Vitalic [IGHEM]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersVitalic is spoken by a population of 250 .
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Vitalic[view] unem we uexumukÿ miw qësÿ isun ịq sï χukwikÿ, k ispïπe φën sü kuftikÿ.
Time has existed since before time began, and today, it's all around us.[view all texts]
Time has existed since before time began, and today, it's all around us.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | [ɱ]1 | n | [ŋ]2 | [ɴ]3 | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | p̪4 | b̪5 | t | d | k | g | q | ɢ | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | f | v | s | z | x | ɣ | χ | ʁ | h6 | |||||
| Approximant | ɹ7 | j | w | |||||||||||||
- allophone of /m/ around labiodentals
- allophone of /n/ around velars
- allophone of /n/ around uvulars
- /p̪ ~ p̪͡f/
- /b̪ ~ b̪͡v/
- only appears with h-vowels
- /r ~ l/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | |||
| Open | (ɑ) | |||
Syllable Structure(C)(C)(h)V(C)(C) where final consonant is only in conjugated/declined forms and not base forms (eg /muʁv/ can exist, but only as a declined form of /muʁ/)
OtherVoicing assimilation in consonant clusters
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Vitalic. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 VitalicOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| e e e /e/ | i i i /i/ | u u u /u/ | ÿ ÿ tsuxpin // | p p pi /p/, /b/ | v φ φi /β/, /ɸ/ | b π πi /p̪/1, /b̪/2 | f f fi /f/, /v/ | t t /d/, /t/ | s s /s/, /z/ |
| k k ke /k/, /g/ | x x xe /ɣ/, /x/ | q q qu /q/, /ɢ/ | h χ χu /ʁ/, /χ/ | m m me /m/, [ɱ]3 | n n /n/, [ŋ]4, [ɴ]5 | j j ju /j/ | w w wu /w/ | a a u mimexim /ɑ/6 | l l /ɹ/7 |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||
- /p̪ ~ p̪͡f/
- /b̪ ~ b̪͡v/
- allophone of /m/ around labiodentals
- allophone of /n/ around velars
- allophone of /n/ around uvulars
- loan words only
- /r ~ l/
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