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<small>This page discusses standard Baphian, which is based off of the Turku dialect. For other Baphian dialects, See [[Baphian dialects]].</small>  
<small>This page discusses standard Baphian, which is based off of the Turku dialect. For other Baphian dialects, See [[Baphian dialects]].</small>  


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 closely related language to the Baphian dialects, usually spoken by Kkzmrcs. It is a part of the [[proto-Ukilen]] language family. It has around 350 million speakers, most of which are in Ukilen and are L1, with only around 2-3 million being outside of Baphia or L2.  
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 Kkzmrcs. 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.  


== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
=== Vowels ===
The following table shows vowel phonemes in standard Baphian.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!Front
!Central
!Back
|-
!Close
|i
|
|u
|-
!Mid
|e
|o~ʌ
|-
!Open
|a
|
|ʌ~ɑ
|}
Most dialects share these vowels with few exceptions. The exceptions being which vowel /ʌ/ is allophonic to. In standard Baphian it is allophonic with /ɑ/, but this is mostly unique to standard Baphian because it is allophonic to /o/ in most other dialects. You can usually tell whether someone speaks standard Baphian natively due to this.
All of these vowels can be lengthened (mostly in words of newer age) and stressed.
=== Consonants ===
The following table shows consonant phonemes in standard Baphian
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!Labial
!Coronal
!Dorsal
!Laryngeal
|-
!Nasal
|m
|n
|
|-
!Plosive
|p b
|t d
|k g
|ʔ*
|-
!Sibilant
|
|s z
|ɕ ʑ tɕ dʑ
|
|-
!Fricative
|f v
|x
|h
|-
!Approximant
|w
|ɹ ɭ
|j
|
|}
All dialects share these consonants, allophony isn't present in standard Baphian consonants, but other dialects do have allophony.
/ɹ/ is used exclusively in onset, and /ɭ/ is used exclusively in coda.


== Orthography ==
== Orthography ==
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|{{Ukilen|E}}
|{{Ukilen|E}}
| colspan="2" |e
| colspan="2" |e
|-
|{{Ukilen|Ë}}
|-
|-
|{{Ukilen|Z}}
|{{Ukilen|Z}}
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|{{Ukilen|N}}
|{{Ukilen|N}}
| colspan="2" |n
| colspan="2" |n
|-
|{{Ukilen|Á}}
|ah
|-
|-
|{{Ukilen|Ñ}}
|{{Ukilen|Ñ}}
|ng
|ng
|-
|{{Ukilen|X}}
|x
|kh
|-
|-
|{{Ukilen|J}}
|{{Ukilen|J}}
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|{{Ukilen|R}}
|{{Ukilen|R}}
|ɹ~ɭ
|ɹ~ɭ
|r
|l
|-
|-
|{{Ukilen|S}}
|{{Ukilen|S}}