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


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


==== Phoneme inventory ====
Xorban has a similar phoneme inventory to that of Lojban. It has twenty-two consonants and six vowels.
 
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Fig. 1. Consonant phonemes
! colspan="2" |
! Labial
! Dental
! Alveolar
! Palatal
! Velar
! Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2" | Plosive
! <small>Voiceless</small>
|p · ⟨p⟩
|
|t · ⟨t⟩
|
|k · ⟨k⟩
|ʔ · ⟨q⟩
|-
! <small>Voiced</small>
|b · ⟨b⟩
|
|d · ⟨d⟩
|
|ɡ · ⟨g⟩
|
|-
! rowspan="2" | Fricative
! <small>Voiceless</small>
|f · ⟨f⟩
|(θ) · ⟨h⟩
|s · ⟨s⟩
|ʃ · ⟨c⟩
|x · ⟨x⟩
|
|-
! <small>Voiced</small>
|v · ⟨v⟩
|
|z · ⟨z⟩
|ʒ · ⟨j⟩
|
|ɦ · ⟨'⟩
|-
! colspan="2" | Nasal
|m · ⟨m⟩
|
|n · ⟨n⟩
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" | Lateral
|
|
|l · ⟨l⟩
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" | Rhotic
|
|
|r · ⟨r⟩
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" | Approximant
|w · ⟨w⟩
|
|
|j · ⟨y⟩
|
|
|}
 
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Fig. 2. Consonant phonemes
! colspan="2" |
! Labial
! Dental
! Alveolar
! Palatal
! Velar
! Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2" | Plosive
! <small>Voiceless</small>
| p
|
| t
|
| k
| ʔ
|-
! <small>Voiced</small>
| b
|
| d
|
| g
|
|-
! rowspan="2" | Fricative
! <small>Voiceless</small>
| f
| (θ)
| s
| ʃ
| x
|
|-
! <small>Voiced</small>
| v
|
| z
| ʒ
|
| ɦ
|-
! colspan="2" | Nasal
| m
|
| n
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" | Lateral
|
|
| l
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" | Rhotic
|
|
| r
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" | Approximant
| w
|
|
| j
|
|
|}


{| 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&emsp;b ||  || t&emsp;d || || k&emsp;g || ʔ
|-
|-
! scope=row | Fricative
! scope=row | Fricative
| f · v || (θ) || s · z || ʃ · ʒ || x || ɦ
| f&emsp;v || (θ) || s&emsp;z || ʃ&emsp;ʒ || x || ɦ
|-
|-
! scope=row | Nasal
! scope=row | Nasal
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|-
|-
! Grapheme
! Grapheme
|style="background-color: #cfc" | ||style="background-color: #cfc" |' ||a ||b ||style="background-color: #cfc" |c ||d ||e ||f ||g ||style="background-color: #cfc" |h  
|style="background-color: #fcc" | none† ||style="background-color: #fcc" |' ||a ||b ||style="background-color: #fcc" |c ||d ||e ||f ||g ||style="background-color: #fcc" |h  
|i ||style="background-color: #cfc" |j ||k ||l ||m ||n ||o ||p ||style="background-color: #cfc" |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: #cfc" |y ||z  
|r ||s ||t ||u ||v ||w ||x ||style="background-color: #fcc" |y ||z  
|-
|-
! Phoneme
! Phoneme
|style="background-color: #cfc" |ə ||style="background-color: #cfc" |ɦ ||a ||b ||style="background-color: #cfc" |ʃ ||d ||ɛ ||f ||g ||style="background-color: #cfc" |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: #cfc" |ʒ ||k ||l ||m ||n ||ɔ ||p ||style="background-color: #cfc" |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: #cfc" |j ||z
|r ||s ||t ||u ||v ||w ||x ||style="background-color: #fcc" |j ||z
|}
|}


Highlighted cells indicate notable differences from the IPA.
''(Differences from the IPA are highlighted.)''
 
† Schwa is not written. It occurs predictably.


{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center
|+Fig. 7. The Xorban alphabet
! colspan="2" |Grapheme
! rowspan="2" |IPA value
|-
! Maj.
! Min.
|-
|A ||a ||a
|-
|B ||b ||b
|- style="background-color: #cfc"
|C ||c ||ʃ
|-
|D ||d ||d
|-
|E ||e ||ɛ
|-
|F ||f ||f
|-
|G ||g ||g
|- style="background-color: #cfc"
|H ||h ||θ
|-
|I ||i ||i
|- style="background-color: #cfc"
|J ||j ||ʒ
|-
|K ||k ||k
|-
|L ||l ||l
|-
|M ||m ||m
|-
|N ||n ||n
|-
|O ||o ||ɔ
|-
|P ||p ||p
|- style="background-color: #cfc"
|Q ||q ||ʔ
|-
|R ||r ||r
|-
|S ||s ||s
|-
|T ||t ||t
|-
|U ||u ||u
|-
|V ||v ||v
|-
|W ||w ||w
|-
|X ||x ||x
|- style="background-color: #cfc"
|Y ||y ||j
|-
|Z ||z ||z
|}


==== Phoneme classes ====
==== Phoneme classes ====

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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 twenty-two consonants and six vowels.

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 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.


Phoneme classes

Phonotactics

Segmental
Word-level

Epenthesis

Prosody

Morphology

Word classes

Significance of final vowels

Compounding

Syntax

Explicit assigned variables

Semantics

Lexicon

Reception

Notes

References