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New 108 words Levantine
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[eʃʃa:mɪje]
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 28 March 2016
Language type A posteriori
Species Human/humanoid
About Levantine A language descended from colloquial Arabic in an alternate history where the Russian Empire conquered the Ottoman territory around the Levant and Iraq.
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Latest vocabulary
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Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
AlveolarPost-
Alveolar
PalatalLabio-
velar
VelarUvularPharyngealGlottal
Nasal m   n              
Plosive (p)1 b   t tˤ d dˤ       k (g) (q)2   ʔ
Fricative   f (v) s sˤ z zˤ ʃ ʒ     x ɣ   ħ ʕ h
Affricate     (t͡s) t͡ʃ d͡ʒ            
Lateral approximant     l              
Approximant         j w        
Trill     r              
Blends jo ju ʃtʃ
  1. only found in Russian, Greek and Turkic loans
  2. only in loans from Standard Arabic, often merged with /ʔ/ or /k/
VowelsFrontNear-
front
CentralNear-
back
Back
Close i:       u:
Near-close   ɪ   ʊ  
Close-mid e e:       [o]1 o:
Open-mid         [ʌ]2 [ɔ:]3
Near-open æ        
Open     ä:   [ɑ]4
  1. allophone of /ʊ/
  2. allophone of /æ/
  3. allophone of /ä:/
  4. allophone of /æ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Levantine. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 LevantineOrthography [edit]
Аа/ä:/, [ɔ:]Бб/b/Вв/v/1, /w/Гг/g/2Дд/d/Ёё/jo/Ее/ɪ/, /e/, /e:/Жж/ʒ/Зз/z/Ии/i:/Йй/j/
Кк/k/Лл/l/Мм/m/Нн/n/Оо/ʊ/, [o]Пп/p/3Рр/r/Сс/s/Тт/t/Уу/u:/Фф/f/
Хх/x/Цц/t͡s/4Чч/t͡ʃ/Шш/ʃ/Щщ/ʃtʃ/Ъъ//, /ʕ/Ыы/ɪ/, [e]Ьь//Ээ/æ/, [ɑ], [ʌ]Юю/ju/Яя/jɑ/
Ғғ/ɣ/Ҙҙ/zˤ/Ққ/ʔ/, /q/5Ҫҫ/sˤ/Ҭҭ/tˤ/Ҳҳ/ħ/Һһ/h/Ꚁꚁ/dˤ/
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change]
  1. loan words only
  2. loan words only
  3. only found in Russian, Greek and Turkic loans, loan words only
  4. loan words only
  5. only in loans from Standard Arabic, often merged with /ʔ/ or /k/, loan words only
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