Tuna Sandwich

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Introduction

Tuna Sandwich or Tuna Saanich is intended to parody Saanich - it is a Salish-esque language using currency symbols for letters.

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Dental Alveolar Post-
alveolar
Palatal Prevelar Post-velar Glottal
central lateral plain rounded plain rounded
Stop plain p t k̟ʷ k̠ʷ ʔ
ejective k̟ʷʼ k̠ʼ k̠ʷʼ
Affricate plain ts
glottalized ts̪ʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ
Fricative ɬ ʃ x̟ʷ x̠ʷ h
Nasal plain m n
glottalized
Approximant plain l j w
glottalized

Vowels

Orthography

  • ₳ = /a/
  • ฿ = /p/
  • ​₫ = /t/
  • ₯ = /ts/
  • € = /i/
  • ¢ = /tʃ/
  • ₵ = /q/
  • ​₡ = /kʷ/
  • ₲ = /qʷ/
  • ​₣ = /w/
  • ₰ = /f/
  • ₴ = /ʔ/
  • Ħ = /h/
  • ₭ = /x/
  • £ = /l/
  • ₤ = /ɬ/
  • ℳ = /m/
  • ₦ = /n/
  • ¤ = /ə/
  • ₱ = /pʼ/
  • ₧ = /r/
  • $ = /s̪/
  • ₪ = /ʃ/
  • ৳ = /tʃʼ/
  • ​₮ = /tɬʼ/
  • ₩ = /u/
  • X̱ = /χ/
  • ¥ = /j/
  • zł = /zʷ/