Hadda

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

Introduction

Phonology

Orthography

Orthography (under construction; [ ] = to be replaced with a picture)

Hadda orthography
IPA Latin Simplified Latin Marasa Arabic Ge'ez Hebrew Notes
a A a A a ـَ סַ
ـَا סַא allophone of /a/ in stressed, open syllables
b B b B b ب ּב
ɓ Ɓ ɓ B' b' ڀ קּו
c C c Ch ch چ כ׳
d D d D d د ּד
ɗ Ɗ ɗ D' d' ڟ טּ
ð̞ Đ đ Dh dh ذ ך allophone of /d/ between vowels
ð ךֿ occurs in loanwords
ɛ E e E e ـٖ סֵ
ɛː ـٖي סֵי allophone of /ɛ/ in stressed, open syllables
f F f F f ف פ
g G g G g ݣ גּ
ɠ Ɠ ɠ G' g' کٴ קּ
ɣ̞ Ɣ ɣ Gh gh ڠ ג allophone of /g/ between vowels
ɣ غ גֿ occurs in loanwords
Gw gw Gw gw ڭو 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 ח
i I i I i ـِ סִ
ـِي סִי allophone of /i/ in stressed, open syllables
ɟ J j J j ج גּ׳
ʄ Ɉ ɉ J' j' ڇ קּ׳
k K k K k ک כ
l L l L l ل ל
m M m M m م מ
n N n N n ن נ ֹ
ɲ Ɲ ɲ Ny ny ݧ נ׳
ŋ Ŋ ŋ Ng ng ݢ נ״
ŋʷ Ŋw ŋw Ngw ngw ڬو נ״ו
ɔ O o O o ـٗ סֹ
ɔː ـٗو סוֹ allophone of /ɔ/ in stressed, open syllables
p P p P p پ פּ occurs in loanwords
q Q q Q q ق קּ occurs in loanwords
ʔ Ɂ ɂ ' ٯٔ ، ء ק allophone of /ɠ/ between vowels
ʕ Ҁ ҁ C c ع ע
ɾ R r R r ر ר allophone of /l/ between vowels
ʔ͡r [Ɽ] ɽ R' r' ݬ [ረ] ט allophone of /ɗ/ between vowels
s S s S s س ס
t T t T t ت ת

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/) ( /ʔʷ/)
lateral l
Flap (r /ɾ/)

Vowels

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources