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{{Loglang
{{Loglang
| name = Xorban
| autonym = la xrbna bnga
| autonym = la xrbna bnga
| by = Xorxes, [[User:And|And Rosta]], [[User:Maiku|Mike S.]]
| by = [[Jorge Llambías]], [[User:And|And Rosta]], [[User:Maiku|Mike S.]]
| year = 2012
| year = 2012
| spec = [https://xorban.wordpress.com/]
| spec = [https://xorban.wordpress.com/]
| spec-lang = en
| spec-lang = 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 21 consonants and six vowels.
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Consonant phonemes
!
! scope=col | Labial
! scope=col | Dental
! scope=col | Alveolar
! scope=col | Palatal
! scope=col | Velar
! scope=col | Glottal
|-
! scope=row | Plosive
| p b ||  || t d ||  || k g || ʔ
|-
! scope=row | Fricative
| f v || (θ) || s z || ʃ ʒ || x || ɦ
|-
! scope=row | Nasal
| m ||  || n ||  ||  ||
|-
! scope=row | Lateral
| ||  || l || ||  ||
|-
! scope=row | Rhotic
| ||  || r || ||  ||
|-
! scope=row | Semivowel
| w ||  ||  || j ||  ||
|}
/θ/ is marginal. It is a suggested realization of the letter ⟨h⟩, which is "used to indicate proposed and experimental operators."
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Vowel phonemes
|-
!
! scope=col | Front
! scope=col | Central
! scope=col | Back
|-
! scope=row | Close
| i ||  || u
|-
! scope=row | Mid
| ɛ
| ə
| ɔ
|-
! scope=row | Open
| colspan=3 | a
|}
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ The Xorban alphabet
|-
! Grapheme
| 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
| r || s || t || u || v || w || x || style="background-color: #fcc" | y || z
|-
! Phoneme
| style="background-color: #fcc" | ə || style="background-color: #fcc" | ɦ || a || b || style="background-color: #fcc" | ʃ || d || ɛ || f || g || style="background-color: #fcc" | θ
| i || style="background-color: #fcc" | ʒ || k || l || m || n || ɔ || p || style="background-color: #fcc" | ʔ
| r || s || t || u || v || w || x || style="background-color: #fcc" | j || z
|}
''(Differences from the IPA are highlighted.)''
<sup>†</sup> The schwa is not written; it occurs predictably and alternates with zero. It is still considered a phoneme.
==== Phoneme classes ====
==== Phonotactics ====
==== Epenthesis ====
==== Prosody ====
Tone is unspecified. Stress is likewise noncontrastive, but light final stress on content words is recommended. French is suggested as a model for prosody.
=== Morphology ===
==== Word classes ====
==== Significance of final vowels ====
==== Compounding ====
=== Syntax ===
==== Explicit assigned variables ====
=== Semantics ===
=== Lexicon ===
== Reception ==
== Notes ==
== References ==

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Xorban (loglang)
la xrbna bnga
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 21 consonants and six vowels.

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

/θ/ is marginal. It is a suggested realization of the letter ⟨h⟩, which is "used to indicate proposed and experimental operators."

Vowel phonemes
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid ɛ ə ɔ
Open a
The Xorban alphabet
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.)

The schwa is not written; it occurs predictably and alternates with zero. It is still considered a phoneme.

Phoneme classes

Phonotactics

Epenthesis

Prosody

Tone is unspecified. Stress is likewise noncontrastive, but light final stress on content words is recommended. French is suggested as a model for prosody.

Morphology

Word classes

Significance of final vowels

Compounding

Syntax

Explicit assigned variables

Semantics

Lexicon

Reception

Notes

References