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'''Néekh''' (''nêekhr''; <small>Néekh pronunciation:</small> [[Help:IPA|[nɛjexr̩]]]) is a [[Taskaric languages|Taskaric]] language spoken by the Néekhs on [[:File:Etzean.jpeg|Etzeán Island]]. With 4,235,000 native speakers, it is the most spoken language on the island by a narrow margin; most speakers live in the highly urbanised and economically developed Tûznam Basin(Néekh: ''Tîkhgnul''), where the capital Arkhûz(<small>Néekh pronunciation:</small> [[Help:IPA|[ær. | '''Néekh''' (''nêekhr''; <small>Néekh pronunciation:</small> [[Help:IPA|[nɛjexr̩]]]) is a [[Taskaric languages|Taskaric]] language spoken by the Néekhs on [[:File:Etzean.jpeg|Etzeán Island]]. With 4,235,000 native speakers, it is the most spoken language on the island by a narrow margin; most speakers live in the highly urbanised and economically developed Tûznam Basin(Néekh: ''Tîkhgnul''), where the capital Arkhûz(<small>Néekh pronunciation:</small> [[Help:IPA|[ær.xʊz̥]]]) is located. It is an official language of the West Birnu Economic Union, and is the second most spoken Taskaric language after [[Izhkut]]. | ||
Néekh is of the Iskvic branch of the Taskaric languages, making it a sister language of [[Iskvish]]; it is the only member of the Iskvic branch that is not endangered. | Néekh is of the Iskvic branch of the Taskaric languages, making it a sister language of [[Iskvish]]; it is the only member of the Iskvic branch that is not endangered. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | |||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | |||
! colspan=2 | !! Labial !! Alveolar !! Retroflex !! Velar !! Palatal | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan=2 | Stop | |||
! voiceless | |||
| p || d̥ || || k || | |||
|- | |||
! voiced | |||
| b || || || g || | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan=2 | Fricative | |||
! voiceless | |||
| f || z̥ || ʂ || x || | |||
|- | |||
! voiced | |||
| v || || ʐ || ɣ || ʝ | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 | Nasal | |||
| m || n || || ŋ || ɲ | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan=2 | Approximant | |||
! lateral | |||
| || l || (ɭ) || ɫ || | |||
|- | |||
! semivowel | |||
| (w) || || || (ɰ) || j | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 | Trill | |||
| || r || (ɽ͡r) || || | |||
|} | |||
Alveolar obstruents are not affected by voiceness; though often transcribed as devoiced /d̥ z̥/, they may be variably pronounced as /t~d/ and /s~z/ respectively and are ultimately dependent on speaker. | |||
/ɰ/ is an intervocalic allophone of /ɣ/, and has also been described as a vocalised allophoe /ɨ/; however, the general consensus is that it is an approximant. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | {| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | ||