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| '''Derkha''' (English: ''DERK-uh'' /dɚkə/, natively ''dẹkhazhạlaŋ'' /deːʵkʰadzʰaʵlaŋ/) is an ancient Quihum language inspired by Sanskrit and English.
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| ==Todo==
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| intervocalic r > long rhotic vowel or short rhotic vowel + l?
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| Numbers: čāmaŋ, ticạ̄, ...
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| something like "bhudh-tos > bhudda"
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| e, o > i, u?
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| ==Phonology==
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| ===Consonants===
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| {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 700px; text-align:center;"
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| ! |Labial
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| ! |Dental
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| ! |Palatal
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| ! |Velar
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| ! |Uvular
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| ! |Glottal
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| ! colspan="2" style="" |Nasal
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| | '''m''' /m/
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| | '''n''' /n/
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| | '''ŋ''' /ŋ/
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| ! rowspan="4" |Plosive
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| ! |<small>plain</small>
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| | '''p''' /p/
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| | '''t''' /t/
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| | '''k''' /k/
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| | '''q''' /q/
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| ! |<small>aspirated</small>
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| | '''ph''' /pʰ/
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| | '''th''' /tʰ/
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| | '''kh''' /kʰ/
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| | '''qh''' /qʰ/
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| ! |<small>voiced</small>
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| | '''b''' /b/
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| | '''d''' /d/
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| | '''g''' /g/
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| | '''ɢ''' /ɢ/
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| ! |<small>breathy voiced</small>
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| | '''bh''' /bʰ/
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| | '''dh''' /dʰ/
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| | '''gh''' /gʰ/
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| | '''ɢh''' /ɢʰ/
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| ! colspan="2" style="" |Fricative
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| | '''s''' /s/
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| | '''š''' /ʃ/
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| | '''h''' /h/
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| ! rowspan="4" style="" |Affricate
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| ! |<small>plain</small>
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| | '''c''' /ts/
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| | '''č''' /tʃ/
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| ! |<small>aspirated</small>
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| | '''ch''' /tsʰ/
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| | '''čh''' /tʃʰ/
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| ! |<small>voiced</small>
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| | '''z''' /dz/
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| | '''j''' /dʒ/
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| ! |<small>breathy voiced</small>
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| | '''zh''' /dzʰ/
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| | '''jh''' /dʒʰ/
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| ! colspan="2" |Approximant
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| | '''w''' /w/
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| | '''l''' /l/
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| | '''y''' /j/
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| Initial ŋ is disallowed.
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| ===Vowels===
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| a i u aʵ iʵ uʵ aː eː iː oː uː aːʵ eːʵ iːʵ oːʵ uːʵ ai au aəʵ 〈a i u ạ ị ụ ā e ī o ū ạ̄ ẹ ị̄ ọ ụ̄ æ å æ̣〉
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