Xorban

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Xorban (loglang)
la xrbna bnga

created in: 2012 by: Jorge Llambías, And Rosta, Mike S.
specification:	[1] (in en)

Xorban ([ˈxoɹbɑn] or ['hoɹbɑn]; natively [ˈxorbän]), is an unfinished logical language created in 2012 to improve on Lojban.

Design

Phonology and orthography

Phoneme inventory

Fig. 1. Consonant phonemes

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	Voiceless	p · ⟨p⟩		t · ⟨t⟩		k · ⟨k⟩	ʔ · ⟨q⟩
	Voiced	b · ⟨b⟩		d · ⟨d⟩		ɡ · ⟨g⟩
Fricative	Voiceless	f · ⟨f⟩	(θ) · ⟨h⟩	s · ⟨s⟩	ʃ · ⟨c⟩	x · ⟨x⟩
	Voiced	v · ⟨v⟩		z · ⟨z⟩	ʒ · ⟨j⟩		ɦ · ⟨'⟩
Nasal		m · ⟨m⟩		n · ⟨n⟩
Lateral				l · ⟨l⟩
Rhotic				r · ⟨r⟩
Approximant		w · ⟨w⟩			j · ⟨y⟩

Fig. 2. Consonant phonemes

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	Voiceless	p		t		k	ʔ
	Voiced	b		d		g
Fricative	Voiceless	f	(θ)	s	ʃ	x
	Voiced	v		z	ʒ		ɦ
Nasal		m		n
Lateral				l
Rhotic				r
Approximant		w			j

Fig. 3. Consonant phonemes

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p · b		t · d		k · g	ʔ
Fricative	f · v	(θ)	s · z	ʃ · ʒ	x	ɦ
Nasal	m		n
Lateral			l
Rhotic			r
Semivowel	w			j

Fig. 4. Vowel phonemes

	front	central	back
close	i		u
mid	ɛ	ə	ɔ
open	a

Fig. 5. Vowel phonemes

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i ⟨i⟩		u ⟨u⟩
Mid	ɛ ⟨e⟩	ə ⟨⟩	ɔ ⟨o⟩
Open	a ⟨a⟩

Fig. 6. The Xorban alphabet

Grapheme		'	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j	k	l	m	n	o	p	q	r	s	t	u	v	w	x	y	z
Phoneme	ə	ɦ	a	b	ʃ	d	ɛ	f	g	θ	i	ʒ	k	l	m	n	ɔ	p	ʔ	r	s	t	u	v	w	x	j	z

Highlighted cells indicate notable differences from the IPA.