Endeqwo
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Endeqwo | |
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n̥deqʷo/n̥-de-qʷo | |
Pronunciation | [n̩.de.qʷo] |
Created by | wfosøra |
Endeqwo (endonym: n̥deqʷo; Endeqwo: [n̩.de.qʷo) is an isolate language, it's mainly inspired by Caucasian languages like Ubykh and Georgian, as well as many other Polysynthetic languages.
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | alveolar | post -alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Uvular | ||||||||
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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 |
Labialization always acts as a /w/ like sound, even in the labial series, where /pʷ/ is not protruded.
Consonants distinguish length, as can be seen in the 2nd person object marker, "-qqe" (/qːe/)
Vowels
front | back | |
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Close | i | u |
Mid | e | o |
open | a |
Syllable structure
The maximum is CVC, this only occurs in compound words like 'tʷʼen' (good life)