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	סַ
aː	Aa aa	Aa aa		ـَا	ኣ	סַא
b	B b	B b		ب	በ	ּב
β̞	Ƀ ƀ	B b		ب	ቨ	ב	allophone of /b/ between vowels
ɓ	Ɓ ɓ	B' b'		ڀ	ጰ	קּו
c	C c	Ch ch		چ	ቸ	כ׳
d	D d	D d		د	ደ	ּד
ð̞	Đ đ	D d		ذ	ደ	ך	allophone of /d/ between vowels
ð		Dh dh			ዘ	ךֿ	occurs in loanwords
ɗ	Ɗ ɗ	D' d'		ڟ	ጠ	טּ
ɛ	E e	E e		ـٖ	ኤ	סֵ
ɛː	Ee ee	Ee ee		ـٖي		סֵי
f	F f	F f		ف	ፈ	פ
g	G g	G g		ݣ	ገ	גּ
ɣ̞	Ǥ ǥ	G g		ڠ	ገ	ג	allophone of /g/ between vowels
ʁ	Ɣ ɣ	Gh gh		غ	ኀ	גֿ	occurs in loanwords
ɠ	Ɠ ɠ	G' g'		کٴ	ቀ	קּ
gʷ	Gw gw	Gw gw		ڭو	ጐ	גּו
h	H h	H h		ھ	ሀ	ה	allophone of /k/ between vowels in non-guttural environment; occurs in loanwords
hʷ	Hw hw	Hw hw		هو	ዀ	הו	allophone of /kʷ/ between vowels in non-guttural environment
ħ	Ħ ħ	X x		ح	ሐ	ח
χ	X x	Kh kh		خ	ኸ	כֿ	occurs in loanwords
i	I i	I i		ـِ	ኢ	סִ
iː	Ii ii	Ii ii		ـِي		סִי
ɟ	J j	J j		ج	ጀ	גּ׳
ʄ	Ɉ ɉ	J' j'		ڇ	ጨ	קּ׳
k	K k	K k		ک	ከ	כ
kʷ	Kw kw	Kw kw		کو	ኰ	כו
l	L l	L l		ل	ለ	ל
m	M m	M m		م	መ	מ
n	N n	N n		ن	ነ	נ	ֹ
ɲ	Ɲ ɲ	Ny ny		ݧ	ኘ	נ׳
ŋ	Ŋ ŋ	Ng ng		ݢ	ጘ	נ״
ŋʷ	Ŋw ŋw	Ngw ngw		ڬو	ⶓ	נ״ו
ɔ	O o	O o		ـٗ	ኦ	סֹ
ɔː	O o	O o		ـٗو		סוֹ
p	P p	P p		پ	ፐ	פּ	occurs in loanwords
q	Q q	Q q		ق	ቀ	קּ	occurs in loanwords
ʔ	Ɂ ɂ	'		ٯٔ ، ء	ቐ	ק	allophone of /ɠ/ between vowels
ʕ	Ҁ ҁ	C c		ع	ዐ	ע
ɾ	R r	R r		ر	ረ	ר	allophone of /l/ between vowels
rˀ	Ɍ ɍ	R' r'		ݬ	[ረ]	ט	allophone of /ɗ/ between vowels
s	S s	S s		س	ሰ	ס
ʃ	Σ ʃ	Sh sh		ش	ሸ	ש
t	T t	T t		ت	ተ	ת
θ	Ŧ ŧ	Th th		ث	ሠ	תֿ	occurs in loanwords
u	U u	U u		ـُ	ኡ	סֻ
uː	Uu uu	Uu uu		ـُو		סוּ
v	V v	V v		ڤ	ቨ	בֿ	occurs in loanwords
w	W w	W w		و	ወ	ו	allophone of /gʷ/ between vowels; phonemic word-initially
ʔʷ	Ⱳ ⱳ	'W 'w		ؤ	ቘ	קו	allophone of /ɓ/ between vowels
j	Y y	Y y		ي	የ	י	allophone of /ɟ/ between vowels; phonemic word-initially
ʔʲ	Ƴ ƴ	'Y 'y		ئ	[የ]	ק׳	allophone of /ʄ/ between vowels
z	Z z	Z z		ز	ዘ	ז	occurs in loanwords

Consonants

Allophones and loanword-exclusive phonemes are enclosed in brackets. (needs to be updated)

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/)

Syntax