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Although all of Belter Creole's appearances have been written in the [[w:Latin script|Latin script]], Farmer claims that the language can be written in other writing systems as well. | Although all of Belter Creole's appearances have been written in the [[w:Latin script|Latin script]], Farmer claims that the language can be written in other writing systems as well. | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
! | |||
! colspan="2" | [[w:Labial consonant|Labial]] | |||
! colspan="2" | [[w:Dental consonant|Dental]]/<br>[[w:Alveolar consonant|alveolar]] | |||
! colspan="2" | [[w:Postalveolar consonant|Post-<br>alveolar]]/<br>[[w:Palatal consonant|palatal]] | |||
! colspan="2" | [[w:Velar consonant|Velar]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Nasal consonant|Nasal]] | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced bilabial nasal|m]] | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced alveolar nasal|n]] | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced palatal nasal|ɲ]] | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced velar nasal|ŋ]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:stop consonant|Plosive]] | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless bilabial stop|p]] || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced bilabial stop|b]] | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless alveolar stop|t]] || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced alveolar stop|d]] | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless velar stop|k]] || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced velar stop|ɡ]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Affricate consonant|Affricate]] | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless alveolar affricate|t͡ʃ]] || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced post-alveolar affricate|d͡ʒ]] | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:fricative consonant|Fricative]] | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless alveolar sibilant|s]] || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced alveolar sibilant|z]] | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless palato-alveolar fricative|ʃ]] || style="border-left: 0;" | | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless velar fricative|x]] || style="border-left: 0;" | | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Approximant consonant|Approximant]] | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced palatal approximant|j]] | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Lateral consonant|Lateral]] | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced alveolar lateral approximant|l]] | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Flap consonant|Flap]] | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced alveolar tap or flap|ɾ]] | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
|} | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
Revision as of 11:48, 28 September 2023
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| Belter Creole | |
|---|---|
| lang belta | |
| Pronunciation | [laŋg ˈbælta] |
| Created by | Nick Farmer |
| Date | 2014 |
| Setting | The Expanse |
| Native to | The Belt |
Belter Creole(lang belta), aka Belter is a constructed language created by Nick Farmer for The Expanse sci-fi book and TV series. It was made as an English creole, but its lexical base has features of Romance languages, Germanic languages and Slavic languages, as well as languages like Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew and Zulu.
Phonology
Orthography
Although all of Belter Creole's appearances have been written in the Latin script, Farmer claims that the language can be written in other writing systems as well.
Consonants
| Labial | Dental/ alveolar |
Post- alveolar/ palatal |
Velar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | ɡ | ||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||
| Fricative | s | z | ʃ | x | ||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||
| Lateral | l | |||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||