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Oksmeswa
Oksmeswa [ok̚.sme.swä]
Oksmeswa [ok̚.sme.swä]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Oksmeswa
Oksmeswa (ezoksMesW) is the language of the Oksme people of Oksmesia. It is closely related to Himmaswa, spoken by the neighbouring Himma people, but the two languages are not mutually intelligible.
Sample of Oksmeswa[view] Ha jōk nyū hwa pke bbam bbur pang nyū.
A very small man can cast a very large shadow.[view all texts]
A very small man can cast a very large shadow.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeSwamperian
⤷ Proto-Swamperian
⤷ West Swamperian
⤷ West-Central Swamperian
⤷ Seuongswa
⤷ Pñooaytkchochswa
⤷ Oksmeswa
⤷ Proto-Swamperian
⤷ West Swamperian
⤷ West-Central Swamperian
⤷ Seuongswa
⤷ Pñooaytkchochswa
⤷ Oksmeswa
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | |||||||
Nasal | m | n̪ | ŋ | |||||||||||
Plosive | p pʰ | t̪ t̪ʰ | c cʰ | k kʰ | ||||||||||
Fricative | s | ʂ | x | |||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||
Implosive | ɓ | ɗ |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i i: | u u: | ||||
Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||||
Mid | ə | |||||
Open | ä ä: |
Polyphthongs | oj | uɔ | aj | iə | ɔə |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Oksmeswa. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
OksmeswaOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
Aa/ä/ | Āā/ä:/ | AY ay/aj/ | Bb/p/ | BB bb/ɓ/ | Cc/cʰ/ | Dd/t̪/ | DD dd/ɗ/ | Ēē/e:/ |
Ĕĕ/ə/ | Ee/e/ | Gg/k/ | Hh/x/ | Ii/i/ | Īī/i:/ | IA ia/iə/ | Jj/c/ | Kk/kʰ/ |
Mm/m/ | Nn/n̪/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Ōō/o:/ | Oo/o/ | OE oe/ɔə/ | OY oy/oj/ | Pp/pʰ/ | Rr/ɾ/ |
Ss/s/ | SH sh/ʂ/ | Tt/t̪ʰ/ | Uu/u/ | Ūū/u:/ | UO uo/uɔ/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
Oksmeswa Script
A brief description of the Oksmeswa writing system
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a description of the personal pronoun system
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