Pangea Ultima
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a novel by joe sweeney
A Division of JS Blume Enterprises™
Image based on future Pangea, "Pangea Proxima" by C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP Project, www.scotese.com
Used with permission
Table of Contents
Introduction

The People
Physiology
Procreation
The Language
Sounds
Alphabet
Grammar
Dictionary
Phrases
Resource
Counting
The Culture
Society
Philosophy
Education
Technology
Calendar
The Environment
Planet
Sean Eagan
Background
Timeline
Sounds

The first step I took to create the language was to determine what sounds they could make. Researching consonants brought me to the IPA Pulmonic Consonants Chart page on Wikipedia. I ruled out nasal consonants (because they don't have a nose) and unvoiced consonants (because they can't whisper).

IPA Pulmonic Consonants Chart
Place → Labial Coronal Dorsal Radical Glottal
↓ Manner Bila​bial Labio​dental Den​tal Alve​olar Post​alv. Retro​flex Pal​a​tal Ve​lar Uvu​lar Pha​ryn​geal Epi​glot​tal Glot​tal
Nasal m ɱ n̪ n ɳ ɲ ŋ ɴ
Plosive p b p̪ b̪ t̪ d̪ t d ʈ ɖ c ɟ k ɡ q ɢ ʡ ʔ
Fricative ɸ β f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ ʂ ʐ ç ʝ x ɣ χ ʁ ħ ʕ ʜ ʢ h ɦ
Approximant ʋ ɹ ɻ j ɰ
Trill ʙ r • ʀ я
Flap or tap ⱱ̟ ⱱ ɾ ɽ ɢ̆ ʡ̯
Fric. ɬ ɮ ɭ˔̊ ʎ̥˔ ʟ̝̊
Appr. l ɭ ʎ ʟ
Lateral flap ɺ ɺ̢ ʎ̯
 
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