Kazian [KZI]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kazian
Kazian is the language of the Kazian people in Kazland. It is written using the Runic alphabet
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | b bʱ | t tʰ | d dʱ | k kʷ kʰ | g gʱ | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s1 | ʃ | x | ɣ | h | ɦ | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ2 | ɻ | j | ʍ | w | |||||||||||||||
| Blends | ʃt |
- coda only
- becomes /ɻ/ at coda position
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i1 | y2 | u3 | |||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʏ | ʊ | |||||||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||||
| Open-mid | ɜ | ʌ | ɔ | |||||||
| Near-open | æ | |||||||||
| Open | a | |||||||||
- becomes /ɪ/ in short form
- becomes /ʏ/ in short form
- becomes /ʊ/ in short form
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kazian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 KazianOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| ᚠ ᚠᛇᚺ /f/ | ᚡ ᚡᛇᚺ /v/ | ᚢ ᚢᚱ /u/1 | ᚤ ᚤᚱ /y/2 | ᚥ ᚥᚤᚾ /ʍ/ | ᚦ ᚦᚩᚱᚾ /θ/ | ᚧ ᛖᚧ /ð/ | ᚨ ᚨᚻ /ʌ/ | ᚩ ᚩᛋ /ɔ/ | ᚪ ᚪᚴ /a/ |
| ᚫ ᚫᛉ /æ/ | ᚱ ᚱᚪᛞ /ɹ/3 | ᚳ ᚳᛖᚾ /x/ | ᚴ ᚴᚤᚾ /k/ | ᚷ ᚷᛇᚠ /g/ | ᚸ ᚸᚨᚱ /j/ | ᚹ ᚹᚤᚾ /w/ | ᚺ ᚺᛇᚷ /h/ | ᚻ ᚻᚫᚸᛚ /ɦ/ | ᚾ ᚾᚤᛞ /n/ |
| ᛁ ᛁᛉ /i/4 | ᛇ ᛇᚺ /e/ | ᛈ ᛈᛇᚱᚦ /p/ | ᛉ ᚪᛚᚷᛁᛉ /ʃ/ | ᛊ ᛊᚩᚹ /s/ | ᛋ ᛊᛁᛚᛋ /s/5 | ᛏ ᛏᚤᚱ /t/ | ᛒ ᛒᛇᚱᚴ /b/ | ᛖ ᛖᚺ /ə/ | ᛗ ᛗᚨᚾ /m/ |
| ᛚ ᛚᚩᚷ /l/ | ᛝ ᛁᛝ /ŋ/ | ᛞ ᛞᚫᚷ /d/ | ᛟ ᛟᛚᚦ /o/ | ᛠ ᛠᚱ /ɜ/ | ᛢ ᛢᛇᚱᚦ /kʷ/ | ᛣ ᛣᛚᚨᚴ /ɣ/ | ᛥ ᛥᛟᚾ /ʃt/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- becomes /ʊ/ in short form
- becomes /ʏ/ in short form
- becomes /ɻ/ at coda position
- becomes /ɪ/ in short form
- coda only
