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|style="background-color: #fcc" | | |style="background-color: #fcc" | ''none''<sup>†</sup> ||style="background-color: #fcc" |' ||a ||b ||style="background-color: #fcc" |c ||d ||e ||f ||g ||style="background-color: #fcc" |h | ||
|i ||style="background-color: #fcc" |j ||k ||l ||m ||n ||o ||p ||style="background-color: #fcc" |q | |i ||style="background-color: #fcc" |j ||k ||l ||m ||n ||o ||p ||style="background-color: #fcc" |q | ||
|r ||s ||t ||u ||v ||w ||x ||style="background-color: #fcc" |y ||z | |r ||s ||t ||u ||v ||w ||x ||style="background-color: #fcc" |y ||z | ||
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† Schwa is not written. It occurs predictably. | <sup>†</sup> Schwa is not written. It occurs predictably. | ||
==== Phoneme classes ==== | ==== Phoneme classes ==== | ||
==== Phonotactics ==== | ==== Phonotactics ==== | ||
==== Epenthesis ==== | ==== Epenthesis ==== | ||
Revision as of 10:01, 16 June 2021
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| created in: 2012 by: Jorge Llambías, And Rosta, Mike S. | |
| specification: | [1] (in en) |
Xorban ([ˈxorbän]) is an unfinished logical language created in 2012 to improve on Lojban. The name Xorban comes from xorxes, the Lojban moniker of co-creator Jorge Llambias, plus the Lojban affix for 'language'.
Background
Aims
Influences
History
Design
Phonology and orthography
Xorban has a similar phoneme inventory to that of Lojban. It has twenty-two consonants and six vowels.
| 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 |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | ɛ | ə | ɔ |
| Open | a | ||
| Grapheme | none† | ' | 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 |
(Differences from the IPA are highlighted.)
† Schwa is not written. It occurs predictably.