Circular Gallifreyan

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
Nasal		m			n		ɳ	ɲ
Plosive	p / b			t / d		ʈ	ɟ		k / g			ʔ1
Fricative	ɸ	v	θ	s / z	ʃ		ç			χ	ħ2	ɦ
Affricate				t͡s	t͡ʃ / d͡ʒ	ʈʂ				q͡χ
Lateral approximant				l			ʎ
Approximant				ɹ			j	w	ɰ
Thrill	ʙ3			r
Implosive									ɠ

Blends:

qy

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
Close	i			u
Near-Close		ʏ
Close-mid	e / ẽ		ɘ	o
Open-mid	œ
Open	a / ã			ɑ / ɒ

Orthography

Consonants

	m	b		t	d	p	ʈ
	n		ɳ			ɲ
	k			χ	w	g	ɰ	ɦ	ɠ
	r	q͡χ	ɹ	ħ	rː͡χ			ʙ
	ʃ			t͡ʃ	ʈʂ
	s	z	θ	l	t͡s
	v			ɸ
	d͡ʒ	qy		ç	ʎ	j	ɟ
		ʔ

Syntax