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Sïp'ang
[ɕɨp'aŋə]
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 27 January 2016
Language type A priori
Species Human/humanoid
About Sipang Sipang is a SOV, Ergative-Absolutive language which aim is, according to my taste, that to have the largest number of cases and the largest number of phonemes.

It was once the language of the great Sipang empire, which united under one king (the k'ane) the Krekkan plateau, but nowadays it's only spoken on an island to the east of the continent, from which the speakers came.

It is currently considered a language isolate, probably derived from the language of the first inhabitants of that portion of the world who arrived some 15-20.000 years ago, though some attempt to link it to other areal languages such as Án nyell, Tangwata'iili, Kantarpi Sindi and even Mugui have been made.

The usual syllable pattern is CV, with the consonant clusters exceptions. When a written word ends in a pulmonic consonant, the actual pronunciation ends in a schwa (ə). Thus 'haz = ʔha.ʑə.
Final d is pronounced /ɾə/.

Features:
-Agglutinative;
- Evidentiality;
- Prefix honorifics for at least six social classes and family members;
- 18 cases;
- Animate/inanimate noun classes;
- Probably classifiers;
- A wide selection of personal pronouns, divided into masculine/feminine and various degrees of formality;
- Split plural in locative cases for singular/plural subjects or objects;
- Clicks;
- Ejectives;
- Lots of fun imagining it, a bit less writing it down;
Sample of Sipang[view] Ngeak' Sïp'ang mephalom.

I speak English
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Latest vocabulary
Phalvspeak
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Sound samples in Sipang
Some sound samples of Sipang. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Ngeak' Sïp'ang mephalom.
I speak English
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialDentalAlveolarPost-
Alveolar
Alveolo-
palatal
PalatalLabio-
velar
VelarUvularPharyngealGlottal
Nasal m   n     ɲ   ŋ ɴ    
Plosive p pʼ b   t tʼ d     c ɟ   k kʼ g q qʼ ɢ   ʔ
Fricative β     ʃ ʒ ɕ ʑ     x ʁ ʕ h
Affricate p͡ɸʰ   t͡sʰ         k͡xʰ q͡χʰ    
Lateral approximant     l     ʎ   ʟ      
Lateral flap     ɺ                
Approximant           j w        
Trill ʙ   r           ʀ    
Click   ǀ ǃ   ǁ ǂ          
Blends ʔh ʔɕ ʔx g͡b k͡p ŋ͡m
VowelsFrontCentralBack
Close i y ɨ ɯ u
Close-mid e ø   o
Mid   ə  
Open-mid ɛ   ʌ ɔ
Near-open æ    
Open a ɶ   ɑ ɒ
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Sipang. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 SipangOrthography [edit]
!/ǃ/'/ʔ/'H 'h/ʔh/'S 's/ʔɕ/'X 'x/ʔx/Aa/a/Áá/ɑ/Ââ/ɶ/Ää/ɒ/Bb/b/
BR br/ʙ/Cc/c/Dd/d/DL dl/ɺ/Ĕĕ/ə/Ee/e/Ģģ/ɟ/Gg/g/GB gb/g͡b/GL gl/ʎ/
GN gn/ɲ/Hh/h/Ii/i/Ïï/ɨ/Jj/ʒ/Kk/k/K' k'/kʼ/KH kh/k͡xʰ/KP kp/k͡p/KS ks/kɕ/
Ll/l/LG lg/ʟ/Mm/m/Nn/n/NG ng/ŋ/NGM ngm/ŋ͡m/NQ nq/ɴ/Oo/ɔ/, /o/Ôô/ʌ/Öö/ø/
Pp/p/P' p'/pʼ/PH ph/p͡ɸʰ/Qq/q/Q' q'/qʼ/QG qg/ɢ/QH qh/q͡χʰ/QS qs/qɕ/Rr/r/Ŕŕ/ʀ/
Ss/ɕ/Şş/ʃ/Tt/t/T' t'/tʼ/TH th/t͡sʰ/Uu/u/Ûû/ɯ/Üü/y/Vv/β/Ww/w/
Xx/x/XR xr/ʁ/Yy/j/Zz/ʑ/|/ǀ/||/ǁ/ǂ/ǂ/ʕ/ʕ/
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