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=== Phonology and orthography === | === Phonology and orthography === | ||
Xorban has a similar phoneme inventory to that of Lojban. It has | Xorban has a similar phoneme inventory to that of Lojban. It has 21 consonants and six vowels. | ||
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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." | |||
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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" | | | 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> | <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 === |
Latest revision as of 12:26, 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 21 consonants and six vowels.
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
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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."
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.)
† 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.