Nawuhu
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| Nawuhu | |
|---|---|
| na’ wúhu | |
 Flag of the Wuhu Autonomous Zone | |
| Pronunciation | [naʔ͜ wu.ɦu] |
| Created by | Jukethatbox |
| Date | 2024 |
| Native to | Wuhu Island |
| Ethnicity | Indigenous Wuhu peoples |
| Extinct | ~1940 |
language isolate
| |
| Official status | |
| Regulated by | Wuhu Autonomous Zone |
| Development body | Wuhu Island Community Discord |
Nawuhu(na' wúhu, Nawuhu: [naʔ͜ wu.ɦu]), also called Wuhu or Nauhu is a language isolate that was once predominantly spoken by the inhabitants of Wuhu Island. It was spoken primarily by the civilisation that probably encompassed the entire island, the ruins of which can be seen on the southern half of the island.[1]
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | ʔ | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Fricative | s z | ɕ ʑ | (ç) | h~ɦ | ||
| Semivowel | w | j | ||||
| Lateral | l | ʎ |
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ʉ | u |
| Close-mid | e | (ɘ̯) | o |
| Front | a |
/ɘ/ is an unstressed intervocalic allohpone of /e/ and /ʉ/, e.g. íean, "one", pronounced [ˈiɘ̯an].