Terran
A West Germanic language descended from English, with influence from German and Dutch.
Writing System
Terran uses a modified version of the Roman alphabet. Uppercase and lowercase letters are the following:
Aa = /ɑ/ or /a/ or /ə/
Bb = /b/
Cc = /k/
Dd = /d/
Ee = /ɛ/ or /e/ or /ə/
Ff = /f/
Gg = /g/
Hh = /h/
Ii = /i/ or /ɪ/ or /ə/
Jj = /j/
Kk = /k/
Ll = /l/
Mm = /m/
Nn = /n/
Oo = /o/ or /ɔ/ or /ə/
Pp = /p/
Rr = /r/
Ss = /s/
Tt = /t/
Uu = /u/ or /ʊ/ or /ʌ/ or /ə/
Vv = /v/
Xx = /ks/
Zz = /z/
Phonology
Polyletter diagraphs and their pronunciations are listed below:
"ng" = /ŋ/ or /ng/
"nk" = /ŋk/
"nc" = /ŋl/
"nx" = /ŋks/
"sh" = /ʃ/
"ng" = /ŋ/ or /ng/
"nk" = /ŋk/
"nc" = /ŋl/
"nx" = /ŋks/
"sh" = /ʃ/
Phonetics
Consonants
b d j f g h k l m n ŋ p r s ʃ t v z ʔ
Vowels
ɑ a ɪ ʊ ɛ e i o ɔ u ʌ ə
b d j f g h k l m n ŋ p r s ʃ t v z ʔ
Vowels
ɑ a ɪ ʊ ɛ e i o ɔ u ʌ ə
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