Nkanjum [NMY]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersNkanjum is spoken by a population of 67,500 .
Species
Human/humanoid
Language family relationships
Language treeNgerupic
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Wa Ñi
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Proto-Uemaua
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Nkanjum
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Wa Ñi⤷
Proto-Uemaua⤷
Nkanjum[view] About NgerupicWith over one hundred languages and approximately 500 million speakers in total, the Ngerupic languages comprise one of the largest language families on Sahar, spoken predominantly in Akulanen, Soltenna, and the Terminian Dominion. Countries with Nge...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p p: ᵐp | [b]1 [ᵐb]2 | t t: ⁿt | [d]3 [ⁿd]4 | k k: ᵑk | [g]5 [ᵑg]6 | ʔ | |||||||
| Fricative | v | |||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | [l]7 | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
| Flap | [ⱱ]8 | ɾ | ||||||||||||
- allophone of /p/
- allophone of /ᵐp/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /ⁿt/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /ᵑk/
- allophone of /ɾ/
- allophone of /v/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | í ì | ú ù | ||
| Close-mid | é è | ó ò | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ́ ɛ̀ | ɔ́ ɔ̀ | ||
| Open | á à | |||
Syllable Structure(C)(R)V(C). Leans toward open syllables.
OtherAll allophones are intervocalic.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Nkanjum. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| NkanjumOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa/á/ | Bb/p/ | Dd/t/ | Ee/é/ | Ii/í/ | Kk/k/ | Mm/m/ | MB mb/ᵐp/ | Nn/n/ | ND nd/ⁿt/ | NG ng/ŋ/ |
| NK nk/ᵑk/ | Oo/ó/ | Pp/p:/ | Qq/k:/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Tt/t:/ | Uu/ú/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | Àà/à/ |
| Èè/è/ | Ìì/ì/ | Òò/ò/ | Ùù/ù/ | Ẹẹ/ɛ́/ | Ẹ̀ ẹ̀/ɛ̀/ | Ọọ/ɔ́/ | Ọ̀ ọ̀/ɔ̀/ | Hh/ʔ/ | ||
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||||
