Hadda

Hadda (Native: ħaɗɗa) is an a priori language inspired by various African languages.

Phonology

Orthography

Orthography (under construction)

Hadda orthography

IPA	Latin	Simplified Latin	Marasa	Arabic	Ge'ez	Hebrew	Notes
a	A a	A a		ـَ	አ	אַ
aː				ـَا	ኣ		allophone of /a/ in stressed, open syllables
b	B b	B b		ب	በ	ּב
ɓ	Ɓ ɓ	B' b'		ڀ	ጰ	ב
c	C c	Ch ch		چ	ቸ	כ׳
d	D d	D d		د	ደ	ּד
ɗ	Ɗ ɗ	D' d'		ڟ	ጠ	טּ
ð̞	Đ đ	Dh dh		ذ	ደ	ך	allophone of /d/ between vowels
ð					ዘ	ךֿ	occurs in loanwords
ɛ	E e	E e		ـٖ	ኤ	אֵ
ɛː				ـٖي			allophone of /ɛ/ in stressed, open syllables
f	F f	F f		ف	ፈ	פ
g	G g	G g		ڭ	ገ	גּ
ɠ	Ɠ ɠ	G' g'		ڮ	ቀ	קּ
ɣ̞	Ɣ ɣ	Gh gh		ڠ	ገ	ג	allophone of /g/ between vowels
ɣ				غ	ኀ	גֿ	occurs in loanwords
gʷ	Gw gw	Gw gw		ڭو	ጐ	גּו
h	H h	H h		ھ	ኸ, ሀ	ה	allophone of /k/ between vowels in non-guttural environment; occurs in loanwords
ħ	Ħ ħ	X x		ح	ሐ	ח
i	I i	I i		ـِ	ኢ	אִ
iː				ـِي			allophone of /i/ in stressed, open syllables
ɟ	J j	J j		ج	ጀ	גּ׳
ʄ	Ɉ ɉ	J' j'		ڇ	ጨ	קּ׳
k	K k	K k		ك	ከ	כ
l	L l	L l		ل	ለ	ל
m	M m	M m		م	መ	מ

Consonants

Allophones and loanword-exclusive phonemes are enclosed in brackets.

Consonants

		Labial	Dental/Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labiovelar	Pharyngeal/Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ	ŋw /ŋʷ/
Plosive	voiceless	(p)	t	c	k	kw /kʷ/	(q)	(ʔ)
	voiced	b	d	j /ɟ/	g	gw /gʷ/
	glottalized	ɓ	ɗ	ɉ /ʄ/	ɠ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s, (ŧ /θ/)	(ʃ)	(x)	(hw /hʷ/)	ħ	(h)
	voiced	(v)	(z), (đ /ð/)		(ɣ)
Approximant	voiced	(v /β̞/)	(đ /ð̝/)	y /j/	(ɣ /ɣ̞/)	w	ʕ
	glottalized		(ɽ /ʔ͡r/)	(ƴ /ʔʲ/)		(ⱳ /ʔʷ/)
	lateral		l
Flap			(r /ɾ/)