old Ghoman. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Old GhomanOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||
'/ʔ/1 | Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/ɬ/ | Mm/m/ |
Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Ṛṛ/ʁ/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
- between adjacent vowels