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Xorban (loglang)
la xrbna bnga
created in: 2012
by: Jorge Llambías, And Rosta, Mike S.
specification:[1] (in en)

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

Background

Name

Contributors

Aims

Influences

History

Design

Phonology and orthography

Phoneme inventory

Fig. 1. Consonant phonemes
Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive Voiceless p · ⟨p⟩ t · ⟨t⟩ k · ⟨k⟩ ʔ · ⟨q⟩
Voiced b · ⟨b⟩ d · ⟨d⟩ ɡ · ⟨g⟩
Fricative Voiceless f · ⟨f⟩ (θ) · ⟨h⟩ s · ⟨s⟩ ʃ · ⟨c⟩ x · ⟨x⟩
Voiced v · ⟨v⟩ z · ⟨z⟩ ʒ · ⟨j⟩ ɦ · ⟨'⟩
Nasal m · ⟨m⟩ n · ⟨n⟩
Lateral l · ⟨l⟩
Rhotic r · ⟨r⟩
Approximant w · ⟨w⟩ j · ⟨y⟩
Fig. 2. Consonant phonemes
Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive Voiceless p t k ʔ
Voiced b d g
Fricative Voiceless f (θ) s ʃ x
Voiced v z ʒ ɦ
Nasal m n
Lateral l
Rhotic r
Approximant w j
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 ' 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

Highlighted cells indicate notable differences from the IPA.

Fig. 7. The Xorban alphabet
Grapheme IPA value
Maj. Min.
A a a
B b b
C c ʃ
D d d
E e ɛ
F f f
G g g
H h θ
I i i
J j ʒ
K k k
L l l
M m m
N n n
O o ɔ
P p p
Q q ʔ
R r r
S s s
T t t
U u u
V v v
W w w
X x x
Y y j
Z z z

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