Gapauti
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Gapauti is the native language of the Tsapeteg, a Kettek culture who live along the shores of the Tekingu Dattunga. Due to the easy trade relations the Tsapeteg have historically enjoyed with other cultures, both local and foreign, Gapauti has been used, and is still used today, as a major language in every country that borders the Tekingu Dattunga, as well as a good number of the cities that line the Kipesheye River.
Orthography
Phonology
Consonants
Consonant inventory: /b d dz g h j k kʰ l m n p pʰ r s t tsʰ tʰ ts x z ŋ ɾ ʃ/
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palato-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | pʰ p b | tʰ t d | kʰ k g | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||
| Affricative | tsʰ ts dz | ||||||
| Fricative | s z | ʃ | x | h | |||
| Approximant | l | j | |||||
| Tap | ɾ | ||||||
| Trill | r | ||||||
Vowels
Vowel inventory: /a e i u/
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-mid | e | ||
| Open | a |
Diphthongs: None
Phonotactics
Syllable structure for is (C)V(C), with no fixed stress pattern.
- /l/ turns into /s/ if before /k/
- /a/ becomes silent if before /i/
- /ŋ/ becomes /n/ before /i/
- /s/ becomes /h/ if between two vowels
- /n/ becomes /ɲ/ if before (consonant)
- /l/ becomes /ʎ/ if before (consonant)