Kjaxono language: Difference between revisions
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=== Consonants === | === Consonants === | ||
Kjaxono's consonant inventory of | Kjaxono's consonant inventory of [however many..] phonemes is typical of other Xjedgjaŋ languages. However, compared cross-linguistically, Kjaxono's phonology is quite unusual. Even for Xjedgjaŋ languages, it features a rich series of uvular consonants | ||
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|+Consonant phonemes of Kjaxono | |+Consonant phonemes of Kjaxono | ||
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! colspan="2" |[[W:Bilabial|Bilabial]] | ! colspan="2" |[[W:Bilabial|Bilabial]] | ||
! colspan="2" |[[W:Alveolar|Alveolar]] | ! colspan="2" |[[W:Alveolar|Alveolar]] | ||
! rowspan="2" |[[W:Postalveolar consonant|Post-alveolar]] | |||
! colspan="2" |[[W:Velar|Velar]] | ! colspan="2" |[[W:Velar|Velar]] | ||
! rowspan="2" |[[W:Uvular|Uvular]] | ! rowspan="2" |[[W:Uvular|Uvular]] | ||
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|'''nj''' | |'''nj''' | ||
/nʲ/ | /nʲ/ | ||
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|'''ŋ''' | |'''ŋ''' | ||
/ŋ/ | /ŋ/ | ||
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! rowspan=" | ! rowspan="3" |Plosive | ||
!<small>[[W:Voicelessness|voiceless]]</small> | !<small>[[W:Voicelessness|voiceless]]</small> | ||
|'''p''' | |'''p''' | ||
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|'''tj''' | |'''tj''' | ||
/tʲ/ | /tʲ/ | ||
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|'''k''' | |'''k''' | ||
/k/ | /k/ | ||
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|'''q''' | |'''q''' | ||
/[[W:Voiceless uvular plosive|q]]/ | /[[W:Voiceless uvular plosive|q]]/ | ||
| rowspan=" | | rowspan="3" |'''<nowiki/>'''' | ||
/[[W:Glottal stop|ʔ]]/ | /[[W:Glottal stop|ʔ]]/ | ||
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!<small>[[W:Aspirated consonant|aspirated]]</small> | |||
|'''ṕ''' | |||
/pʰ/ | |||
|'''ṕj''' | |||
/pʲʰ/ | |||
|'''t́''' | |||
/tʰ/ | |||
|'''t́j''' | |||
/tʲʰ/ | |||
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|'''ḱ''' | |||
/kʰ/ | |||
|'''ḱj''' | |||
/kʲʰ/ | |||
|'''q́''' | |||
/qʰ/ | |||
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!<small>[[W:Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small> | !<small>[[W:Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small> | ||
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|'''d''' | |'''d''' | ||
/d/ | /d/ | ||
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|'''g''' | |'''g''' | ||
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|'''cj''' | |'''cj''' | ||
/t͡sʲ/ | /t͡sʲ/ | ||
|'''tš''' | |||
/t͡ʃ/ | |||
|'''x''' | |'''x''' | ||
/k͡x/ | /k͡x/ | ||
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|'''żj''' | |'''żj''' | ||
/d͡zʲ/ | /d͡zʲ/ | ||
| | |'''dž''' | ||
| | /d͡ʒ/ | ||
| | |'''ǧ''' | ||
/ɡɣ/ | |||
|'''ǧj''' | |||
/ɡɣʲ/ | |||
|'''q̌x''' | |||
/ɢʁ/ | |||
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! rowspan=" | ! rowspan="3" |Fricative | ||
!<small>[[W:Voicelessness|voiceless]]</small> | !<small>[[W:Voicelessness|voiceless]]</small> | ||
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|'''sj''' | |'''sj''' | ||
/sʲ/ | /sʲ/ | ||
|'''š''' | |||
/ʃ/ | |||
|'''x̌''' | |'''x̌''' | ||
/x/ | /x/ | ||
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|'''h''' | |'''h''' | ||
/[[W:Voiceless glottal fricative|h]]/ | /[[W:Voiceless glottal fricative|h]]/ | ||
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!<small>[[W:Nasalization|nasalized]]</small> | |||
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|'''ś''' | |||
/s̃/ | |||
|'''śj''' | |||
/s̃ʲ/ | |||
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!<small>[[W:Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small> | !<small>[[W:Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small> | ||
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|'''zj''' | |'''zj''' | ||
/zʲ/ | /zʲ/ | ||
|'''ž''' | |||
/ʒ/ | |||
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|'''j''' | |'''j''' | ||
/ʎ/ | /ʎ/ | ||
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== Orthography == | == Orthography == | ||
Kjaxono uses a modified form of the Mallian alphabet called the ''malqtksa̖.'' | |||
== Grammar == | == Grammar == | ||