Apsali [APSA]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Place & SpeakersApsali is spoken by a population of around 1,500,000 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Apsali
Apsali is a tonal macrolanguage spoken in the depths of Apsalia. Spoken by about 1.5 million people across Apsalia, there are tons of different dialects and sublanguages.
Sample of Apsali[view] Jā̌rā̂ ā̂ǧụ̄ tun͞gūlệǎvū quẓ̄lěmǎig mūlfōrns̄ǎluj̄vū pulǧǎs̄.
All of life is profiting from the misfortunes of others.[view all texts]
All of life is profiting from the misfortunes of others.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[view] About ApsalianThe Apsalian languages are the main language family for Apsalia. Being widely spread throughout Apsalia, it is estimated that about 2.5 million people speak the Apsalian languages, with over half being for the main language, APSA .
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | |||||||||
| Nasal | m m: | n n: | ŋ | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b b: | t t: | d | k | g g: | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f f: | v v: | s s: | z z: | ʃ ʃ: | ʒ ʒ: | ɣ ɣ: | χ χ: | h h: | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ d͡ʒ: | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | ɫ ɫ: | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j j: | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r r: | |||||||||||||||||
| Blends | ŋ͡g1 ŋ͡g:2 | k͡j k͡j: |
- Use /ɲ͡j/ if ng are the first letters in a word
- Use /ɲ͡j:/ if n͞g are the first letters in a word
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i | ʉ | ɯ | u u: | ||||
| Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
| Close-mid | o o: | |||||||
| Mid | ə ə: | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ̃ | ɔ ɔ: | ||||||
| Near-open | æ | |||||||
| Open | ɑ ɑ: | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | aɪ aɪ: | ɛ͡ʃ ɛ͡ʃ: | u͡ʃ u͡ʃ: |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Apsali. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ApsaliOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/ɛ̃/ | Ǎǎ/ɔ/ | Ā̌ ā̌/ɔ:/ | Áá/æ/ | Ââ/ɑ/ | Ā̂ ā̂/ɑ:/ | Bb/b/ | B̄ b̄/b:/ | C̣ c̣/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ |
| Ěě/ə/ | Ē̌ ē̌/ə:/ | Êê/ɛ/ | Ệệ/ɛ͡ʃ/ | Ẹ̄̂ ẹ̄̂/ɛ͡ʃ:/ | Ff/f/ | F̄ f̄/f:/ | Gg/g/ | Ḡḡ/g:/ | Ǧǧ/ɣ/ |
| Ḡ̌ ḡ̌/ɣ:/ | Hh/h/ | H̄ h̄/t:/ | Ii/ɪ/ | Ǐǐ/aɪ/ | Ī̌ ī̌/aɪ:/ | Îî/i/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | J̄ j̄/d͡ʒ:/ | Kk/k/ |
| Ll/ɫ/ | L̄ l̄/ɫ:/ | Mm/m/ | M̄ m̄/m:/ | Nn/n/ | N̄ n̄/n:/ | NG ng/ŋ͡g/1 | N͞G n͞g/ŋ͡g:/2 | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | Oo/o/ |
| Ōō/o:/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/k͡j/ | Q̄ q̄/k͡j:/ | Rr/r/ | R̄ r̄/r:/ | R̛ r̛/ɹ/ | Ss/s/ | Ṣṣ/ʃ/ | Ṣ̄ ṣ̄/ʃ:/ |
| S̄ s̄/s:/ | Tt/t/ | T̄ t̄/h:/ | Uu/u/ | Ụụ/u͡ʃ/ | Ūū/u:/ | Ûû/ɯ/ | Ǔǔ/ʉ/ | Ụ̄ ụ̄/u͡ʃ:/ | Vv/v/ |
| V̄ v̄/v:/ | Xx/χ/ | X̄ x̄/χ:/ | Yy/j/ | Ȳȳ/j:/ | Zz/z/ | Ẓẓ/ʒ/ | Ẓ̄ ẓ̄/ʒ:/ | Z̄ z̄/z:/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||
- Use /ɲ͡j/ if ng are the first letters in a word
- Use /ɲ͡j:/ if n͞g are the first letters in a word
