Xaetjeonw (Xaetjeonw: raeychnae Xaetjeonw) is a Kammalic language based on Praimhín's Rencadian (now abandoned).
Phonology
Consonants
|
Labial |
Dental |
Alveolar |
Lateral |
Postalveolar |
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 /i/
|
eu /ɨ/
|
u /u/
|
| Mid
|
e /e/
|
eo /ə/
|
o /o/
|
| 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 |
w |
w |
w |
r |
y
|
Prosody
Stress
In native words stress is on the first syllable, not counting prefixes. In loans (e.g. from Vrushka) stress falls on the same syllable as in the source language.
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology