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Nailan
Nāilāň
[nɤiˀl̟ˑɤnʷ]
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 7 March 2017
Language type Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species Human/humanoid
About Nailan Nailan is spoken by griffin-like creatures, that is why a lot of the phonetic sounds of Nailan are hard to pronounce. The phonetic inventory of Nailan is just an approximate of the sounds that the griffin-like creatures actually make. And yes, they can pronounce bilabial or any labial sound because of the flexibility and other properties of their beaks.
AND REMEMBER! This is a language spoken by griffins, it makes no human sense but it does in the mind of a griffin.
Thanks to @Orikrin_Ywnech for the awesome recordings he did for Nailan!
Conscript still needs some work.
Sample of Nailan[view] ɛ u* ʟo̞żu moæśu.

I am a man.
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Latest vocabulary
u*detone
ʟo̞żɇnwoman
Sound samples in Nailan
Some sound samples of Nailan. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
jo o̞żulgɔɻo̞ʊ eħāɻɵ ɭɯ śɛo̞żulgɔ moæźo.
The freedom of all is essential to my freedom.
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
AlveolarPost-
Alveolar
RetroflexPalatalLabio-
velar
VelarPharyngealGlottal
Nasal m   n nʷ              
Plosive p ˀb   t d         k g   ʔ
Fricative β̟ f s sᵝ ↓s sʷ ˀs s̩̀ z zᵸˡ ʃ ʰʃ̞ ʂ̟ᵸ: ʂ̄     ɣ ħˀ h
Lateral approximant     l ˀl̟ˑ         ʟ    
Lateral fricative     ɬ              
Approximant     ɹ̃ʷ   ɻ w      
Trill     r              
Click     ǃ              
VowelsFrontNear-
front
CentralNear-
back
Back
Close i y       ɯ u
Near-close   ɪ ʊ̈ʶ ʊ ʊ̀  
Close-mid e       ɤ ɤʷ o
Mid e̞ ë̞   ə   ʲo̞͋
Open-mid ɛ   ɞ ɞ̃   ɔ̃
Near-open æ        
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Nailan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 NailanOrthography [edit]
*/ǃ/Āā/ɤ/Bb/ˀb/Dd/d/Ee/e/E̞ e̞/e̞/Ff/f/Gg/g/Hh/h/Ii/i/
Jj/jʷ/Kk/k/Ll/ˀl̟ˑ/Mm/m/Ňň/nʷ/Nn/n/Oo/o/O̞ o̞/ʲo̞͋/Pp/p/Ŕŕ/ɹ̃ʷ/
Rr/r/Śś/s̩̀/Ss/s/Şş/sʷ/Ŝŝ/ˀs/Šš/sᵝ/Tt/t/Uu/u/Ûû/ʊ/Ww/w/
Yy/y/Zz/z/Źź/zᵸˡ/Żż/ʰʃ̞/Ææ/æ/Ħħ/ħˀ/Ɔɔ/ɔ̃/Əə/ə/Ɛɛ/ɛ/Ɣɣ/ɣ/
Ɯɯ/ɯ/Ɵɵ/ʊ̀/Ƨƨ/↓s/Ʃʃ/ʃ/Ʊʊ/ʊ̈ʶ/Ƶƶ/ʂ̟ᵸ:/Ɀɀ/:/Ɇɇ/ɞ̃/ɝ/ë̞/ɞ/ɞ/
Ɬɬ/ɬ/ɭ/l/ɻ/ɻ/ʂ/ʂ̄/ʔ/ʔ/ʟ/ʟ/ʮ/ɤʷ/ʯ/ɪ/Ββ/β̟/
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    Typological information for Nailan

    Primary word orderSOV
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