Sappian [SAPP]
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Sappian
Sapya [sapja]*
SappianSapya [sapja]*
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Sappian[view] Y'ëbh m'oğ şüms këldh n'këldhinnüs
I like swimming in the pool with my cat.[view all texts]
I like swimming in the pool with my cat.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeNjenian
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Proto-Njeni
⤷ Old Sappian
⤷ Old Sappo-Mechean
⤷ Middle Sappian
⤷ Sappian
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Proto-Njeni⤷ Old Sappian
⤷ Old Sappo-Mechean
⤷ Middle Sappian
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Sappian[view] About NjenianA family of languages primarily spoken on the island of Njeni and the Eastern Njenian islands. The Njenian language family is the only other family of the Fologo Islands.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m m: | ɱ | n n: | |||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | ɟ | k | g | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | ð | s | ʃ | ʒ | h | |||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʲ | d͡z d͡zʲ | t͡ʃ | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l l: | ɫ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||
| Blends | je |
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | y | u u: | |||
| Near-close | ɪ | |||||
| Close-mid | e e: | ø | ɤ | o o: | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | |||||
| Near-open | æ: | |||||
| Open | a | ɑ | ||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Sappian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| SappianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Áá/a/ | Āā/æ:/ | Aa/a/, /ɑ/ | Bb/b/ | BH bh/v/, /w/ | Cc/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/, /d͡z/ | DH dh/ð/, /ʒ/ | Ëë/ɤ/ | Ēē/e:/ | Ee/ɛ/ |
| Éé/e/ | Ẹ́ ẹ́/ɤ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/ɟ/, /g/ | Ğğ//, /h/ | Ii/i/, /ɪ/ | Īī/i:/ | Íí/i/ | Kk/k/, /c/ | Ll/l/ | LH lh/j/ |
| Mm/ɱ/, /m/ | Nn/n/ | Óó/o/ | Ōō/o:/ | Öö/ø/ | Oo/o/ | Ọ́ ọ́/ø/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Şş/ʃ/ |
| Tt/t͡s/, /t/ | TI ti/t͡sʲ/ | Úú/u/ | Üü/y/ | Uu/u/ | Ūū/u:/ | Ụ́ ụ́/y/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
Additional Notesacute accent = stress
