Leutiktja language: Difference between revisions

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!Fricative
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/ɛ/
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/o/
''/o/''
|'''ó, ő'''
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/œ~ɔ/
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Revision as of 21:34, 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