Xorban
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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.