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! rowspan=2 | Plosive
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! no audible release
! no audible release
| ⟨p⟩|| ⟨b⟩|| ⟨t⟩|| ⟨d⟩|| colspan=2 | || ⟨k⟩|| ⟨g⟩|| ⟨q⟩|| ɢ̚ ⟨ğ⟩
| p ⟨p⟩|| b ⟨b⟩|| t ⟨t⟩|| d ⟨d⟩|| colspan=2 | || k ⟨k⟩|| g ⟨g⟩|| q ⟨q⟩|| ɢ ⟨ğ⟩
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! pharyngealised
! pharyngealised
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| colspan=3 | || d͡ʒ ⟨č⟩ || || ɖ͡ʐ ⟨č₂⟩ || colspan=4 |
| colspan=3 | || d͡ʒ ⟨č⟩ || || ɖ͡ʐ ⟨č₂⟩ || colspan=4 |
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===Vowels===
===Vowels===
===Prosody===
===Prosody===

Revision as of 09:17, 20 December 2023

Torchman
Xalgaq
Xalgaq
Pronunciation[ɣɑɫ.gɑq]
Created byJukethatbox
Date2022-2023
Native speakers200,000 (2023)
Standard form
Standard dialect(rraX₂agd)
Dialects
  • Standard dialect
  • Footsoldier dialect(žiH₂idu)
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Torchman, also known by its endonym Xalgaq, is a language spoken by the mysterious torch-men that patrol the Cities and its people.

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Bilabial/
Labiodental
Alveolar/
Post-alveolar
Retroflex Velar Uvular
unvoiced voiced unvoiced voiced unvoiced voiced unvoiced voiced unvoiced voiced
Plosive no audible release p ⟨p⟩ b ⟨b⟩ t ⟨t⟩ d ⟨d⟩ k ⟨k⟩ g ⟨g⟩ q ⟨q⟩ ɢ ⟨ğ⟩
pharyngealised pˤ ⟨p₂⟩ bˤ ⟨b₂⟩ tˤ ⟨t₂⟩ dˤ ⟨d₂⟩ kˤ ⟨k₂⟩ gˤ ⟨g₂⟩ qˤ ⟨q₂⟩ ɢˤ ⟨ğ₂⟩
Fricative standard v z ʂ ⟨š⟩ ʐ ⟨ž⟩ x ɣ ⟨X⟩ χ ⟨H⟩ ʁ ⟨r⟩/
⟨rr⟩
ejective vʼ ⟨v₂⟩ sʼ ⟨s₂⟩ zʼ ⟨z₂⟩
palatalised zʲ ⟨z₃⟩ ʐʲ⟨ž₂⟩ xʲ⟨x₂⟩ ɣʲ⟨X₂⟩ χʲ⟨H₂⟩
Affricate d͡ʒ ⟨č⟩ ɖ͡ʐ ⟨č₂⟩

Vowels

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

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