Zens

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Zens in a Universal Language for pan-Iranian unification.

Labial Alveolar Post Velar-Uvular Glottal
Nasals /m/ 𐬨 /n/ 𐬥 /ŋ/ 𐬢
Obstruents (-v) /p/ 𐬞 /t/ 𐬙 /t͡ʃ/ 𐬗 /k~q/ 𐬐 (/ʔ/)
Obstruents (+v) /b/ 𐬠 /d/ 𐬛 /d͡ʒ/ 𐬘 /g~ɢ/ 𐬔
Fricatives (-v) /f/ 𐬟 /s/ 𐬯 /ʃ/ 𐬱 /x~χ/ 𐬑 /h/ 𐬵
Fricatives (+v) /v/ 𐬡 /z/ 𐬰 /ʒ/ 𐬲 /ɣ~ʁ/ 𐬖
Rhotic /r~ɾ/ 𐬭
Approximants /w/ 𐬬 /l/ 𐬮 /j/ 𐬫

Other Avestan letters can be used for etymological spelling of foreign words (e.g. 𐬢 for q).

Front Back
High /i/ 𐬌 /u/ 𐬎
Mid /e/ 𐬈 /o/ 𐬊
Low /æ~a/ 𐬀 /ɒ/ 𐬂

Morphology

Tripartite morphosyntactic alignment. Unmarked nominative in intransitive clauses. Accusative -ra. Ergative -(y)a.

Tenses: ø - present (imperfect). -a past, -ro future, -na progressive, -da perfect.

Evidential: ø - direct. lo - hearsay. me - inferential

Reduplication: noun - "all over the place", adjectives - very, adverb - distributive/each, verb (partial) - habitual/repetitive.

Universal Languages
AFRICA SEDES (Horn of Africa), Middle Semitic (Semitic languages), Kintu (Bantu languages), Guosa (West Africa) Universal Language.png
CENTRAL ASIA Jalpi (Turkic languages), Zens (Iranian languages), Dravindian (Dravidian languages), Neo-Sanskrit (Indo-Aryan languages)
EUROPE Interlingua (Romance languages), Folksprak (Germanic languages), Interslavic Slavic languages, Balkan (Balkans)
FAR EAST Dan'a'yo (CJKV), MSEAL (Mainland Southeast Asia), Indo-Malay (Maritime Southeast Asia)