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| pronunciation = pɐpɐ̃mʷik
| pronunciation = pɐpɐ̃mʷik
| ethnicity = Manti people(Mantis species)
| ethnicity = Manti people(Mantis species)
| state = Gabbabilon
| state = Gabbab
| creator = User:Jukethatbox
| creator = User:Jukethatbox
| created = 2025
| created = 2025
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| fam2 = Mantidien
| fam2 = Mantidien
| notice = ipa
| notice = ipa
| official = Gabbabilon, United Federation
| official = Gabbab, United Federation
| minority = United Federation
| minority = United Federation
| familycolor = Altaic
| familycolor = Altaic
}}
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'''Babamwek'''(⁼Δ⁼Δʼ■XZ ''papãṃik'' [[Help:IPA|[pɐpɐ̃mʷik]]]) is a Mantidien Greenhopper language spoken by the sentient Manti people descended from the [[w:European mantis|European mantis]](''Mantis religiosa''). It is written primarily with the [[#Orthography|Babamwikũ]] alphabet, and is an official language of the Gabbabilon communes of the United Federation.
'''Babamwek'''(⁼Δ⁼Δʼ■XZ ''papãṃik'' [[Help:IPA|[pɐpɐ̃mʷik]]]) is a Mantidien Greenhopper language spoken by the sentient Manti people descended from the [[w:European mantis|European mantis]](''Mantis religiosa''). It is written primarily with the [[#Orthography|Babamwikũ]] alphabet, and is an official language of the Gabbab communes of the United Federation.


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Orthography===
The Babamwek script, called ''Babamwikũ''(⁼Δ⁼Δʼ■XZ7ʼ ''papãṃikũ'')
====Consonants====
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
! Babamwikũ
| ⁼ || ⁼⁼ || <nowiki>|</nowiki> || <nowiki>||</nowiki> || Z || ZZ || Ż || ŻŻ || ° || °° || □ || ■
|-
! Romanisation
| ''p'' || ''pp'' || ''t'' || ''d'' || ''k'' || ''kk'' || ''g'' || ''gg'' || ''‘'' || ''‘‘'' || ''m'' || ''ṃ''
|-
! IPA
| /p/ || /pʲ/ || /t/ || /d/ || /k/ || /c/ || /g/ || /ɟ/ || /ʔ/ || /ʔʲ/ || /m/ || /mʷ/
|}
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
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|}
/i/ can be pronounced as far back as /ɨ/, though in general /ĩ/ remains in the area of /ĩ~ɪ̝̃/.
/i/ can be pronounced as far back as /ɨ/, though in general /ĩ/ remains in the area of /ĩ~ɪ̝̃/.
==Grammar==

Revision as of 17:46, 5 January 2025


Babamwek
⁼Δ⁼Δʼ■XZ
papãṃik
Pronunciationpɐpɐ̃mʷik
Created byJukethatbox
Date2025
Native toGabbab
EthnicityManti people(Mantis species)
Greenhopper
  • Mantidien
    • Babamwek
Babamwikũ
Official status
Official language in
Gabbab, United Federation
Recognised minority
language in
United Federation
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Babamwek(⁼Δ⁼Δʼ■XZ papãṃik [pɐpɐ̃mʷik]) is a Mantidien Greenhopper language spoken by the sentient Manti people descended from the European mantis(Mantis religiosa). It is written primarily with the Babamwikũ alphabet, and is an official language of the Gabbab communes of the United Federation.

Phonology

Orthography

The Babamwek script, called Babamwikũ(⁼Δ⁼Δʼ■XZ7ʼ papãṃikũ)

Consonants

Babamwikũ ⁼⁼ | || Z ZZ Ż ŻŻ ° °°
Romanisation p pp t d k kk g gg ‘‘ m
IPA /p/ /pʲ/ /t/ /d/ /k/ /c/ /g/ /ɟ/ /ʔ/ /ʔʲ/ /m/ /mʷ/

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p pʲ t c k ʔ ʔʲ
voiced d ɟ g
Nasal m mʷ n nʷ ɲ (ŋ)
Fricative voiceless s ɕ x
voiced z ʑ
Approximant w l j

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i ĩ u ũ
Open-mid ɔ ɔ̃
Open ɐ ɐ̃

/i/ can be pronounced as far back as /ɨ/, though in general /ĩ/ remains in the area of /ĩ~ɪ̝̃/.

Grammar