Baphian language

Baphian (Bafi tilia [bafi tɪɹjɜ]) is a language spoken throughout much of Ukilen and Brausia and the rest of the world. It is the language of majority and an official language in Baphia, as well as official minority languages in Union, Cring, and Jkawi. It's also an unofficial minority language in Sunteria, Kgokkonitlag, and Azkali.

Phonology

	Labial	Coronal	Dorsal	Laryngeal
Nasal	m	n	ŋ
Plosive	p b	t d	k g	ʔ*
Affricate			tɕ dʑ
Fricative	f v	ð	x	h
Silibant		s z	ɕ ʑ
Approx.	w	ɹ	j

*Only used by loan words and onomatopoeia

	Front	N. Front	Central	Back
Close	i			u
N. Close	ɪ	ɘ		ʊ
Mid	e		ə	o
N. Open	ɛ	ɜ		ɔ
Open	a			ɑ

Orthography

Baphian is near exclusively written in Ukilen logographs and rarely mixed with Noellastani alphabet.

Romanisation

IPA	NLS	Latin
m	M	m
n	N	n
ŋ	Ñ	ng
p	P	p
b	B	b
t	T	t
d	D	d
k	K	k
g	G	g
ʔ*	;	'
ɕ	Ś	sh
ʑ	ZH	zh
tɕ	C	c
dʑ	JH	j
f	F	f, ph*
v	V	v
ð	DH	dh
x	X	kh
h	H	h
s	S	s
z	Z	z
w	W	w, v
ɹ, ɭ	R	l, r*
j	J	y

Romanisation

IPA	NLS	Latin
i	N	i
ɪ	N	i
e	N	e
ɛ	N	e
a	N	a
u	N	u
ʊ	N	ü
o	N	o
ɔ	N	ó
ɑ	N	á
ɘ	N	é
ɜ	N	è
ə	N	ë

*Only used by loan words, historical reasons and onomatopoeia