Hetomic

Hetomic is a Tsimulh language spoken in Txapoalli.

Inspirations: Polish, Tibetan, Salish languages

Modern Hetomic: get intrusive r mania somehow

Phonology

Orthography

pʰ p b tʰ t d tsʰ ts dz = ⟨p p’ b t t’ d ts ts’ dz⟩

tɕʰ tɕ dʑ tʂʰ tʂ dʐ kʰ k g = ⟨tx tx’ dj tsh tsh’ dzh k k’ g⟩

f v s z ɕ ʑ ʂ ʐ x ɣ h = ⟨f v s z x j sh zh ch gh ħ⟩

m n ɳ ŋ w j = ⟨m n nh ng w y⟩

i ɪ ɛ æ ʏ ø ɨ ə u ʊ o ɔ ɑ = ⟨î i e ä ü ö õ ə û u ô o a⟩

Consonants

Consonant phonemes in Hetomic

		Labial	Dental	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n		ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	tenuis	p	t			k
	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ			kʰ
	voiced	b	d			g
Fricative	voiceless	f	s	ʂ	ɕ	x	h
	voiced	v	z	ʐ	ʑ	ɣ
Affricate	tenuis		ts	tʂ	tɕ
	aspirated		tsʰ	tʂʰ	tɕʰ
	voiced		dz	dʐ	dʑ
Approximant					j	w

Vowels

	Front		Central	Back
	unrounded	rounded
Close	i			u
Near-close	ɪ	ʏ	ɨ	ʊ
Mid		ø	ə	o
Open-mid	ɛ			ɔ
Open	æ			ɑ
Diphthongs	ɛj əj øj ɛw əw øw