Old Basman [ZMO]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Old Basman[view] Qaḏuls ts'ugẽvražom, qaḏuls ħatsartsaḏažom me, / Maxarḏažuy ts'ãgioruy, gardi šisni ḏun; / Tsaxi ts'ãgiorušam, gardi dešene dešels maħqũqmeni.
May he reign well, may he not be hindered, / The powerful king, his beautiful land. / The ancient kingdom, its essence is perfect.[view all texts]
May he reign well, may he not be hindered, / The powerful king, his beautiful land. / The ancient kingdom, its essence is perfect.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeTskhri-Zani
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Old Basman
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Proto-Tskhri-Zani⤷ Proto-Zani
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Old Basman[view] About Tskhri-ZaniLanguage family in Western Celea, and particularly in the Dadogavs, characterized by many marked cases and consonant clusters. Mtsqrveli comprises some 90% of its speakers.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʼ | b | t tʼ | d | k kʼ | g | q qʼ | ʔ | ||||||||||||||||
| Fricative | v [vʷ]1 | ð [ðʷ]2 | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | ɣ | χ | ħ | ʕ | h | ||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʼ | d͡z | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʼ | d͡ʒ | t͡ɬ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /v/
- allophone of /ð/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i ĩ | ʉ ʉ̃ | ||||
| Mid | [ə]1 | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ̃ | ɔ ɔ̃ | ||||
| Open | a a: ã | |||||
- allophone of /ɛ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Old Basman. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Old BasmanOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Ãã/ã/ | Aa/a:/ | Ăă/a/ | Bb/b/ | Čč/t͡ʃ/ | Č' č'/t͡ʃʼ/ | Ḏḏ/ð/, [ðʷ] | Dd/d/ | DZ dz/d͡z/ | Ee/ɛ/, [ə] |
| Ẽẽ/ɛ̃/ | Gg/g/ | GH gh/ɣ/ | Hh/h/ | Ĩĩ/ĩ/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | K' k'/kʼ/ | Ll/l/ |
| Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Õõ/ɔ̃/ | Pp/p/ | P' p'/pʼ/ | Qq/q/ | Q' q'/qʼ/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ |
| Šš/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | T' t'/tʼ/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | TS' ts'/t͡sʼ/ | Ũũ/ʉ̃/ | Uu/ʉ/ | Vv/v/, [vʷ] | Ww/w/ | Ẋẋ/χ/ |
| Xx/x/ | Yy/j/ | Žž/ʒ/ | Zz/z/ | Ħħ/ħ/ | Łł/t͡ɬ/ | Ɂɂ/ʔ/ | ʿ/ʕ/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
