Shoonese [XHO]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersShoonese is spoken by a population of 2,271,231 in Shoonia.
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of ShooneseCan't find any yet.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p [pʰ] | b | t [tʰ] | d | k [kʰ] | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s ʰs1 | z | ʃ | x | [h] | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | (d͡ʒ) | |||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||||
| Approximant | [ɹ̥] | [ɹ] | j | w | ||||||||||||
| Trill | r̥ | r | ||||||||||||||
- Preaspiration works more like prevelarization for males.
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i | y | u | |||||||
| Near-close | [ɪ] | [ʏ] | [ʊ] | |||||||
| Close-mid | e | ø | o | |||||||
| Mid | [ə] | |||||||||
| Open-mid | [ɛ] | [œ] | [ɔ] | |||||||
| Near-open | æ | ɐ | ||||||||
| Open | ɑ | |||||||||
| Polyphthongs | aj | ow | uj | oj | ej |
Stress informationSecond-to-last syllable, first syllable if monosyllabic.
OtherWord-final consonants become sticky to the next word if the next word starts with a vowel.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Shoonese. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ShooneseOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/ɑ/ | Ää/æ/ | Bb/b/, [pʰ] | Cc//, /s/1 | Dd/d/, [tʰ] | Ee/e/, [ə], [ɛ] | Ff/f/, [v] | Gg/g/, [kʰ] | Hh/x/, [h] | Ii/i/, [ɪ] |
| Jj/j/ | Kk/k/, [kʰ] | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/, [ŋ] | Oo/o/, [ɔ] | Öö/ø/, [œ] | Pp/p/, [pʰ] | Qq[kʰ] | Rr/r/, [ɹ] |
| Ŕŕ/ɐ/, [ɑ] | Ss/s/, [z] | Tt/t/, [tʰ] | Uu/u/, [ʊ] | Vv/v/, [f] | Ww/w/ | Xx/ʰs/2 | Yy/y/, [ʏ] | Zz/t͡s/, /z/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||
- loan words only
- Preaspiration works more like prevelarization for males.
