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 | |
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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 |
| Blends: | qy |
- a) Only between or before vowels. b) For cases markers.
- Only between or before consonants
- 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 |
Orthography
Consonants
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m | b | t | d | p | ʈ | |||
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k | χ | w | g | ɰ | ɦ | ɠ | ||
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r | q͡χ | ɹ | ħ | rː͡χ | ʙ | |||
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ʃ | t͡ʃ | ʈʂ | ||||||
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s | z | θ | l | t͡s | ||||
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d͡ʒ | qy | ç | ʎ | j | ɟ | |||
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