Ndq̀o

Endqwa
ndq̀a
Pronunciation	[n̩d.qʷa]
Created by	wfosøra
Date	10/31/24 (M/D/Y)
Language family	language isolate
Writing system	Latin

Endqwa (endonym: ndq̀a; Endqwa: [n̩d.qʷa) is the experimental version of its sister, Endeqwo, it works a lot like Ithkuil, except with a much larger sound inventory, allowing for even more distinctions, this language makes little attempt at pronouncability, instead favoring efficiency.

Etymology

ნდეჸჳო is a compound of n (life) + -d (of our kind (like -ish)) + q̀o (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	mʷ	n	nʷ					ŋ	ŋʷ
Stop	voiceless	p	pʷ	t	tʷ					k	kʷ	q	qʷ
	voiced	b	bʷ	d	dʷ					g	gʷ	ɢ	ɢʷ
	ejective	pʼ	pʷʼ	tʼ	tʷʼ					kʼ	kʷʼ	qʼ	qʷʼ
affricate	voiceless	p͡f	p͡fʷ	t͡s	t͡sʷ	t͡ɬ	t͡ʃ	t͡ʃʷ		k͡x	k͡xʷ	q͡χ	q͡χʷ
	voiced	b͡v	b͡vʷ	d͡z	d͡zʷ	d͡ɮ	d͡ʒ	d͡ʒʷ		g͡ɣ	g͡ɣʷ	ɢ͡ʁ	ɢ͡ʁʷ
	ejective	p͡fʼ	p͡fʷʼ	t͡sʼ	t͡sʷʼ	t͡ɬʼ	t͡ʃʼ	t͡ʃʷʼ		k͡xʼ	k͡xʷʼ	q͡χʼ	q͡χʷʼ
fricative	voiceless	f	fʷ	s	sʷ	ɬ	ʃ	ʃʷ		x	xʷ	χ	χʷ
	voiced	v	vʷ	z	zʷ	ɮ	ʒ	ʒʷ		ɣ	ɣʷ	ʁ	ʁʷ
	ejective	fʼ	fʷʼ	sʼ	sʷʼ	ɬʼ	ʃʼ	ʃʷʼ		xʼ	xʷʼ	χʼ	χʷʼ
Approximant						l			j		w
Trill				r

Vowels

Vowel phonemes

	front		back
Close	i	y	ɯ	u
Mid	e	ø	ɤ	o
open	a

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