Zeribian [ZRB]
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Typology
Functional
162 words
Zeribian
Ngad i Zerib [ŋɑd i zɛrib]
ZeribianNgad i Zerib [ŋɑd i zɛrib]
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Language type
Not specified
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Zeribian[view] Wugriš wašmaq bičil trelmah ym waškaš trel. / Wuzedeg rimpeš trelmah, wumit ym degšig. / / Laŋ wugriš wašmaq rek gurkaš trel. / Wa-uŋutel bitrel trelmah i rimzy kar wugwel berek trel. / / Beŋed uwšum bičil trelmah ken rek / Ubultun waš trelmah. / Uŋumend birek trelmah uŋuxyr žalgam. / / Neded utarčep: / "Aŋ ze ewnegšar rimpeš wa...[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeOrientalonesian
⤷ Proto-Orientalonesian
⤷ Proto-Zeribian
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Zeribian
⤷ Proto-Orientalonesian
⤷ Proto-Zeribian
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Zeribian[view] About OrientalonesianThe largest language family on the Eastern Islands (carrying their name). The largest language of the family is Zeribian
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | q | |||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | h | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | w | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Near- back | Back | |||
| Close | i | |||||
| Near-close | ʊ | |||||
| Close-mid | o | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | |||||
| Open | ɑ | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Zeribian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| ZeribianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa/ɑ/ | Bb/b/ | Čč/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ |
| Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/q/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Šš/ʃ/ |
| Tt/t/ | Uu/o/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/x/ | Yy/ʊ/ | Žž/ʒ/ | Zz/z/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
