Circular Gallifreyan

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Introduction

Gallifreyan is the language spoken by the Time Lords of Gallifrey from the British TV show Doctor Who.

The Time Lords are a time-aware species capable of traveling through time and space who have taken upon themselves to protect the Web of Time from other time traveling species.

This is a fan created language made for the fans without any intention to be legally bound or profiting from it.


Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Labio-Dental Dental Alveolar Post-Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Labio-Velar Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Glottal
Nasal m n ɳ ɲ
Plosive p / b t / d ʈ ɟ k / g ʔ1
Fricative ɸ v θ s / z ʃ χ ħ2 ɦ
Affricate t͡s t͡ʃ / d͡ʒ ʈʂ q͡χ
Lateral approximant l ʎ
Approximant j w ɰ
Thrill ʙ3 r
Implosive ɠ
Blends: qy
  1. a) Only between or before vowels. b) For cases markers.
  2. Only between or before consonants
  3. Used when b is before any vowel at the beginning of a word, allophone of /b/

Vowels

Front Near-Front Central Back
Close i u
Near-Close ʏ
Close-mid e / ẽ ɘ o
Open-mid œ
Open a / ã ɑ / ɒ

Orthography

Consonants

m b t d p ʈ
n ɳ ɲ
k χ w g ɰ ɦ ɠ
r q͡χ ɹ ħ rː͡χ ʙ
ʃ t͡ʃ ʈʂ
s z θ l t͡s
v ɸ
d͡ʒ qy ç ʎ j ɟ
ʔ

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources