Sani language

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The Sani language is the language spoken by the Sani people. It has around 10 million speakers, mostly living in Talenore and Shireroth, with scattered communities in other nations. It is an official language in Talenore. Together with the Amarri language it constitutes the Cosimo-Benacian language family which is not related to any other known language family. Some linguists believe it to be the remnants of the languages spoken before the Istvanistani and Praeta speakers migrated to eastern Benacia. Sani is an agglutinative language with no grammatical gender and the simple syllable structure (C)V.

History

Current status

Classification

Vocabulary

Phonology

Consonants

  Labial Labiodental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Plosive p p'   t t'     k k' q ʔ
Nasal m   n     ŋ    
Trill     r̥ r          
Fricative   f s ʃ   x   h
Lateral     ɬ l          
Approximant       j   ʍ w    

Vowels

  Front Central Back
Close i u  
Open-Mid e-ɛ   o-ɔ
Open   a  

Orthography

Grammar