Endeqwo

Endeqwo
ნდეჸჳო (ndeqʷo)
Pronunciation	[n̩.de.qʷo]
Created by	wfosøra
Date	10/27/24 (M/D/Y)
Language family	language isolate
Writing system	Latin

Endeqwo (endonym: ndeqʷo; Endeqwo: [n̩.de.qʷo) is an isolate language, it's mainly inspired by Caucasian languages like Ubykh and Georgian, as well as many other Polysynthetic languages, and despite its appearance of efficiency, Ithkuil had no influence in its creation.

Etymology

ნდეჸჳო is a compound of ნ (n; life) + -დე (-de; of our kind (like -ish)) + ჸჳო (qʷo; language), so it literally translates as 'The language of life of our kind', thus 'language of our people'

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes

		Labial		alveolar			post -alveolar		Palatal	Velar		Uvular
		plain	lab.	plain	lab.	lat.	plain	lab.		plain	lab.	plain	lab.
Nasal		m მ	mʷ მჳ	n ნ	nʷ ნჳ					ŋ ჷ	ŋʷ ჷჳ
Stop	voiceless	p ფ	pʷ ფჳ	t თ	tʷ თჳ					k ქ	kʷ ქჳ	q ჸ	qʷ ჸჳ
	voiced	b ბ	bʷ ბჳ	d დ	dʷ დჳ					g გ	gʷ გჳ	ɢ ჹ	ɢʷ ჹჳ
	ejective	pʼ პ	pʷʼ პჳ	tʼ ტ	tʷʼ ტჳ					kʼ კ	kʷʼ კჳ	qʼ ყ	qʷʼ ყჳ
affricate	voiceless	p͡f ფჶ	p͡fʷ ფჶჳ	t͡s ც	t͡sʷ ცჳ	t͡ɬ ჩ'	t͡ʃ ჩ	t͡ʃʷ ჩჳ		k͡x ქხ	k͡xʷ ქხჳ	q͡χ ჸჰ	q͡χʷ ჸჰჳ
	voiced	b͡v ბვ	b͡vʷ ბვჳ	d͡z ძ	d͡zʷ ძჳ	d͡ɮ ჯ'	d͡ʒ ჯ	d͡ʒʷ ჯჳ		g͡ɣ გღ	g͡ɣʷ გღჳ	ɢ͡ʁ ჹჵ	ɢ͡ʁʷ ჹჵჳ
	ejective	p͡fʼ პჶ	p͡fʷʼ პჶჳ	t͡sʼ წ	t͡sʷʼ წჳ	t͡ɬʼ ჭ'	t͡ʃʼ ჭ	t͡ʃʷʼ ჭჳ		k͡xʼ კხ	k͡xʷʼ კხჳ	q͡χʼ ყჰ	q͡χʷʼ ყჰჳ
fricative	voiceless	f ჶ	fʷ ჶჳ	s ს	sʷ სჳ	ɬ შ'	ʃ შ	ʃʷ შჳ		x ხ	xʷ ხჳ	χ ჰ	χʷ ჰჳ
	voiced	v ვ	vʷ ვჳ	z ზ	zʷ ზჳ	ɮ ჟ'	ʒ ჟ	ʒʷ ჟჳ		ɣ ღ	ɣʷ ღჳ	ʁ ჵ	ʁʷ ჵჳ
	ejective	fʼ ჶჼ	fʷʼ ჶჳჼ	sʼ სჼ	sʷʼ სჳჼ	ɬʼ შ'ჼ	ʃʼ შჼ	ʃʷʼ შჳჼ		xʼ ხჼ	xʷʼ ხჳჼ	χʼ ჰჼ	χʷʼ ჰჳჼ
Approximant						l ლ			j ჲ		w ჳ
Trill				r რ

Labialization always acts as a /w/ like sound, even in the labial series, where /pʷ/ is not protruded.

Consonants distinguish length, as can be seen in the 2nd person object marker, "-qqe" (/qːe/)

There are a few consonants that can syllabic, /n/, /nʷ/, /ŋ/, /ŋʷ/, /l/, /r/, and most ejectives.

Vowels

Vowel phonemes

	front	back
Close	i ი	u უ
Mid	e ე	o ო
open	a ა

Syllable structure

The maximum is (CC)V(CC), this only occurs in compound words like 'tʷʼen' (/tʷʼen/; good life), consonants can only cluster as 'stop-fric' or 'fric-stop' and voicedness must match, so a valid cluster would be /zd/ of /ft/, but /zt/ or /qd/ are invalid.

The only other allowed clusters are (S for stop) /Sr/, /Sl/, and /Sj/, /Sw/ is not possible because this would turn to /Sʷ/.

Other resources

Phrases