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{{Infobox:Language|LanguageName=Baphian|NativeLanguage={{Ukilen|BAFI}}|Speakers=172 million|OfficialLanguage=[[Baphia]], [[Jkawi]], [[Union of the Bellic Islands|Union]]|LanguageFamily=[[Proto-Ukilen]]|WritingSystem=[[Ukilen logographs]] rarely mixed with [[Noellastani language#Orthography|Noellastani alphabet]]|RegulatedBy=University of Turku|3LetterCode=BPH-BPH as the standard, check [[Baphian language#Codes|here]]}}Baphian ('''{{Ukilen|BAFI}}''Bafi tilye'' [ba.ˈfi tiɭ.ˈje]) is a dialectal continuum spoken throughout much of [[Ukilen]] and [[Brausia]] and the rest of the world. It is the majority and official language in [[Baphia]], as well as being official minority languages in [[Union of the Bellic Islands|Union]], [[Cring]], and [[Jkawi]]. It is also an unofficial minority language in [[Sunteria]], [[Kgokkonitlag]], and [[Azkali]].
<small>This page discusses standard Baphian, which is based off of the Turku dialect. For other Baphian dialects, See [[Baphian dialects]].</small>


In most ways, especially academic, [[Turku]] Baphian is considered the standard.
Baphian is a group of languages, usually called Baphian dialects, and are variably fairly mutually intelligible. spoken throughout most of [[Ukilen]] and [[Brausia]]. It is spoken natively by most [[Kaneedkind|kaneeds]] with the exception of those who speak [[Kzmr language|Kzmr]], a seperate related language group to the Baphian dialects, usually spoken by Kkzmrš. It is a part of the [[proto-Ukilen]] language family. It has around 600 million speakers, most of which are in Ukilen and are L1, with only around 5-10 million being outside of Baphia or L2.  
 
== History ==
The history of Baphian is several millennia long and widely debated. Few things are agreed upon in its history - those being that the language is very old, and came from a shared proto-language, [[Proto-Ukilen]]. Most languages on [[Ukilen]] are related to [[Proto-Ukilen]], with few exceptions.


== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
Baphian syllables are CVC with the only exception being /j/, /w/, and /ɺ/, which can go after the first consonant. 
=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|+'''Consonants'''
!
! rowspan="2" |
!Front
! colspan="2" |Labial
!Central
! colspan="2" |Coronal
!Back
! colspan="2" |Dorsal
|-
!Close
|i
|
|u
|-
|-
!Mid
!Unvoiced
|e
!Voiced
|ə
!Unvoiced
|o
!Voiced
|-
!Unvoiced
!Open
!Voiced
|a
|
|ɑ
|}
Baphian has 7 vowels and phonemic vowel length in some words of newer origin.
 
=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!Labial
!Coronal
!Dorsal
!Laryngeal
|-
|-
!Nasal
!Nasal
|m
| colspan="2" |'''m''' /m/
|n
| colspan="2" |'''n''' /n/
|ŋ
| colspan="2" |'''ng''' /ŋ/
|
|-
|-
!Plosive
!Plosive
|p b
|'''p''' /p/
|t d
|'''b''' /b/
|k g
|'''t''' /t/
|ʔ<ref>Only used in loan words and onomatopoeia.</ref>
|'''d''' /d/
|'''k''' /k/
|'''g''' /g/
|-
|-
!Affricate
!Sibilant
|
| colspan="2" |
|
|'''s''' /s/
|tɕ dʑ
|'''z''' /z/
|
|'''sh''' /ɕ/ '''c''' /tɕ/
|'''zh''' /ʑ/ '''j''' /dʑ/
|-
|-
!Fricative
!Fricative
|f v
|'''f''' /f/
|ð
|'''v''' /v/
|x
| colspan="2" |
|h
| colspan="2" |'''h''' /h/
|-
!Silibant
|
|s z
|ɕ ʑ
|
|-
|-
!Approx.
!Approximant
|w
| colspan="2" |'''w''' /w/
|ɺ, ɭ
| colspan="2" |'''l''' /l~r/
|j
| colspan="2" |'''y''' /j/
|
|}
|}


== Orthography ==
== Orthography ==
Baphian is near exclusively written in [[Ukilen logographs]] and rarely mixed with [[Noellastani language|Noellastani alphabet]]. Noellastani alphabet is usually only used for grammatical constructions, names, both of places and people, and onomatopoeia, but even in some cases the logography covers these.
Standard Baphian uses both the [[Ukilen logographs|Ukilen logography]] and [[Noellastani language#Orthography|Noellastani alphabet]] in a mix script to write the language. The logography is heavily preferred and is used the most in standard Baphian including with grammatical concepts, but it is not uncommon to see those written in the alphabet. The alphabet is used mainly with place names, onomatopoeia, and sometimes grammatical concepts.
 
The following table shows the Noellastani alphabet as its used in standard Baphian in alphabetic order.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+Romanisation
|+
|IPA
!Nlls.
|NLS
!IPA
|Latin
!Rom.
|-
|-
|m
|{{Ukilen|A}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|M}}</small>
| colspan="2" |a
|m
|-
|-
|n
|{{Ukilen|B}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|N}}</small>
| colspan="2" |b
|n
|-
|-
|ŋ
|{{Ukilen|G}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|Ñ}}</small>
| colspan="2" |g
|ng
|-
|-
|p
|{{Ukilen|C}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|P}}</small>
|tɕ
|p
|c
|-
|-
|b
|{{Ukilen|Ź}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|B}}</small>
|dʑ
|b
|j
|-
|-
|t
|{{Ukilen|W}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|T}}</small>
| colspan="2" |w
|t
|-
|-
|d
|{{Ukilen|F}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|D}}</small>
| colspan="2" |f
|d
|-
|-
|k
|{{Ukilen|V}}
|'''{{Ukilen|K}}'''
| colspan="2" |v
|k
|-
|-
|g
|{{Ukilen|E}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|G}}</small>
| colspan="2" |e
|g
|-
|-
|ʔ*
|{{Ukilen|Z}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|<nowiki>;</nowiki>}}</small>
| colspan="2" |z
|'
|-
|-
|ɕ
|{{Ukilen|S}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|Ś}}</small>
| colspan="2" |s
|sh
|-
|-
|ʑ
|{{Ukilen|D}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|ZH}}</small>
| colspan="2" |d
|zh
|-
|-
|tɕ
|{{Ukilen|K}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|C}}</small>
| colspan="2" |k
|c
|-
|-
|dʑ
|{{Ukilen|I}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|JH}}</small>
| colspan="2" |i
|j
|-
|-
|f
|{{Ukilen|L}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|F}}</small>
|ɭ~ɹ
|f, ph*
|l
|-
|-
|v
|{{Ukilen|M}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|V}}</small>
| colspan="2" |m
|v
|-
|-
|ð
|{{Ukilen|N}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|DH}}</small>
| colspan="2" |n
|dh
|-
|-
|x
|{{Ukilen|Ñ}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|X}}</small>
|ŋ
|kh
|ng
|-
|-
|h
|{{Ukilen|J}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|H}}</small>
|j
|h
|y
|-
|-
|s
|{{Ukilen|O}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|S}}</small>
| colspan="2" |o
|s
|-
|-
|z
|{{Ukilen|P}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|Z}}</small>
| colspan="2" |p
|z
|-
|-
|w
|{{Ukilen|R}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|W}}</small>
|ɹ~ɭ
|w, v
|r
|-
|-
|ɺ, ɭ
|{{Ukilen|Ś}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|R}}</small>
|ɕ
|l, r<ref>Only used in loan words, historical reasons and onomatopoeia.</ref>
|sh
|-
|-
|j
|{{Ukilen|U}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|J}}</small>
| colspan="2" |u
|y
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Romanization
|IPA
|NLS
|Latin
|-
|-
|i
|{{Ukilen|Ž}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|I}}</small>
|ʑ
|i
|zh
|-
|-
|e
|{{Ukilen|T}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|E}}</small>
| colspan="2" |t
|e
|-
|-
|a
|{{Ukilen|H}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|A}}</small>
| colspan="2" |h
|a
|-
|-
|u
|{{Ukilen|;}}
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|U}}</small>
|ʔ
|u
|'
|-
|o
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|O}}</small>
|o
|-
|ɑ
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|Á}}</small>
|ah
|-
|ə
|<small>'''{{Ukilen|Ë}}</small>
|ë
|}
|}
== Grammar ==


== Syntax ==
=== Ukilen logography ===
Syntax deoesnt works.
<small>see main article: [[Ukilen logographs]]</small>


== Dialects ==
The Ukilen logography is used predominantly for content words such as nouns, adjectives, and verbs. In some cases, such as modern slang, either bare radicals or the alphabet is used.


== Vocabulary ==
== Grammar ==
Baphian has 2 major sources of non-native vocabulary that can be directly attested, a lot of colloquial words are from [[Jkawi language|Jkawi]] due to the huge influence from both the language and [[Shidamism]], as well as from [[Jyosti language|Jyosti]], due to cultural significance of both the language and islands of [[Jyosti Islands|Jyosti]]. There are minor borrowings from [[Kzmr language|Kzmr]], [[Azkali language|Azkali]] and [[Loremese language|Loremese]] as well, usually only dialectally. For example, Turku Baphian has many borrowings from [[Azkali language|Azkali]] due to the large influence from both the language and culture of the city, while Bongsibon Baphian has many Loremese borrowings due to trade.
 
=== Word Formation ===
Baphian forms new words fairly easily due to it being an agglutinative language, but there are some rules.
 
=== Slang and Argot ===


== Registers ==
== Registers ==


== Codes ==
== Library of Turku literature ==
{| class="wikitable"
[https://balls.skin/LoT/dictionary/baphian/ Turku Baphian Dictionary]
|+
|BPH-BPH
|Standard code for Baphian
|-
|BPH-TRK
|Standard code for Turku Baphian
|-
|BPH-NB
|Standard code for North Baphian
|-
|BPH-HLI
|Standard code for [[Hallusian language|Hallei]]
|-
|BPH-YMH
|Standard code for [[Yamahat language|Yamahat]]
|-
|BPH-JYS
|Standard code for Jyosti Baphian, not [[Jyosti language|Jyosti]]
|-
|BPH-KZM
|Standard code for Kzmr Baphian, not [[Kzmr language|Kzmr]]
|-
|BPH-JKA
|Standard code for Jkawi Baphian, not [[Jkawi language|Jkawi]]
|-
|BPH-UNI
|Standard code for Union Baphian
|}
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