Lousa-speak [OUK]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Lousa-speak
The reason for the crazy Phonology was that it was a very small language but it was most commonly used in long distance trading. Because of this, it morphed into many different dialects and evolved it's sounds drastically, but eventually the trading hub became a huge city, diverse with cultures and language, which further morphed the language, turning it into what it is now.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||||||
Nasal | m | (n̪) | n̥ʼ | n ⁿn | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p pᵝ p̚ | b bᵝ b̚ | (p̪) | (b̪) | (t̪) | (d̪) | t tᵝ t̚ | d dᵝ d̚ | ʈ ʈᵝ | ɖ ɖᵝ | k kʰ | g gʱ gʰ | qʷ q̚ qʰʷ | ɢ ɢ̚ ɢʰ | [ʔ]1 | |||||||||
Fricative | ɸ ɸʰ | β βʰ | (f) fʰ | (v) vʰ | (θ) | (ð) | s s:2 | (z) | ʃ | ʒ | ʂ | ʐ | ɕ | ʑ ʑᵝ: | x | ɣ | χ | ʁ ʁᵝ | h ʰh | |||||
Affricate | p͡ɸʰ | b͡βʰ | p̪͡fʰ | b̪͡vʰ | t̪͡θ | d̪͡ð | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ʈ͡ʂ | ɖ͡ʐ | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ | k͡x | g͡ɣ | q͡χ | |||||||
Lateral approximant | l | ɭ | ʎ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | ɮ | ꞎ | (ɭ˔) | ʎ̝̊ | ʎ̝ | ||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | ɹ̙ | ɻ | j jʱˑ | ʍ | w | |||||||||||||||||||
Trill | r̥: | rʶ | ʀ̥ ʀ̥ˠ | ʀ | ||||||||||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ̥ | ɾʰʼ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Implosive | ɓ ɓᵝ | ɗ | ᶑ | (ɠ) | (ʛ) |
Blends | fi fi: | lɮ | vɪi | vɬ | d̪g | fɪi | βf | fɬ | t̪k | mbʱᵝʼˑʲ mb̆ᵝʼ |
nn̥ʼ | ʂfˑʷ | ʐvˑʷ | lɬ: | vi: viʰ |
- allophone of /qʷ/
- Only to mark Plurals
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
Close | i i: | (y) | ɨ ɨ: | ʉ ʉ: | u u: | |||||
Near-close | ɪ | (ʏ) | ʊ ʊ̆ | |||||||
Close-mid | e e:: e: | ɘ | ɤ ɤ: | o o: ó: ó | ||||||
Mid | [ə]1 ə: ə́: ə̆ | |||||||||
Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | ɜ | ɞ ɞˀ ɞ: ɞ́: | ɔ ɔˀ | ||||||
Near-open | æ | ɐ | ||||||||
Open | a a: | ɑ | ɒ |
Polyphthongs | ɪi | ov: | of: | ɜɹ˞ |
- allophone of /ɔ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Lousa-speak. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Lousa-speakOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
Aa/ɐ/ | Āā/a:/ | Ââ/a/ | Ăă/ɑ/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/ʎ̝/ | Dd/ɖ/ | Ee/e:/ | Ɛɛ/ɛ/ | Ɛ̄ ɛ̄/ɛ:/ |
Êê/ɜ/ | Ęę/ɤ/ | Ēē/e::/ | Ĕĕ/e/ | Ȩȩ[ə] | Ȩ̂ ȩ̂/ɘ/ | Ę̄ ę̄/ɤ:/ | Ȩ̄ ȩ̄/ə:/ | Ḝḝ/ə̆/ | Ȩ̄́ ȩ̄́/ə́:/ |
Ff/ɸ/ | Gg/ɢ/ | Џџ/d͡ʑ/ | Ii/i/ | Îî/ɪi/ | Īī/i:/ | Kk/qʷ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n̥ʼ/ |
Ƞƞ/n/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Ōō/o:/ | Óó/ó/ | Ôô/o/ | Ọọ/ɔˀ/ | Ṓṓ/ó:/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/↓/ | Rr/ɹ̙/ |
Ȿȿ/s/ | Ss/ɕ/ | Цц/t͡s/ | Tt/ʈ/ | Чч/t͡ɕ/ | Ии/ɪ/ | Uu/ʊ/ | Üü/ʉ/ | Ūū/u:/ | Ûû/u/ |
Ŭŭ/ʊ̆/ | Ưư/ɞ/ | Ựự/ɞˀ/ | Ư̄ ư̄/ɞ:/ | Ư̄́ ư̄́/ɞ́:/ | Ǖǖ/ʉ:/ | Vv/β/ | Ww/ʍ/ | Xx/x/ | Zz/ʑ/ |
Yy/ɨ:/ | Jj/j/ | Ɀɀ/z/ | J̈ j̈/jʱˑ/ | Ϛϛ/s:/1 | Ѵѵ/ˠ/ | Ⱳⱳ/w/ | 'H 'h/h/ | Ьь/̩/2 | Y̆ y̆/ɨ/ |
Hh/ʰ/ | Ɩɩ//3 | Ȝȝ/:/ | ɳ/̃/ | -// | ’/ʼ/ | '[ʔ] | LL ll/lɬ:/ | NN nn/nn̥ʼ/ | BB bb/b̚/ |
NJ nj/ɲ/ | MP mp/bᵝ/ | BV bv/b̪͡vʰ/ | BVH bvh/b͡βʰ/ | DD dd/d̚/ | DHC dhc/d/ | FH fh/fʰ/ | FI fi/fi/ | FĪ fī/fi:/ | FÎ fî/fɪi/ |
FLH flh/fɬ/ | FXH fxh/ɸʰ/ | GG gg/ŋ/ | GH gh/gʰ/ | GHQ ghq/ɠ/4 | GHXC ghxc/g͡ɣ/ | GK gk/ɢ̚/ | GQ gq/ʛ/5 | GXC gxc/ʁ/ | GXH gxh/ɢʰ/ |
KH kh/kʰ/ | KHX khx/k͡x/ | KK kk/q̚/ | KXH kxh/qʰʷ/ | KXHC kxhc/q͡χ/ | LH lh/ʎ̝̊/ | LJ lj/ʎ/ | LLC llc/lɮ/ | PF pf/p̪͡fʰ/ | PFH pfh/p͡ɸʰ/ |
PP pp/p̚/ | RH rh/ɾʰʼ/ | RR rr/rʶ/ | RRQ rrq/r̥:/ | RRQXH rrqxh/ʀ̥/ | RRXH rrxh/ʀ/ | SC sc/ʃ/ | SS ss/ʂ/ | SZ sz/ʑᵝ:/ | THC thc/t/ |
TT tt/t̚/ | VH vh/vʰ/ | VI vi/viʰ/ | VÎ vî/vɪi/ | VĪ vī/vi:/ | VLH vlh/vɬ/ | VXH vxh/βʰ/ | WH wh/ʰʷ/ | XC xc/ɣ/ | XH xh/χ/ |
ZC zc/ʒ/ | ZZ zz/ʐ/ | ƐRH ɛrh/ɜɹ˞/ | ЏH џh/ɖ͡ʐ/ | ЧH чh/ʈ͡ʂ/ | BP bp/pᵝ/ | BQ bq/ɓ/ | DGHC dghc/d̪g/ | DHCQ dhcq/ɗ/ | DQ dq/ᶑ/ |
DT dt/ʈᵝ/ | DTHC dthc/tᵝ/ | DѴHC dѵhc/ð/ | GHX ghx/gʱ/ | LHC lhc/ɭ/ | LR lr/ɻ/ | MB mb/mb̆ᵝʼ/ | MBJ̈ mbj̈/mbʱᵝʼˑʲ/ | RHQ rhq/ɾ̥/ | SV sv/ʂfˑʷ/ |
TKHC tkhc/t̪k/ | TѴHC tѵhc/θ/ | VF vf/βf/ | ZV zv/ʐvˑʷ/ | ЏHC џhc/d͡ʒ/ | ЦHC цhc/d͡z/ | ЧHC чhc/t͡ʃ/ | ɳN ɳn/ⁿn/ | AƖ aɩ/æ/ | ĂƖ ăɩ/ɒ/ |
BƖ bɩ/b̪/6 | CQƖ cqɩ/θ/7 | CƖ cɩ/ð/8 | DHCƖ dhcɩ/d̪/9 | DTHCQ dthcq/dᵝ/ | DTQ dtq/ɖᵝ/ | DƖ dɩ/d/10 | FƖ fɩ/f/11 | GƖ gɩ/g/ | KƖ kɩ/k/ |
LHCQ lhcq/ꞎ/ | LHCƖ lhcɩ/ɭ˔/12 | LHXC lhxc/ɮ/ | LHXCQ lhxcq/ɬ/ | PBQ pbq/ɓᵝ/ | PƖ pɩ/p̪/13 | SƖ sɩ/s/14 | THCƖ thcɩ/t̪/15 | TƖ tɩ/t/16 | VƖ vɩ/v/17 |
XHC xhc/ʁᵝ/ | XRRQXH xrrqxh/ʀ̥ˠ/ | YƖ yɩ/y/18 | ZƖ zɩ/z/19 | ȠƖ ƞɩ/n̪/20 | ИƖ иɩ/ʏ/21 | ||||
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