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=== Phonology and orthography ===
=== Phonology and orthography ===


Xorban has a similar phoneme inventory to that of Lojban. It has twenty-two consonants and six vowels.
Xorban has a similar phoneme inventory to that of Lojban. It has 21 consonants and six vowels.


{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
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|-
! scope=row | Plosive  
! scope=row | Plosive  
| p b ||  || t d || || k g || ʔ
| p b ||  || t d || || k g || ʔ
|-
|-
! scope=row | Fricative
! scope=row | Fricative
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|-
|-
! scope=row | Nasal
! scope=row | Nasal
| m ||  || n || ||  ||
| m ||  || n || ||  ||
|-
|-
! scope=row | Lateral
! scope=row | Lateral
| ||  || l || || ||
| ||  || l || || ||
|-
|-
! scope=row | Rhotic
! scope=row | Rhotic
| ||  || r || || ||
| ||  || r || || ||
|-
|-
! scope=row | Semivowel
! scope=row | Semivowel
| w ||  || || j || ||
| 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
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
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|-
! scope=row | Close
! scope=row | Close
| i || || u
| i || || u
|-
|-
! scope=row | Mid
! scope=row | Mid
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|-
! Grapheme
! 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  
| 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  
|-
|-
! Phoneme
! 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
| 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
| 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
| r || s || t || u || v || w || x || style="background-color: #fcc" | j || z
|}
|}


''(Differences from the IPA are highlighted.)''
''(Differences from the IPA are highlighted.)''


<sup>†</sup> Schwa is not written. It occurs predictably.
<sup>†</sup> The schwa is not written; it occurs predictably and alternates with zero. It is still considered a phoneme.


==== Phoneme classes ====
==== Phoneme classes ====
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==== Prosody ====
==== 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 ===
=== Morphology ===

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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