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Dabsnbaks

Dabsnbaks Consonants

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	/m̥/ m		/n̥/ n
Other					/ŋ̙̊'/ o
Click		/kǀ/ c	/ǁ/ l	/qǂ/ q	/k!/ j
Stop Eject.	/p'/ p		/t'/ t		/k'/ k	/ʔ/ '
Affric. Eject.	/pf'/ pF	/tθ'/ tÞ	/ts'/ tS	/tʃ'/~/ɕʼ/ tZ	/kx'/ kX
Fric.	/f/ f	/θ/ þ	/s/ s	/ʃ/~/ɕ/ z	/x/ x	/h/ h
Trill*	/ʙ̥/ v	/r̝̊/ ð	/r̥/ r	/r̼/ w
Implos.	/ɓ̥/ b		/ɗ̥/ d		/ɠ̊/ g

Dabsnbaks Affricates

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Post	Velar
Labial	/pf/ pf	/pθ/ pþ	/ps/ ps	/pʃ/ pz
Alveolar	/tf/ tf	/tθ/ tþ	/ts/ ts	/tʃ/ tz
Velar	/kf/ kf	/kθ/ kþ	/ks/ ks	/kʃ/ kz	/kx/ kx

Dabsnbaks Vowels

	Front	Back
High	/ɪ̥/ y	/ʊ̥/ œ
Low	/æ̥/ æ

A "syllable" consists of either

• an ejective plus vowel
• an ejective plus vowel plus (af)fricative
• an ejective plus vowel plus (af)fricative with nasal release
• a click/trill
• a click/trill plus (af)fricative
• a click/trill plus (af)fricative with nasal release

Yavona

Yavona Vowels

	Oral		Nasal
	Front	Back	Front	Back
High	/i/ i	/u/ u	/ĩ/ ĩ	/ũ/ ũ
Mid	/e/ e	/o/ o
Low	/a/ a		/ɑ̃/ ã

Yavona Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		/m/ m	/n/ n		/ŋ/ ŋ
Stop	voiced	/b/ b	/d/ d	(/dʒ/ dj)	/g/ g
	ejective	/p'/ p	/t'/ t		/k'/ k	/ʔ/ `
Fricative		/ɸ~β/ f	/s~z/ s	/ʃ~ʒ/ z		/h~ɦ/ h
Trill			/r̝/ v	/r/ r	/ʀ/ x
Approx.				/j/ j	/w/ w
Lateral			/l/ l	(/ɺʲ/ lj)	(/ɫʷ/ lw)

The syllable structure is maximally (N)C(S)V(L), where N is a pre-nasalizing vowel which is homorganic with the following consonant, S is a semi-vowel (either j or w), and L is a final liquid, limited to m, n, ŋ, l, r, h, w, or j. Mid-syllable semi-vowels trigger palatalization, which changes d's to j's (i.e. /dʒ/). The labialized rw is actually /ɻʷ/. The palatalized rj is a tap.

Possible initial consonant clusters are: mb, nd, ŋg, mbw, ndw, ŋgw, mbj, ndj, ŋgj, bw, dw, gw, bj, dj, gj, hw, hj, ml, lj, lw, rj, rw, fw, sw, zw, fj, mf, ms, mz, mfw, msw, mzw, and mfj.

Orthography

Yavona has a unique writing, which has been called featural. m is a single hump. n is a box. ŋ is a inverse-hump, a U. r is like a C, while l is the mirror image. A voiced stop is made with a horizontal strike through. Prenasalization is a diaeresis above. Labialvelarization is a ring in the middle or below. Palatalization is a vertical strike through. Ejectives are a dot below. Fricatives double up the nasal symbol. An X is the glottal stop. Double r is the Czech r. Double l is the French r.

Word-medially and initially in West-African loan words only, there is the /gb/ letter, which looks rather like and asterisks. It cannot be prenasalized, labiovelarized, palatalized, or fricitivized.

a is a triangle. u is a 7, o is one upside down. i is the top-left corner shape, while e is that upside down. Nasal vowels are diaeresis. Subscripts indicate coda consonants/semi-vowels.