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'''Leutiktja''' (Leutiktja: tjéLeutiktja [ | '''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 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 == | == Classification == | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
== Phonology and | == 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. 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). | 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. 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). | ||
Chaining is usually blocked by /ɸ/, /l/, /h/, and /j/. However, to mark that the chaining process applies to the entirety of a word | |||
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=== Scripts === | |||
== Grammar == | == Grammar == | ||