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Humpback Whelsh is a Naquic language spoken in Talma. It's inspired by Welsh.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Lateral Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal /m/ /n/
Stop ejective /p(ʼ)/ /t(ʼ)/ /ts(ʼ)/ /tɬ(ʼ)/ /tʃ(ʼ)/ /k(ʼ)/
aspirated /pʰ/ /tʰ/ /tsʰ/ /tɬʰ/ /tʃʰ/ /kʰ/
voiced /b/ /d/ /dz/ /dɮ/ /dʒ/ /g/
Fricative voiceless /f/ /θ/ /s/ /ɬ/ /ʃ/ /x/ /h/
voiced /v/ /ð/ /z/ /ɮ/ /ɣ/
Approximant /r/ /l/ /j/ /w/

Vowels

in stressed syllables:

a ā e ē i ī o ó > æ a ə e ı i o u = ä a ə e ı i o u

Morphology

Nouns

The definite article is y before consonants and yn before vowels.

Possessive pronouns: ry vib, w vib, a vib, gy vib, zy vib, a mib = my house, your house, ...