Woht [OWT]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersWoht is spoken by a population of around 356,000 in Ug̊yll.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Woht
Aspects of celtic and a mix of germanicness (such as using [g] for /ø/, similar to the Danish blødt d or soft d), but not an A Posteriori
Large phonetic inventory, maybe too much?
Large phonetic inventory, maybe too much?
Sound samples in Woht
Some sound samples of Woht. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
uẙ kwllil ẘoht
I speak English
I speak English
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | |||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t̪ | d̪ | k | g | ||||||||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | (f) | (v) | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | χ | ʁ | h | ɧ | ||||||||
| Affricate | (t͡s) | (d͡z) | (t͡ʃ) | (d͡ʒ) | t͡ɬ | d͡ɮ | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | ɮ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Blends | pʃ | dɮβ | ŋr | gw | ðr | gʒ | hr | t̪w | bʒ | gr |
| d̪w | kw | t̪r | br | tɬɸ | kr | d̪r | χr | kʃ | θr | |
| pr | ʃk |
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i i: | ɨ ɨ: | ʉ ʉ: | u u: | ||||||
| Near-close | (ɪ) (ɪ:) | ʊ ʊ: | ||||||||
| Close-mid | e e: | ø ø: | ɤ ɤ: | o o: | ||||||
| Mid | ə ə: | |||||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | |||||||||
| Near-open | æ æ: | |||||||||
| Open | ä ä: | |||||||||
| Polyphthongs | øɛ | [äi]1 | äʊ | [ɛu]2 | [əu]3 | ɤɨ | [ʊi]4 | øʉ | ʊɨ | [äu]5 |
| äø | eɨ | əʉ | ɛø | ɨʉ | oʊ | ɛɨ | øä | äɨ | [øu]6 | |
| øæ | øe | ɛʉ | [øi]7 | [ou]8 | äʉ | [ɨu]9 | [ɤi]10 | [ɛi]11 | æø | |
| eø | [oi]12 | øɨ | oɨ |
- allophone of /äɨ/
- allophone of /ɛʉ/
- allophone of /əʉ/
- allophone of /ʊɨ/
- allophone of /äʉ/
- allophone of /øʉ/
- allophone of /øɨ/
- allophone of /oʊ/
- allophone of /ɨʉ/
- allophone of /ɤɨ/
- allophone of /ɛɨ/
- allophone of /oɨ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Woht. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 WohtOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa oa /æ/ | Bb bê /b/ | Cc êc /ɧ/ | Dd dê /d̪/ | Ee oe /ɛ/ | Ff êf /ɸ/ | Gg ug /ø/ | G̊ g̊ g̊ê /g/ | Hh êh /h/ | Ii oi /ɨ/ |
| Jj êj /ʒ/ | Kk kê /k/ | Ll ul /l/ | Mm ma /m/ | Nn na /n/ | Oo uo /ɤ/ | Pp pê /p/ | Rr yr /r/ | Ss ês /s/ | S̈ s̈ fôrš ês /t͡s/1 |
| Tt tê /t̪/ | Uu ou /ʉ/ | Vv êv /β/ | V̈ v̈ êv̈ /v/2 | Ww ow /ʊ/ | Yy oy /ə/ | Zz êz /z/ | Z̈ z̈ fôrš êz /d͡z/3 | Ââ oâ /ä/ | Êê oê /e/ |
| Îî oî /i/ | Ïï oï /ɪ/4 | Ôô uô /o/ | Ûû oû /u/ | Ňň ňa /ŋ/ | Šš êš /ʃ/ | W̊ẘ uẘ /w/ | Y̊ẙ uẙ /j/ | ||
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||
- loan words only
- loan words only
- loan words only
- loan words only
