Vankama [VSD]
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Vankama
Vankana [vaŋ.ka.ma]
Vankana [vaŋ.ka.ma]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Vankama[view] Dzuyoòyànu cìndeleki djìmi zi vansandeki p'eye ga-Paèpaniìgiìni je ghitcikena!
Earthquake in Papua New Guinea kills 15 people and 10 languages![view all texts]
Earthquake in Papua New Guinea kills 15 people and 10 languages![view all texts]
Language family relationships
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | |||||||
Nasal | m m: | [n]1 | [ŋ]2 | |||||||||||
Plosive | p pʰ | b bʰ | t | d | k kʰ | g gʰ | ||||||||
Fricative | ɸ: | β: | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x x: | ɣ ɣ: | ||||
Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||
Lateral flap | [ɺ]3 | |||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w |
- allophone of /m/
- allophone of /m/
- allophone of /t/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Near- back | Back | ||||
Close | i i: | [u]1 [u:]2 | ||||||
Near-close | ɪ ɪ: | [ʊ]3 [ʊ:]4 | ||||||
Close-mid | e e: | [o]5 [o:]6 | ||||||
Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | [ɔ]7 [ɔ:]8 | ||||||
Open | a a: | [ɒ]9 [ɒ:]10 |
Polyphthongs | [oʊ]11 | eɪ |
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /i:/
- allophone of /ɪ/
- allophone of /ɪ:/
- allophone of /e/
- allophone of /e:/
- allophone of /ɛ/
- allophone of /ɛ:/
- allophone of /a/
- allophone of /a:/
- allophone of /eɪ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Vankama. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
VankamaOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
Aa/a/ | Àà[ɒ] | Bb/b/ | B' b'/bʰ/ | BH bh/β:/ | Cc/ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | DJ dj/d͡ʒ/ | DZ dz/d͡z/ | Ee/e/ | Éé/ɛ:/ |
Èè/ɛ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | G' g'/gʰ/ | G'H g'h/ɣ:/ | GH gh/ɣ/ | Ii/i/ | Ìì/ɪ/ | Jj/ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | K' k'/kʰ/ |
K'H k'h/x:/ | KH kh/x/ | Ll[ɺ], [ɺ] | Mm/m:/ | Nn/m/, [n], [ŋ] | Oo[o] | Òò[ɔ] | Óó[ɔ:] | Pp/p/ | P' p'/pʰ/ | PH ph/ɸ:/ |
Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | TC tc/t͡ʃ/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | Úú[ʊ:] | Uu[u] | Ùù[ʊ] | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |