Tambajna [TBN]
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Tambajna
Tambajna [taᵐbajna]
TambajnaTambajna [taᵐbajna]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Tambajna
A language that uses Optimality Theory for its phonology, and a heavy use of Minimalist Syntax for its raising ergativity.
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ ŋʷ | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p | ᵐb | t tʼ | ⁿd | k kʼ kʷ | ᵑg | ||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | x xʷ | [h] | ||||||||||
| Approximant | [j]1 | [w]2 | ||||||||||||
| Trill | [r]3 | |||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /u/
- allophone of /ɾ/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | u | ||||
| Mid | ə [ə̯]1 | |||||
| Open | a | |||||
| Polyphthongs | [iu] | uə | [ui] | [iə] | ua | ai | [ia] | au |
- allophone of /ə/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Tambajna. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 TambajnaOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa/a/ | AJ aj/ai/ | AW aw/au/ | Ee/ə/, /ə/ | Ff/f/ | Hh[h] | Ii/i/ | IY iy[iə] | Jj[j] |
| JA ja[ia] | JU ju[iu] | Kk/k/, /k/ | K' k'/kʼ/ | Kʷ kʷ/kʷ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɾ/ |
| RR rr[r] | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/, /t/ | T' t'/tʼ/ | Uu/u/ | UY uy/uə/ | Ww[w] | WA wa/ua/ | WI wi[ui] |
| Xx/x/, /x/ | Xʷ xʷ/xʷ/ | Yy[ə̯] | Ŋŋ/ŋ/, /ŋ/ | Ŋʷ ŋʷ/ŋʷ/ | ᵐB ᵐb/ᵐb/ | ᵑG ᵑg/ᵑg/ | ⁿD ⁿd/ⁿd/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
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