Lemsu [LLE]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
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Language family relationships
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ȵ | ŋ | [ɴ]1 | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t tʷ | d dʷ | k kʷ | g gʷ | q qʷ | |||||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | s | z | ʂ | ʐ | ɕ | ʑ | ç | x xʷ | ɣ ɣʷ | ʁ ʁʷ | h | |||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʷ | d͡z d͡zʷ | ʈ͡ʂ | ɖ͡ʐ | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ | t͡ɬ | |||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | ɮ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | [ʀ]2 [ʀʷ]3 | |||||||||||||||||||
- near other uvulars, allophone of /ŋ/
- alternative pronunciation, allophone of /ʁ/
- alternative pronunciation, allophone of /ʁʷ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- back | Back | |||
| Close | i | y | u | |||
| Near-close | [ʊ]1 | |||||
| Close-mid | e | ø | ɤ | o | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | [œ]2 | ɔ | |||
| Near-open | æ | |||||
| Open | ɑ | |||||
| Polyphthongs | iɛ | yi | iu | oi | øi | iy | ui | æi | ɑu | æy |
| iɔ | ɑi |
- alternative pronunciation, allophone of /ɤ/
- alternative pronunciation, allophone of /ø/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Lemsu. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 LemsuOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Ää/æ/ | Aa/ɑ/ | ÄJ äj/æi/ | AJ aj/ɑi/ | AW aw/ɑu/ | ÄY äy/æy/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡s/ | Čč/t͡ɕ/ | Çç/ç/ |
| CH ch/ʈ͡ʂ/ | CW cw/t͡sʷ/ | Dd/d/ | DW dw/dʷ/ | DŽ dž/d͡ʑ/ | DZ dz/d͡z/ | DZH dzh/ɖ͡ʐ/ | DZW dzw/d͡zʷ/ | Ëë/ɛ/ | Ėė/ɤ/, [ʊ]1 |
| Ee/e/ | Ff/ɸ/ | Gg/g/ | GH gh/ɣ/ | GHW ghw/ɣʷ/ | GW gw/gʷ/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | IË ië/iɛ/ | IÖ iö/iɔ/ |
| IW iw/iu/ | IY iy/iy/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | KW kw/kʷ/ | Ll/l/ | LJ lj/ʎ/ | LL ll/ɬ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ |
| Ññ/ȵ/ | NG ng/ŋ/, [ɴ]2 | Oo/o/ | Öö/ɔ/ | OJ oj/oi/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/q/ | QW qw/qʷ/ | Rr/ʁ/, [ʀ]3 | RW rw/ʁʷ/, [ʀʷ]4 |
| Šš/ɕ/ | Ss/s/ | SH sh/ʂ/ | Tt/t/ | Ţţ/t͡ɬ/ | TW tw/tʷ/ | Uu/u/ | UJ uj/ui/ | Vv/β/ | Ww/w/ |
| Xx/x/ | XW xw/xʷ/ | Yy/y/ | YJ yj/yi/ | Žž/ʑ/ | Zz/z/ | ZH zh/ʐ/ | Øø/ø/, [œ]5 | ØJ øj/øi/ | Łł/ɮ/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- alternative pronunciation
- near other uvulars
- alternative pronunciation
- alternative pronunciation
- alternative pronunciation
