Umofa [UMO]
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Language type
Other
Species
Human/humanoid
About Umofa
a user-friendly language
pretty phonology. who doesn't love (V)CV?
quite synthetic, but relatively simple
nouns, verbs, 'modifiers', adverbs, clitics
no null-derivation
almost all words begin in a vowel, with the exception of infinitive verbs, some modifiers and adverbs
pretty phonology. who doesn't love (V)CV?
quite synthetic, but relatively simple
nouns, verbs, 'modifiers', adverbs, clitics
no null-derivation
almost all words begin in a vowel, with the exception of infinitive verbs, some modifiers and adverbs
Sample of Umofa[view] Ekekaci inyapulataci nari ara tudapana epa-ye.
The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught.[view all texts]
The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught.[view all texts]
Sound samples in Umofa
Some sound samples of Umofa. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Axaga ada-xibi tofa, meni itikekuta aribirolu epa-ye, aduyaca-yami, usayi aragaragaruwiba c-itikuyac...
I tell them, if you run the sink while someone’s showering, the water will get real hot in the showe...
I tell them, if you run the sink while someone’s showering, the water will get real hot in the showe...
Umawufira arufotuma erifa-xibi, usaga turufufirolu epa-ye.
The cook blames the fire if the food is not well cooked.
The cook blames the fire if the food is not well cooked.
Busan-ise, arunyora epa-ye-ya tofa Pusan-ise, tofa Ibiraxa Udora-pa Busan-ise-kamu efunako, ara ibir...
Busan, formerly known as Pusan and now officially Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second m...
Busan, formerly known as Pusan and now officially Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second m...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | ᵐb | t | ⁿd | [ᶮɟ]1 | k | ᵑg | |||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | ʃ | |||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | ɭ | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | [ɽ]2 | ||||||||||||||
- free variation, especially before a stressed vowel, allophone of /ɲ/
- free variation intervocalically, allophone of /ɭ/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open | a | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Umofa. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 UmofaOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Bb/ᵐb/ | Cc/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/ⁿd/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/ᵑg/ | Ii/i/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/ɭ/, [ɽ]1 | Mm/m/ |
| Nn/n/ | NY ny/ɲ/, [ᶮɟ]2 | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ʃ/ | Yy/j/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
- free variation intervocalically
- free variation, especially before a stressed vowel
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