Yes [YES]
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Language type
Joke language
Species
Human/humanoid
About Yes
A binary language when you can replace /ʔ/ with any consonant and /ə/ with any vowel.
Such kitchen, such sink.
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Such kitchen, such sink.
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Epiglottal | Glottal | Other | |||||||||||||||
Nasal | [m]1 [m̥]2 | [ɱ]3 | [n̪]4 | [n]5 [n̥]6 | [ɳ]7 | [ȵ]8 | [ɲ]9 | [ŋ]10 [ŋ̥]11 | [ɴ]12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Plosive | [p]13 | [b]14 | [p̪]15 | [b̪]16 | [t̪]17 | [d̪]18 | [t]19 | [d]20 | [ʈ]21 | [ɖ]22 | [ȶ]23 | [ȡ]24 | [c]25 | [ɟ]26 | [k]27 | [g]28 | [q]29 | [ɢ]30 | [ʡ]31 | ʔ | ||||||||||
Fricative | [ɸ]32 | [β]33 | [f]34 | [v]35 | [θ]36 | [ð]37 | [s]38 | [z]39 | [ʃ]40 | [ʒ]41 | [ʂ]42 | [ʐ]43 | [ɕ]44 | [ʑ]45 | [ç]46 | [ʝ]47 | [x]48 | [ɣ]49 | [χ]50 | [ʁ]51 | [ħ]52 | [ʕ]53 | [ʜ]54 | [ʢ]55 | [h]56 | [ɦ]57 | [ɧ]58 | |||
Affricate | [p͡ɸ]59 | [b͡β]60 | [p̪͡f]61 | [b̪͡v]62 | [t̪͡θ]63 | [d̪͡ð]64 | [t͡s]65 | [d͡z]66 | [t͡ʃ]67 | [d͡ʒ]68 | [ʈ͡ʂ]69 | [ɖ͡ʐ]70 | [t͡ɕ]71 | [d͡ʑ]72 | [c͡ç]73 | [ɟ͡ʝ]74 | [k͡x]75 | [g͡ɣ]76 | [q͡χ]77 | [ɢ͡ʁ]78 | [t͡ɬ]79 | [d͡ɮ]80 | ||||||||
Lateral approximant | [l]81 | [ɭ]82 | [ȴ]83 | [ʎ]84 | [ʟ]85 | [ɫ]86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | [ɬ]87 | [ɮ]88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lateral flap | [ɺ]89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | [ʋ]90 | [ɹ]91 | [ɻ]92 | [j]93 | [ʍ]94 | [w]95 | [ɰ]96 | [ɥ]97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Trill | [ʙ]98 [ʙ̥]99 | [r]100 [r̥]101 | [ʀ]102 [ʀ̥]103 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Flap | [ⱱ]104 | [ɾ]105 | [ɽ]106 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Click | [ʘ]107 | [ǀ]108 | [ǃ]109 | [‼]110 | [ǁ]111 | [ǂ]112 | [ʞ]113 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Implosive | [ɓ]114 [ɓ̥]115 | [ɗ̪]116 | [ɗ]117 [ɗ̥]118 | [ᶑ]119 | [ʄ]120 | [ɠ]121 | [ʛ]122 [ʛ̥]123 |
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Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
Close | [i]1 | [y]2 | [ɨ]3 | [ʉ]4 | [ɯ]5 | [u]6 | ||||
Near-close | [ɪ]7 | [ʏ]8 | [ɪ̈]9 | [ʊ̈]10 | [ʊ]11 | |||||
Close-mid | [e]12 | [ø]13 | [ɘ]14 | [ɵ]15 | [ɤ]16 | [o]17 | ||||
Mid | [e̞]18 | ə | [o̞]19 | |||||||
Open-mid | [ɛ]20 | [œ]21 | [ɜ]22 | [ɞ]23 | [ʌ]24 | [ɔ]25 | ||||
Near-open | [æ]26 | [ɐ]27 | ||||||||
Open | [a]28 | [ɶ]29 | [ä]30 | [ɑ]31 | [ɒ]32 |
Polyphthongs | [eø]33 | [ʌɤ]34 | [ää]35 | [ɛœ]36 | [ɘɵ]37 | [ʌɔ]38 | [ɵʉ]39 | [ɞɵ]40 | [ɑɒ]41 | [ɔo]42 |
[ou]43 | [e̞e̞]44 | [ɪ̈ʊ̈]45 | [äɜ]46 | [aɛ]47 | [ɛe]48 | [ɯu]49 | [ɘɨ]50 | [ɪʏ]51 | [ʊʊ]52 | |
[ɤɯ]53 | [ɤo]54 | [ɜɞ]55 | [ɑʌ]56 | [ɒɔ]57 | [ɨʉ]58 | [ɶø]59 | [äɞ]60 | [ɜɘ]61 | [øy]62 | |
[o̞o̞]63 | [ei]64 | [əə]65 | [ææ]66 | [aɶ]67 | [iy]68 | [ɐɐ]69 | [œø]70 |
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Orthography
Below is the orthography for Yes. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
YesOrthography [edit] | |
Ll |o /ʔ/ | Oo 0l /ə/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
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