Consonant inventory: b c d f g h j k l m n p q r s t v w x z ç ð ħ ŋ ǀ ǁ ǂ ǃ ɓ ɕ ɖ ɗ ɟ ɠ ɢ ɣ ɥ ɦ ɧ ɫ ɬ ɭ ɮ ɰ ɱ ɲ ɳ ɴ ɸ ɹ ɺ ɻ ɽ ɾ ʀ ʁ ʂ ʃ ʄ ʈ ʋ ʍ ʎ ʐ ʑ ʒ ʔ ʕ ʘ ʙ ʛ ʜ ʝ ʟ ʡ ʢ ʣ ʤ ʥ ʦ ʧ ʨ β θ χ ᶑ ⱱ ꞎ ꭦ ꭧ 𝼄 𝼅 𝼆 𝼈 𝼊
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↓Manner/Place→ Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alveolar Palato-alveolar Retroflex Alveolo-palatal Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Glottal
Nasal m ɱ n ɳ ɲ ŋ ɴ
Stop p b t d ʈ ɖ c ɟ k g q ɢ ʡ ʔ
Implosive ɓ ɗ ᶑ ʄ ɠ ʛ
Affricate ʦ ʣ ʧ ʤ ꭧ ꭦ ʨ ʥ
Fricative ɸ β f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ ʂ ʐ ɕ ʑ ç ʝ x ɣ χ ʁ ħ ʕ h ɦ
Approximant ʋ ɹ ɻ j ɰ
Tap ⱱ ɾ ɽ
Trill ʙ r ʀ ʜ ʢ
Lateral fricative ɬ ɮ ꞎ 𝼅 𝼆 𝼄
Lateral approximant l ɭ ʎ ʟ
Lateral flap ɺ 𝼈
Click ʘ ǀ ǃ 𝼊 ǂ
Lateral click ǁ
Co-articulated phonemes
↓Manner/Place→ Labial-palatal Labial-velar Velarized alveolar Sj-sound
Fricative ɧ
Approximant ɥ ʍ w
Lateral approximant ɫ
Vowel inventory: a aɪ̯ aʊ̯ e eɪ̯ i iː o oʊ̯ u uː y æ ø œ ɐ ɑ ɒ ɔ ɔɪ̯ ɔː ɘ ə ɛ ɜ ɜː ɞ ɤ ɨ ɪ ɯ ɵ ɶ ʉ ʊ ʌ ʏ
Diphthongs: aɪ̯ aʊ̯ eɪ̯ oʊ̯ ɔɪ̯ ?
Front Central Back
High iː i y ɨ ʉ ɯ uː u
Near-high ɪ ʏ ʊ
High-mid e ø ɘ ɵ ɤ o
Mid ə
Low-mid ɛ œ ɜː ɜ ɞ ʌ ɔː ɔ
Near-low æ ɐ
Low a ɶ ɑ ɒ
Syllable structure: (C)V(C) ?
Stress pattern: Ultimate — stress is on the last syllable ?
Spelling rules:
Pronunciation Spelling
ɛ é
ɐ á
ɑ ä
ɒ ó
ɜ ú
ɤ ö
ɘ ë
ɵ ê
ə â
ɔ ô
ʊ ü
ʉ û
ɯ ǔ
ʌ uh
ɶ ǎ
ɪ í
ɨ ï
ʏ ě
y ŷ
eɪ̯ ay
aʊ̯ ou
aɪ̯ ie
ɔɪ̯ oi
r ŕ
ɹ r
θ th
ɾ r̈
ɖ ḍ
ɗ d’
ʑ ź
ʐ ẓ
ʒ zh
ɮ źh
ð dh
j y
ʃ sh
ŋ ng
ꭧ ṭṣ
ꭦ ḍẓ
ɽ ṛ
ɻ r̂
ɺ ř
ʁ r̀
ʀ r̊
ʤ j
ʥ j́
ɟ jy
ʄ j’
ʝ ý
ʎ ÿ
c ćh
ʧ ch
ɓ b’
ʙ ḇ
ʣ dz
ɸ ph
ɢ ǵ
ɠ g’
ʛ ǵ’
ɦ ẖ
ħ ḫ
ɧ sj
ɥ yw
ʜ ḩ
ɫ ḻ
ɭ ḷ
ʟ gl
ɱ ḿ
ɳ ṇ
ɲ ny
ɴ ńg
ʂ ṣ
ɕ śh
ç shy
ɬ slh
ʈ ṭ
ʦ ts
ʨ chy
β v́
ⱱ b̮
ʋ ẃ
ʍ wh
ɰ g̈
x kh
ɣ gh
χ ḵh
ʔ ʻ
ʡ ḵ
ʕ ŕ
ʢ ǵh
Vː VV
◌̯
Grammar
Sentence word order: Verb-Direct object-Subject-Indirect object. “She gave the dog a bone” turns into Gave a bone she the dog.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: prepositions ?
!!!I!!!:pŕon ḷaù ŷou 𝼅ŷ𝼆â vœ .
means "i hate you so much."
â ÿou mǎlɞr̂slhæ rælzh ÿou shĉhôvzhdɞslh mœsk?
means "did you forget that you abused me?"
Numbers
R̊épeíian has a base-20 number system:
1 - mü mʊ
2 - chyaí ʨaɪ̯
3 - oṭṣ oꭧ
4 - ḻuu𝼅 ɫuː𝼅
5 - mǎj mɶʤ
6 - v́üḿ βʊɱ
7 - ꞎé ꞎɛ
8 - g’ôô ɠɔː
9 - wû wʉ
10 - ṣotŕub ʂotʕub
400 - chyaü ʨaʊ̯
8000 - 𝼊ó 𝼊ɒ
R̊épeíian - English Dictionary
Key: spelling /pronunciation/ part of speech. definition(s)
adj. adjective | adv. adverb | art. article | conj. conjunction | dem. demonstrative | det. determiner | interj. interjection | n. noun | nan. animate noun | nin. inanimate noun | num. numeral | part. particle | prep. preposition | pron. pronoun | v. verb
a a /a/ v. try (test out), test
ædruu ædɹuː /æˈdɹuː/ nin. university
ær̀ æʁ /æʁ/ nin. ceremony
aíᶑäb’ě aɪ̯ᶑɑɓʏ /aɪ̯ᶑɑˈɓʏ/ adj. sticky
äké ɑkɛ /ɑˈkɛ/ nin. contract
äśh ɑɕ /ɑɕ/ nan. mother
áǁ ɐǁ /ɐǁ/ nin. bra
b’eíṛ ɓeɪ̯ɽ /ɓeɪ̯ɽ/ v. give, deliver, donate, present, provide, transfer, supply
b̮ǎ ⱱɶ /ⱱɶ/ v. define
ḇäl ʙɑl /ʙɑl/ nan. eel
bě bʏ /bʏ/ adj. usual
b̮êp ⱱɵp /ⱱɵp/ nin. jelly
biig’ biːɠ /biːɠ/ nin. motif
bôg̈uh bɔɰʌ /bɔˈɰʌ/ nin. crisis
bü bʊ /bʊ/ v. vanish
buu buː /buː/ nin. shit
chæḻ ʧæɫ /ʧæɫ/ v. use, utilize
chǎ𝼊 ʧɶ𝼊 /ʧɶ𝼊/ nan. poultry
chï ʧɨ /ʧɨ/ nin. stream, creek
ćhôív́ cɔɪ̯β /cɔɪ̯β/ adj. pragmatic
ćhüj cʊʤ /cʊʤ/ v. launch
chyäth ʨɑθ /ʨɑθ/ nin. painting
d’ád ɗɐd /ɗɐd/ adj. empty, vacant, hollow
d’úćhô ɗɜcɔ /ɗɜˈcɔ/ nin. canal
dâyäŷ dəjɑy /dəjɑˈy/ nin. purpose, reason
dhǎkhźhonjŷt ðɶxɮonʤyt /ðɶxɮonˈʤyt/ adj. ancient, antique
dhígh ðɪɣ /ðɪɣ/ v. sweat
dhǔsôôzï ðɯsɔːzɨ /ðɯsɔːˈzɨ/ adv. quite, rather
dü dʊ /dʊ/ v. lean, tilt
ḍẓá ꭦɐ /ꭦɐ/ v. adopt
ᶑǎ ᶑɶ /ᶑɶ/ nin. ledge
ᶑûs ᶑʉs /ᶑʉs/ v. inflict
ëhésj ɘhɛɧ /ɘˈhɛɧ/ nin. spell (of magic)
ekh ex /ex/ nin. lyrics
êth ɵθ /ɵθ/ nin. gold
fä fɑ /fɑ/ nan. chick (girl)
fœgöch fœgɤʧ /fœˈgɤʧ/ adj. aesthetic
füÿ fʊʎ /fʊʎ/ nin. foliage
ǵ’ë ʛɘ /ʛɘ/ nin. step (one level of stairs)
ǵ’uukhtsúr ʛuːxʦɜɹ /ʛuːxˈʦɜɹ/ nan. lord
gäǵeźhad gɑɢeɮad /gɑɢeˈɮad/ nan. worker, employee
geng geŋ /geŋ/ nin. mound
ǵhíg̈ëśh ʢɪɰɘɕ /ʢɪˈɰɘɕ/ nin. elevation
glâćh ʟəc /ʟəc/ adj. ill, unwell
ǵóch ɢɒʧ /ɢɒʧ/ nin. country (rural area)
gǔṛ gɯɽ /gɯɽ/ adj. left
ẖǎ ɦɶ /ɦɶ/ nin. education
ẖæv́ ɦæβ /ɦæβ/ v. comprehend
haüshê haʊ̯ʃɵ /haʊ̯ˈʃɵ/ adj. physical, tangible
hépuh hɛpʌ /hɛˈpʌ/ nin. armory
ẖii ɦiː /ɦiː/ v. abandon
ẖô ɦɔ /ɦɔ/ nin. paragraph
höṛ hɤɽ /hɤɽ/ v. predict
ḩuh ʜʌ /ʜʌ/ nin. yogurt
ḩúúḍẓ ʜɜːꭦ /ʜɜːꭦ/ nan. aunt
ii iː /iː/ nin. elbow
í𝼅 ɪ𝼅 /ɪ𝼅/ adj. thin (narrow)
ïzh ɨʒ /ɨʒ/ nan. prostitute
j’uh𝼈 ʄʌ𝼈 /ʄʌ𝼈/ nan. cook
jaü ʤaʊ̯ /ʤaʊ̯/ adv. once
j́í ʥɪ /ʥɪ/ nin. bucket
jöj ʤɤʤ /ʤɤʤ/ v. push, shove, press, propel
jûḻúúr̀mü ʤʉɫɜːʁmʊ /ʤʉɫɜːʁˈmʊ/ nin. settlement (village)
jŷbbôgí ʤybbɔgɪ /ʤybbɔˈgɪ/ nin. fiber
jyøsh ɟøʃ /ɟøʃ/ v. strip
ḵæ ʡæ /ʡæ/ nin. question
kë kɘ /kɘ/ adj. static
ḵhá χɐ /χɐ/ nin. siege
khêśh xɵɕ /xɵɕ/ nin. knowledge
khü xʊ /xʊ/ v. struggle
kœ kœ /kœ/ nin. premiere
kuhǵ kʌɢ /kʌɢ/ adj. sole
lǎ lɶ /lɶ/ nin. market, mall
lâǵúú ləɢɜː /ləˈɢɜː/ nin. whisker
läkh lɑx /lɑx/ nin. nail
lǎẃsøÿ lɶʋsøʎ /lɶʋˈsøʎ/ v. leap
ḷêj ɭɵʤ /ɭɵʤ/ v. scramble
ḻí řôôg̈ü ɫɪ ɺɔːɰʊ /ɫɪ ɺɔːˈɰʊ/ nin. lens
ḷø ɭø /ɭø/ nin. habit
ḻöÿôkh ɫɤʎɔx /ɫɤˈʎɔx/ nan. adult
lûr̀ lʉʁ /lʉʁ/ v. assign
𝼄â 𝼄ə /𝼄ə/ nin. appetite
𝼄ôôźh 𝼄ɔːɮ /𝼄ɔːɮ/ nan. rat
ꞎuu𝼊 ꞎuː𝼊 /ꞎuː𝼊/ adv. soon
𝼅il 𝼅il /𝼅il/ adj. recent
𝼆í 𝼆ɪ /𝼆ɪ/ adj. scarce
mǎj mɶʤ /mɶʤ/ num. five
meḫ meħ /meħ/ nin. sheet
ḿí ɱɪ /ɱɪ/ v. dismiss
moshy moç /moç/ adv. still
muḻ muɫ /muɫ/ nin. petal (of flower)
ṇäd ɳɑd /ɳɑd/ adj. classic
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