Archive:Vayama language

Vayama
Wayama, Wlaymna, Layana Vayama, Wayama, Wlaymna, Layana
Pronunciation	/ʋajama/, /wajama/, /l̼ajan̼a/, /l̪ajan̪a/
Language family	Ngerupic Vayama
Early forms:	Wa Ñi WWM Old Vayama Vayama
Dialects	A, B, C, D, E
CWS code	–

Vayama (also Wayama, Wlayamna, and Layana) is a dialect continuum spoken in southwestern Manea. Its main dialects are labeled A, B, C, D, and E.

Classification

Vayama is a Ngerupic language which is decended from WWM.

Phonology and Orthography

Vayama is infamous for its consonantal chain shift occurring in some dialects.

Phonemes

Consonants (A)

	Labial	Dental	Post-Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	m ⟨m⟩	n̪ ⟨n⟩	ɳ ⟨rn⟩	ɲ ⟨nh⟩	ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Plosive	p ⟨p⟩	t̪ ⟨t⟩	ʈ ⟨rt⟩	c ⟨ch⟩	k ⟨k⟩
Approximant	ʋ ⟨v⟩	l̪ ⟨l⟩	ɻ ⟨r⟩	j ⟨y⟩

Consonants (B, C)

	Labial	Dental	Post-Alveolar	Dorasal	Glottal
Nasal	m ⟨m⟩	n̪ ⟨n⟩	ɳ ⟨rn⟩	ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Plosive	p ⟨p⟩	t̪ ⟨t⟩	ʈ ⟨rt⟩	k ⟨k⟩	ʔ ⟨'⟩
Approximant	w ⟨w⟩	l̪ ⟨l⟩	ɻ ⟨r⟩	j ⟨y⟩	h1 ⟨h⟩

¹ [h̃] in Dialect B

Consonants (D)

	Labial	Linguolabial	Retroflex	Palato-Alveolar	Dorsal	Glottal
Nasal	m ⟨m⟩	n̼ ⟨mn⟩	ɳ ⟨rn⟩	nʲ ⟨nh⟩	ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Plosive		t̼ ⟨pt⟩	ʈ ⟨rt⟩	tʲ ⟨th⟩	k ⟨k⟩	ʔ ⟨'⟩
Approximant		l̼ ⟨wl⟩	ɻ ⟨r⟩	lʲ ⟨lh⟩	j ⟨y⟩	h ⟨h⟩

Consonants (E)

	Labial	Dental	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m ⟨m⟩	n̪ ⟨n⟩	ɳ ⟨rn⟩	ɲ ⟨nh⟩	ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Plosive		t̪ ⟨t⟩	ʈ ⟨rt⟩	c ⟨ch⟩	k ⟨k⟩	ʔ ⟨'⟩
Approximant		l̪ ⟨l⟩	ɻ ⟨r⟩	j ⟨y⟩		h ⟨h⟩

Vowels (A, B)

	Front	Back
Close	i ⟨i⟩	u ⟨u⟩
Mid	e ⟨e⟩	o ⟨o⟩
Open		a ⟨a⟩

Vowels (C, D, E)

	Front	Back
Close	i ĩ ⟨i į⟩	u ũ ⟨u ų⟩
Open		a ã ⟨a ą⟩