Leutiktja language: Difference between revisions

'''Leutiktja''' (Leutiktja: tjéLeutiktja [cɛ.'ɮ.euɾ.ik.c:.ħɑ̥], [[Terryfian Language|Terryfs]]: {{Mallian|løriks}} Leurics [lø.ʁɪks], [[Alhi language|Alhi]]: [placeholder]) is an Eastern Touban spoken primarily in the condominium of Ojanka/Fassaujə. It is the most divergent and most spoken Touban language, being spoken by an estimated 130,000 people as of 2011, virtually all Kjareleni, across Ojanka and to a lesser extent by emigre communities in [[Matkha]] and [[Xjetjeŋ]]. It is one of the most widely spoken Indigenous Ojankan-Fassaujən languages.

 

== Phonology and orthography ==

 

=== Phonology ===

The phonology of Leutiktja is very unusual, even compared to other Touban languages. It features 9 consonant phonemes, and two sets of five vowels, called ''pure vowels'' and ''chained vowels'' respectively, a direct translation of the name of the two sets in Leutiktja: ''natjaiei'' and ''naedlieoek''. In a word stem, only pure vowels are allowed to occur; chained vowels only occur when inflecting; when a grammatical process requires a switch from pure to chained vowels, this is called "chaining". In addition, in a cluster of two or more vowels, pure vowels are pronounced separately, whilst chained vowels form diphthongs. For example, the word ''tjauiae'' [<small>IPA</small>: c:.'auiaeɹ̠̊˔:] means banana tree (in the nominative), and the word ''tjáuiae'' [<small>IPA</small>: c:.ə͡œ͜ɪ͡ə.'ɛ] means banana tree's (in the genitive).