lobbasGreetings Humankind has developped numerous writing systems to write their spoken languages. These systems include alphabets such as Latin, Greek and Cyrillic; abjad such as Arabic, Hebrew and Sogdian; and syllabary such as Hiragana and Katakana. Alphabets consist of letters which each represents one single distinct sound, while abjads consist of symbols which each stands … Continue reading Orthography
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Phonology
tugesHave a Good Sunday Phonology is 'the branch of linguistics which deals with systems of sounds within a language.' In this chapter, I will mention the phonological features of Jembesa. Bon Voyage! 🙂 Consonants In Jembesa, there are 13 consonant phonemes, and they are shown in the table below: Consonant Phonemes of Jembesa /b/, /d/, … Continue reading Phonology

