Proto-Wefiri [WFR]
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Proto-Wefiri
Wefiri [wefiri]*
Wefiri [wefiri]*
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[Deactivated User] on 9 April 2017
Language type
Proto-Conlang
Species
Human/humanoid
About Proto-Wefiri
A dead language isolate! ♥ Survives long enough to create Old Wefiri, a loanword dump.
Compound words are formed in approx the opposite order to English's; cf. the namebank.
Compound words are formed in approx the opposite order to English's; cf. the namebank.
Sample of Proto-WefiriCan't find any yet.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ ŋʷ | |||||||||||||
Plosive | p | t | k kʷ | ʔ | ||||||||||||
Fricative | f | s | ʃ | x xʷ | h | |||||||||||
Affricate | t͡ʃ | |||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
Trill | r |
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i i: ĩ | u u: ũ | ||
Close-mid | e e: ẽ | |||
Open | a a: ã |
Polyphthongs | ai | eu | au | ui |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Proto-Wefiri. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Proto-WefiriOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
' ' /ʔ/ | Āā ā /a:/ | Ãã ã /ã/ | Aa a /a/ | AI ai/ai/ | AU au/au/ | CH ch ch /t͡ʃ/ | Ēē ē /e:/ | Ee e /e/ |
Ẽẽ ẽ /ẽ/ | EU eu/eu/ | Ff f /f/ | Hh h /h/ | Ii i /i/ | Ĩĩ ĩ /ĩ/ | Īī ī /i:/ | Jj j /j/ | Kk k /k/ |
KW kw kw /kʷ/ | Ll l /l/ | Mm m /m/ | Nn n /n/ | NG ng ng /ŋ/ | NGW ngw ngw /ŋʷ/ | Pp/p/ | Rr r /r/ | Ss s /s/ |
SH sh sh /ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Ūū ū /u:/ | Ũũ ũ /ũ/ | Uu u /u/ | UI ui/ui/ | Ww w /w/ | Xx x /x/ | XW xw xw /xʷ/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
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