Bilvian [NDBIL]
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Language type
Engineered Language (Englang)
Place & SpeakersBilvian is spoken by a population of 12 .
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Bilvian[view] Linli: Ra bu mbi lumawa munli wiwi lamu. / / Vu ndari rami dawi dida runda di. / / Ra bu mbi lumawa munli lurawa lamu. / Ra bu vadi mundu di lamu. / Ra bu wabi wiwi lamu ndima di, lumawa munli mva mbi. / Lumawa munli mva di mundu. / Wiwa mva, mundu mva di, lumawa munli mva di. / / Vala ndari rami. / / Balani milu, labu mundu![view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | |||
| Nasal | m [mʷ]1 | [n]2 | ||||
| Plosive | b [bʷ]3 | d [dʷ]4 | ||||
| Fricative | [β̞ʷ]5 β̞ | |||||
| Lateral approximant | l [lʷ]6 | |||||
| Flap | ⱱ̟ [ⱱ̟ʷ]7 | ɾ [ɾʷ]8 | ||||
- Between [ʉ̆]s, allophone of /m/
- [n] must only precede an alveolar consonant, allophone of /m/
- Between [ʉ̆]s, allophone of /b/
- Between [ʉ̆]s, allophone of /d/
- Between [ʉ̆]s, allophone of /β̞/
- Between [ʉ̆]s, allophone of /l/
- Between [ʉ̆]s, allophone of /ⱱ̟/
- Between [ʉ̆]s, allophone of /ɾ/
| Vowels | Front | Central | ||
| Close | ĭ1 | ʉ̆ | ||
| Open | ă | |||
- I marked the vowels as "short consonant" because there is no option for "extra-short vowels".
Syllable Structure(N)CV
Stress informationInitial
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Bilvian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 BilvianOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/ă/ | Bb/b/, [bʷ]1 | Dd/d/, [dʷ]2 | Ii/ĭ/3 | Ll/l/, [lʷ]4 | Mm/m/, [mʷ]5 | Rr/ɾ/, [ɾʷ]6 | Uu/ʉ̆/ | Vv/β̞/, [β̞ʷ]7 | Ww/ⱱ̟/, [ⱱ̟ʷ]8 |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- Between [ʉ̆]s
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- I marked the vowels as "short consonant" because there is no option for "extra-short vowels".
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