Dzuma [ZDU]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Dzuma[view] Àkwã́ hõ̀ ŋgwì lá mpáà ŋà. / Àkwã́ maa rí lá kwã́ la wò nnɛ̃ hõ̀ kábú lá mfɔ́ la. / / Bo nkã̀, bòò ŋgwì maa lá mpáà bá. / Tṣì àkwã́ lá ndì ŋgwì maa, ɔ́ lá káká nĩ̀. / / Hõ̀ mà ànì ndɛ̀kpɔ́, àkwã́ mbé bá nĩ̀ lá kpé ŋà nĩ̀. / Wárã̀ l'ó àkwã́ maa. / Ɔ́ ŋkèé lá nnɔkpɔ́ bá nĩ̀. / / Nsṹ, de ŋkɔ nĩ̀: / "Yè nnṹ àkwã́ wárã̀ de lá ñ...[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||
Plosive | p ᵐp | b ᵐb | t ⁿt | d ⁿd | c ᶮc | ɟ ᶮɟ | k ᵑk | g ᵑg | ||||||
Fricative | ɸ | β | f ⁿf | v ⁿv | s ⁿs | z ⁿz | ç ᶮç | x ᵑx | ɣ | h | ||||
Affricate | c͡ç | ɟ͡ʝ | ||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l ⁿl | |||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | ɮ | ||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
Blends | kp | gɓ |
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Near- back | Back | ||||
Close | i | u | ||||||
Near-close | ɪ̃ | ʊ̃ | ||||||
Close-mid | e | o | ||||||
Open-mid | ɛ ɛ̃ | ɔ ɔ̃ | ||||||
Open | a ã |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Dzuma. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
DzumaOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
Aa/a/ | Ã ã/ã/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | DL dl/ɮ/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | GB gb/gɓ/ | Hh/x/ |
HL hl/ɬ/ | HW hw/ɸ/ | Ii/i/ | Ĩĩ/ɪ̃/ | Jj/ɟ/ | Kk/k/ | KP kp/kp/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ |
Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ | Ṣṣ/ç/ | Tt/t/ | TṢ tṣ/c/ | Uu/u/ | Ũũ/ʊ̃/ | Vv/β/ |
Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | Ɔɔ/ɔ/ | Ɔ̃ ɔ̃/ɔ̃/ | Ɛɛ/ɛ/ | Ɛ̃ ɛ̃/ɛ̃/ | ||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |