Fádallan language
| Fádallan | |
|---|---|
| Páadtal | |
| Pronunciation | [fɐ̀:tɐl] |
| Ethnicity | native Fádallan and those of Fádallan descent in other countries |
| Native speakers | ~10,000 (2013 census) |
| Language family | Theweric
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| Early forms: | Old Fádallan
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| Writing system | Fádallan script, a derivative of the Dulic script |
| Official status | |
| Official language in | Fádalh |
| CWS code | FDL |
Background
Phonology
Consonants
Fádallan phonology has 11 consonant phonemes.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||
| Stop | t | k | ||||||
| Fricative | f | s | x | |||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||
| Lateral | l | |||||||
Vowels
The Fádallan vowel inventory is fairly large, consisting of 20 vowel phonemes.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ʉ | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | ɐ |
All vowels have phonemic length (long vs. short) and tone (low vs. mid) contrasts, resulting in 4 forms for each basic vowel phoneme, e.g. /ʉ ʉ: ʉ̀ ʉ̀:/ for /ʉ/. Compare the following contrasting pairs:
- blah /blah/ vs. blah /blah/
- blah /blah/ vs. blah /blah/
- blah /blah/ vs. blah /blah/