Zefāzh
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Zefāzh is a language developped in the early-mid twenty-first century, spoken at first primarily by devoted followers of the World-Maker Zef; within a decade, it had become the lingua franca for those from all over the world immigrating to Zefasja, a nation founded on a partially esoteric philosophical movement referred to varyingly as "Zefism," "Poetic Imperialism" or "Trinitism."
Phonology
Consonants
Consonants | ||||||||||||||||||
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Bilabial | Labiod. | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Coarticulated | ||||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ç | ʝ | χ | ɕ | ʑ | |||||
Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||||
Tap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||
Trill | r | ʀ | ||||||||||||||||
Lateral Approximant | l | ɫ |
Vowels
Short vowels | ||||||||||
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Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | ||||||
Close | i | y | u | |||||||
Near-Close | e | o | ||||||||
Mid | ||||||||||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||||||
Open | a |