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=== Orthography === | === Orthography === | ||
Yavona has a unique writing, which has been called featural. '''m''' is a single hump. '''n''' is a box. '''ŋ''' is a inverse-hump, a U. '''r''' is like a C, while '''l''' is the mirror image. A voiced stop is made with a horizontal strike through. Prenasalization is a diaeresis above. Labialvelarization is a ring in the middle or below. Palatalization is a vertical strike through. Ejectives are a dot below. Fricatives double up the nasal symbol. An X is the glottal stop. Double r is the Czech r. Double l is the French r. | Yavona has a unique writing, which has been called featural. '''m''' is a single hump. '''n''' is a box. '''ŋ''' is a inverse-hump, a U. '''r''' is like a C, while '''l''' is the mirror image. A voiced stop is made with a horizontal strike through. Prenasalization is a diaeresis above. Labialvelarization is a ring in the middle or below. Palatalization is a vertical strike through. Ejectives are a dot below. Fricatives double up the nasal symbol. An X is the glottal stop. Double r is the Czech r. Double l is the French r. | ||
Word-medially and initially in West-African loan words only, there is the /gb/ letter, which looks rather like and asterisks. It cannot be prenasalized, labiovelarized, palatalized, or fricitivized. | |||
'''a''' is a triangle. '''u''' is a 7, '''o''' is one upside down. '''i''' is the top-left corner shape, while '''e''' is that upside down. Nasal vowels are diaeresis. Subscripts indicate coda consonants/semi-vowels. | '''a''' is a triangle. '''u''' is a 7, '''o''' is one upside down. '''i''' is the top-left corner shape, while '''e''' is that upside down. Nasal vowels are diaeresis. Subscripts indicate coda consonants/semi-vowels. | ||