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*Initial /ŋ/ is disallowed.
*Initial /ŋ/ is disallowed.
*/ɾ~l/ is in free variation.
*/ɾ~l/ has the following allophonic distribution:
**[l] '''l''' before /i/, before any consonant, and word-finally.
**[ɾ] '''r''' otherwise.


===Vowels===
===Vowels===

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Fyxámian (jowe Fësham) is a creole of various Bjeheondian languages, including Rhythoed, Kieng, Tsjoen, and Hmooby-Doo.

Todo

Rhythoed /ʟ/ > /ŋ/

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ ch /tʃ/ k /k/ [ʔ]
voiced b /b/ d /d/ j /dʒ/ g /g/
Fricative unvoiced f /f/ s /s/ sh /ʃ/ h /h/
voiced z /z/ zh /ʒ/
Liquid r, l /ɾ~l/
Approximant w /w/ y /j/
  • Initial /ŋ/ is disallowed.
  • /ɾ~l/ has the following allophonic distribution:
    • [l] l before /i/, before any consonant, and word-finally.
    • [ɾ] r otherwise.

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i /i/ ï /ɨ/ u /u/
Mid e /e/ ë /ə/ o /o/
Open a /a/

Phonotactics

Clusters are allowed as in Tsjoen and Rhythoed.

Grammar

Fyxámian Creole is an analytic language. Like most Bjeheondian languages, it is SVO.

Pronouns

  • ri (Rhyth rie) = I
  • hen (Rhyth łen) = you (sg)
  • in (Rhyth in) = he, she
  • ya (Hmooby-Doo ja) = it
  • riri = we
  • henen = you (pl)
  • inin = they (animate)
  • yaya = they (inanimate)

Adpositions