Latimbari

Phonology

Orthography

Latimbari uses a version of the Latin alphabet with extra letters adopted during the time of the emperor Claudius. These letters were later abandoned in the Roman Empire, but since the speakers of what would become Latimbari were cut off from other Latin speakers, their alphabet retained these extra letters. Influence from Coptic and the South Arabian alphabet also played a role in the development of this alphabet, as did printing, which was brought by the Portuguese and which introduced lowercase letters.

A a /æ/ Å å /ɑ/ B b /b/ C c /k/ Ç ç /ç/ CH ch /x/, /k/ D d /d/ E e F f /f/ G g /ɣ/ Ģ ģ /ʝ/ G̋ g̋ /ŋ/ G̋H g̋h /h̃/, /ŋ/ H h /h/ Ⱶ ɨ /ə/ I i K k /q/, /g/ L l /l/ LH lh /ɬ/ LL ll /ɭ/ M m /m/ N n /n/ N̋ n̋ /ɳ/ O o PH ph /h/, /f/ Э э /ɸ͡s/ QV qv /ʍ/ R r /r/ S s /s/ Ϣ ϣ /ʃ/ T t /t/ TH th /θ/, /t/ V v Ⅎ ɟ /w/ X x /t͡ʃ/ Y y /u/, /i/ Z z /z/