Circular Gallifreyan
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Introduction
Gallifreyan is the language spoken by the Time Lords of Gallifrey from the British TV show Doctor Who.
The Time Lords are a time-aware species capable of traveling through time and space who have taken upon themselves to protect the Web of Time from other time traveling species.
This is a fan created language made for the fans without any intention to be legally bound or profiting from it.
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Labio-Dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio-Velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ɲ | ||||||||
Plosive | p / b | t / d | ʈ | ɟ | k / g | ʔ1 | ||||||
Fricative | ɸ | v | θ | s / z | ʃ | χ | ħ2 | ɦ | ||||
Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ / d͡ʒ | ʈʂ | q͡χ | ||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ɰ | |||||||||
Thrill | ʙ3 | r | ||||||||||
Implosive | ɠ |
1. a) Only between or before vowels. b) For cases markers. 2. Only between or before consonants 3. Used when b is before any vowel at the beginning of a word, allophone of /b/
Vowels
Front | Near-Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | ||
Near-Close | ʏ | |||
Close-mid | e / ẽ | ɘ | o | |
Open-mid | œ | |||
Open | a / ã | ɑ / ɒ |