Leutiktja language

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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 [].

Labial 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/

Grammar

Vocabulary

Sample text