Ixhosahedron
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Introduction
Ixhosahedron is intended to be Xhosa gibberish without clicks.
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Dental/Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Glottal | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
central | lateral | ||||||
Plosive | tenuis/ejective | [pʼ] p | [tʼ] t | [t̠ʲʼ] ty | [kʼ] k | ||
aspirated | [pʰ] ph | [tʰ] th | [t̠ʲʰ] tyh | [kʰ] kh | |||
slack voice | [b̥ʱ] bh | [d̥ʱ] d | [d̠̥ʲʱ] dy | [ɡ̊ʱ] g | |||
implosive | [ɓ] b | ||||||
Affricate | ejective | [tsʼ] ts | [t̠ʃʼ] tsh | [kxʼ] kr | |||
aspirated | [tsʰ] ths | [t̠ʃʰ] thsh | |||||
slack voice | [d̥zʱ] dz | [d̠̥ʒʱ] j | |||||
Fricative | voiceless | [f] f | [s] s | [ɬ] hl | [ʃ] sh | [x] rh | [h] h |
slack voice | [v̤] v | [z̤] z | [ɮ̈] dl | [ʒ̈] zh | [ɣ̈] gr | [ɦ] hh | |
Nasal | fully voiced | [m] m | [n] n | [n̠ʲ] ny | [ŋ] ng’ | ||
slack voice | [m̤] mh | [n̤] nh | [n̤ʲ] nyh | [ŋ̈] ngh | |||
Approximant | fully voiced | [l] l | [j] y | [w] w | |||
slack voice | [l̤] lh | [j̈] yh | [w̤] wh |