Shojian [SOJ]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Shojian
This language, spoken on the island of Shoju, is a tonal language. After having lots of contact with the west, the Shojian government was given the Latin alphabet. Because of how it was given, the way the tones are written is very regular, with these being the tones:
˦ - High - ´
˧ - Mid - ˉ
˨ - Low - `
˥˧ - Falling - ˇ
˨˦ - Rising - ˆ
The consonants are fairly simple too, the only really hard ones may be the Voiced Dental Fricative [ð] and the Nasal Velar [ŋ].
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˦ - High - ´
˧ - Mid - ˉ
˨ - Low - `
˥˧ - Falling - ˇ
˨˦ - Rising - ˆ
The consonants are fairly simple too, the only really hard ones may be the Voiced Dental Fricative [ð] and the Nasal Velar [ŋ].
I love the idea for this language and I'm working hard to expand my knowledge!
Sample of ShojianCan't find any yet.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | v | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | h | |||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Near- back | Back | |||
| Close | i | u | ||||
| Near-close | ʊ | |||||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | |||||
| Open | a | |||||
| Polyphthongs | oʊ | au | eɪ | aɪ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Shojian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ShojianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa ám /a/ | AU au/au/ | AꞮ aɪ/aɪ/ | Bb bá /b/ | Ḃḃ vá /v/ | Cc sá /s/ | Ċċ ċá /t͡ʃ/ | Dd dá /d/ | Ḋḋ ḋá /d͡ʒ/ | Ee ém /e/, /ɛ/ | EI ei/eɪ/ |
| Gg gá /g/ | Hh há /h/ | Ii ím /i/ | Ll lá /l/ | Mm má /m/ | Nn ná /n/ | Ṅṅ ṅá /ŋ/ | Oo/oʊ/, /o/ | Pp pá /p/ | Qq qá /k/ | Rr rá /ɾ/ |
| Ss sá /z/ | Tt tá /t/ | Uu úm /u/ | Ww wá /w/ | Ẋẋ ẋá /ʒ/ | Xx xá /ʃ/ | Yy yá /j/ | Zz zá /t͡s/ | Þþ thá /ð/ | Ʊʊ úm /ʊ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
