What CBB Language Am I Looking At?

[Arayaz]

I'm planning to make a diagram that allows people to identify what CBB conlang they're looking at based on the romanizations. You can contribute by posting your language's name and an inventory of the single- or multi-character components of the language's romanization, as well as a sample, if you want.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have, say, <th> but not <h>, write BOTH <th> AND <h> in your list. All characters and all polygraphs.

Example:

Arežọ
a á b č d dl e é ẹ ẹ́ f g h i í k l lh m n ň ng o ó ọ ọ́ p r s š t tl u ú v w x y z ž

[Ahzoh]

I'm not sure how useful that'd be since so many romanizations overlap, but eh:

Vrkhazhian
ˀ m p b f w n t d s z ś ź r l n̮ k g ḫ y
a e i u ā ē ī ū â ê î û

[_Just_A_Sketch]

Sounds fun! For now I'll only include Awloya and Olwöa, since they're the most developed (aside from Hɛlcɛso, which is probably getting it's phonology redone soon, so it would become inaccurate really quickly).

Awloya
a b c d e g h i j k l m n nh o p s t u w y z

Olwöa
a aa b bb bh c d e ee g gg gh h i ii j jj jh k l ll lh llh lw m mm n nn nh nnh o oo ö öö p t u uu ü üü w y z

[Khemehekis]

Kankonian

a b d e f g gh h hh hw i k kh l ł (often * in quick typing) m n ng o oer ou p ph r s sh t th tz u v w y z zh

Shaleyan

a b d e h i k kh l m n ñ o p ph s sh u w y z

Hapoish

a â b d e ê f g h i î j k l m n o ô p q r s t u û v w x y z

Quispe

a b bh d dj e g gu hw hy i j k kh l m n ñ o p ph qu r rr s t tl tx u x z w y

[Arayaz]

The diagram is up with these languages! More would still be appreciated, of course.

[Khemehekis]

The diagram is up with these languages! More would still be appreciated, of course.

A good start!

[GoshDiggityDangit]

I've got a couple.

Catralian
a ā ai āi au āu b c cc d e ē ei ēi eu ēu f g i ī l m n o ō p pp r s ss t tt u ū w y

Proto-Island-Peninsula
a ā b d₁ d₂ e ē f g i ī k kʰ l m n₁ n₂ o ō p pʰ r₁ r₂ s₁ s₂ t₁ t₁ʰ t₂ t₂ʰ u ū v₁ v₂ w x y ȳ z₁ z₂

Common Brittano-Romance
a b c d e f g h i l m n o p r s t u v w

Socorran
a ā e ē h i ī k m n o ō u ū p r t v

Saráta
ɂ a á e i o u r t d k g n ŋ s h

Aŋ
a e i o u á é í ó ú a̱ e̱ i̱ o̱ u̱ á̱ é̱ í̱ ó̱ ú̱ p t k p̲ t̲ k̲ x m n ŋ s l

Proto-Northmen
a á e é i í u ú o ó t c k kʷ ʔ m n ñ ŋ ŋʷ s x xʷ h y ɯ w

edit: i remembered that there were more, sorry

Glun-Pa, Stone-Age Language
i í u ú e é o ó a á m n t t’ d c c’ q q’ 7 f v s z x X ð l w

Heix-Bla-Pa, Ironclad Language not mine but i'm pretty sure the only information about it is on the Stone-Age Language discord server that i made
m n ng p ph b t th d k kh g ts tsh v s z h l y e ei i a o u x

Kumarian
p b t d ṭ ḍ c j k g q m n ṇ ng s h kh r v y l ḷ i ī u ū e ē o ō a ā

[lurker]

Commonthroat's "romanization":

B b C c D d F f G g H h J j K k L l M m N n P p q r s

Letter case is significant. Vowels can form contours, but you can tell the shape of the contour based on the component vowels so I don't think those count as digrpahs.

Code: Select all

sKhp b qMqmg rhJdBsfsf rhJdBsfsf!
sKh-p     b  qMqm-g   rhJdB-sfsf rhJdB-sfsf
tongue-3D of human-3I nimble-MIR nimble-MIR
How nimble is the human tongue!

[Ahzoh]

The diagram is up with these languages! More would still be appreciated, of course.

Hmm, my script doesn't have underdots, though it does have breve below to indicate velars.

[GoshDiggityDangit]

The diagram is up with these languages! More would still be appreciated, of course.

Hmm, my script doesn't have underdots, though it does have breve below to indicate velars.

The red line pointing to Vrkhazian means that it doesn't fit that criteria.

[Mándinrùh]

Sure, why not:

Atili (Romanization)
b d g h k l m n r s t v w y ÿ z
a e ë i ï o u

Atili (Transliteration)
` b d h k l ˡ m n r s t v z
a e i o u ᵃ ᵉ ⁱ ᵒ ᵘ

[Khemehekis]

The diagram is up with these languages! More would still be appreciated, of course.

Hmm, my script doesn't have underdots, though it does have breve below to indicate velars.

The red line pointing to Vrkhazian means that it doesn't fit that criteria.

I believe you mean "those criteria", but yes, the green line points to Arežọ, which has underdots, and the red line points to Vrkhazhian, which doesn't. That's basically the way a dichotomous key works. Think of green as "go" and red as "stop".

[Visions1]

I'm putting in Dzougedan

a b c cu d dz e ĕ f g gu h hu i ĭ j l m n o p r s s̖ t tz u u ŭ w z z̖

[Iyionaku]

Yélian:

b c d f g k l m n p q r s t v y z ʻ '
a á à e é è i í î iy iý ó ò u ú ù û æ ǽ

italic characters only exist in one of the two standards.

Caelian:

b by c d dy f g gy h j k ky l ly m n ny p py r s t ty v w wy z
a ä e ë i o ö u ü

[kiwikami]

Oh, this is a neat idea!

Chiming in with Alál:

a á à â ǎ h ı í ì î ǐ k ḳ l ḷ m r s ṣ t ṭ u ú ù û ǔ x z ẓ

[thethief3]

Amarin
*p *t *k *kʷ *s *ś *r *l *j *w *m *n *ń *i *e *a *u *o
Stops are written as their voiced allophones after nasals

[Khemehekis]

Amarin
*p *t *k *kʷ *s *ś *r *l *j *w *m *n *ń *i *e *a *u *o
Stops are written as their voiced allophones after nasals

So in other words, you also have:

*b *d *g *gʷ

[Glenn]

Here is an attempt for Chusole:

a á ai ái b bi c ch d di dz e é ei éi g gi h hi i í j k ki l li m mi n ni o ó oi ói p pi r ri s sh t ti ts u ú y ý

A combination of consonant + <i> indicates palatization; vowel + <i> indicates a falling diphthong and/or palatalization of the following consonant; an acute accent indicates stress/high tone.

[thethief3]

Amarin
*p *t *k *kʷ *s *ś *r *l *j *w *m *n *ń *i *e *a *u *o
Stops are written as their voiced allophones after nasals

So in other words, you also have:

*b *d *g *gʷ

I do know i haven't used *gʷ in a single word yet and note all nasal + stop clusters are from loanwords or recent compounding as they lenite in all instances from Proto Amaric to Amarin.

[Imralu]

Hibuese:

a b bw by d dw dy dz dzw e g gw gy h hw hy i l lw ly m mb mbw mby mw my n nd ndw ndy ndz ndzw ng ngg nggw nggy ngw ngy nw ny r u v vw vy w y z zw zy zyw

In loanwords: f fy fw k kw ky p pw py q s sw sy t tw ty