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The phonology of Leutiktja is very unusual, even compared to other Touban languages. It features 9 consonant phonemes, and 5 ''pure'' and 5 ''chained'' vowels. Leutiktja however is not the Touban language with the least phonemes, which is [].
The phonology of Leutiktja is very unusual, even compared to other Touban languages. It features 9 consonant phonemes, and 5 ''pure'' and 5 ''chained'' vowels. Leutiktja however is not the Touban language with the least phonemes, which is [].
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{| class="wikitable"
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|+Leutiktja consonants
!
!
!Labial
!Bilabial
!Alveolar
!Alveolar
!Palatal
!Palatal
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|'''y'''
|'''y'''
/j/
/j/
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{| class="wikitable"
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! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Front
! colspan="2" |Back
|-
!<small>pure</small>
!<small>chained</small>
!<small>pure</small>
!<small>chained</small>
|-
!Close
|'''i'''
/i/
|'''í,'''
/ɪ/
|'''u'''
/u/
|'''ú, ű'''
/ʊ~ɯ/
|-
!Mid
|'''e'''
/e/
|'''é, e̋'''
/ɛ/
|'''o'''
/o/
|'''ó, ő'''
/œ~ɔ/
|-
!Open
|'''a'''
/a/
|'''á, a̋'''
/ə/
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|}
|}

Revision as of 21:33, 5 March 2025


Leutiktja (Leutiktja: tjéLeutiktja [ci.'ɮ.e͡uɾ.ik.c:.a], Terryfs: løriks Leurics [lø.ʁɪks], Alhi: [placeholder]) is an Eastern Touban spoken throughout the condominium of Ojanka/Fassaujə. It is the most divergent and most spoken Touban language, being spoken by an estimated 130,000 people, almost all Kjareleni, across Ojanka and to a lesser extent by emigre communities in Matkha and Xjetjeŋ.

Classification

History

Phonology and scripts

The phonology of Leutiktja is very unusual, even compared to other Touban languages. It features 9 consonant phonemes, and 5 pure and 5 chained vowels. Leutiktja however is not the Touban language with the least phonemes, which is [].

Leutiktja consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Guttural
Nasal m

/m/

n

/n/

Plosive t

/t/

tj

/c/

k

/k/

Fricative ph

/ɸ/

l

/l~s/

h

/h~x/

Approximant y

/j/

Front Back
pure chained pure chained
Close i

/i/

í,

/ɪ/

u

/u/

ú, ű

/ʊ~ɯ/

Mid e

/e/

é, e̋

/ɛ/

o

/o/

ó, ő

/œ~ɔ/

Open a

/a/

á, a̋

/ə/

Grammar

Vocabulary

Sample text