Leutiktja language
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 [].
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Guttural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m
/m/ |
n
/n/ |
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| 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/ |
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