Xorban

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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'.

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.