Hlou-Shum languages

Xaetjeonw /ɮɛtʃən/ (Xaetjeonw: baeychnae Xaetjeon) is a Naquic language whose aesthetics is based on Praimhín's Rencadian (which has been abandoned by the author).

Numbers 1-10: baev, diho, natj-S, tqov, dzaweo, bael-S, oth, loseoth, bas-S, gaeyo

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Lateral	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/				ng /ŋ/
Stop/Affricate	tenuis	b /p/	d /t/	dz /ts/	dx /tɬ/	dj /tʃ/	g /k/
	aspirated	p /pʰ/	t /tʰ/	ts /tsʰ/	tq /tɬʰ/	tj /tʃʰ/	c /kʰ/
Fricative	voiceless	f /f/	th /θ/	s /s/	q /ɬ/	sj /ʃ/	ch /x/	h /h/
	voiced	v /v/	dh /ð/	z /z/	x /ɮ/	zj /ʒ/	gh /ɣ/
Approximant					l /ɫ/	y /j/	w /w/
Trill				r /r/

Notes

• In casual speech, the unaspirated stops and affricates /p t ts tɬ tʃ k/ are voiced intervocalically to [b d dz dɮ dʒ ɡ].

Vowels

Hlou-Shum languages vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i /ɪ/	eu /ɨ/	u /ʊ/
Mid	ae /ɛ/	eo /ə/	o /ɔ/
Open		a /a/

Lenition

Normal

p

t

ts

s

tq

q

tj

sj

c

b

d

dz

z

dx

x

dj

zj

g

Lenited

f

th

s

h

q

h

sj

h

ch

v

dh

z

0

x

0

zj

0

gh

Normal	m	n	ng	w	l	r	y
Lenited	w	n	ng	w	w	r	y

Prosody

Stress

In native words stress is on the first syllable, not counting prefixes. In loans, stress falls on the same syllable as in the source language.