Baphian language

This page discusses standard Baphian, which is based off of the Turku dialect. For other Baphian dialects, See Baphian dialects.

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 kaneeds with the exception of those who speak 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.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial		Coronal		Dorsal
	Unvoiced	Voiced	Unvoiced	Voiced	Unvoiced	Voiced
Nasal	m /m/		n /n/		ng /ŋ/
Plosive	p /p/	b /b/	t /t/	d /d/	k /k/	g /g/
Sibilant			s /s/	z /z/	sh /ɕ/ c /tɕ/	zh /ʑ/ j /dʑ/
Fricative	f /f/	v /v/			h /h/
Approximant	w /w/		l /l~r/		y /j/

Orthography

Standard Baphian uses both the Ukilen logography and 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.

Nlls.	IPA	Rom.
A	a
B	b
G	g
C	tɕ	c
Ź	dʑ	j
W	w
F	f
V	v
E	e
Z	z
S	s
D	d
K	k
I	i
L	ɭ~ɹ	l
M	m
N	n
Ñ	ŋ	ng
J	j	y
O	o
P	p
R	ɹ~ɭ	r
Ś	ɕ	sh
U	u
Ž	ʑ	zh
T	t
H	h
;	ʔ	'

Ukilen logography

see main article: Ukilen logographs

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.

Library of Turku literature

Turku Baphian Dictionary