Endeqwo

Endeqwo
ნდეჸჿო (n̥deqʷo)
Pronunciation	[n̩.de.qʷo]
Created by	wfosøra
Language family	language isolate
Writing system	Latin

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

Consonant phonemes

		Labial		alveolar			post -alveolar		Palatal	Velar		Uvular
		plain	lab.	plain	lab.	lat.	plain	lab.		plain	lab.	plain	lab.
Nasal		m მ	mʷ მჿ	n ნ	nʷ ნჿ					ŋ ნგ	ŋʷ ნგჿ
Stop	voiceless	p ფ	pʷ ფჿ	t თ	tʷ თჿ					k ქ	kʷ ქჿ	q ჸ	qʷ ჸჿ
	voiced	b ბ	bʷ ბჿ	d დ	dʷ დჿ					g გ	gʷ გჿ	ɢ ჹ	ɢʷ ჹჿ
	ejective	pʼ პ	pʷʼ პჿ	tʼ ტ	tʷʼ ტჿ					kʼ კ	kʷʼ კჿ	qʼ ყ	qʷʼ ყჿ
affricate	voiceless	p͡f ფჶ	p͡fʷ ფჶჿ	t͡s ც	t͡sʷ ცჿ	t͡ɬ ჩ'	t͡ʃ ჩ	t͡ʃʷ ჩჿ		k͡x ქხ	k͡xʷ ქხჿ	q͡χ ჸჰ	q͡χʷ ჸჰჿ
	voiced	b͡v ბვ	b͡vʷ ბვჿ	d͡z ძ	d͡zʷ ძჿ	d͡ɮ ჯ'	d͡ʒ ჯ	d͡ʒʷ ჯჿ		g͡ɣ გღ	g͡ɣʷ გღჿ	ɢ͡ʁ ჹჵ	ɢ͡ʁʷ ჹჵჿ
	ejective	p͡fʼ პჶ	p͡fʷʼ პჶჿ	t͡sʼ წ	t͡sʷʼ წჿ	t͡ɬʼ ჭ'	t͡ʃʼ ჭ	t͡ʃʷʼ ჭჿ		k͡xʼ კხ	k͡xʷʼ კხჿ	q͡χʼ ყჰ	q͡χʷʼ ყჰჿ
fricative	voiceless	f ჶ	fʷ ჶჿ	s ს	sʷ სჿ	ɬ შ'	ʃ შ	ʃʷ შჿ		x ხ	xʷ ხჿ	χ ჰ	χʷ ჰჿ
	voiced	v ვ	vʷ ვჿ	z ზ	zʷ ზჿ	ɮ ჟ'	ʒ ჟ	ʒʷ ჟჿ		ɣ ღ	ɣʷ ღჿ	ʁ ჵ	ʁʷ ჵჿ
	ejective	fʼ ჶჼ	fʷʼ ჶჿჼ	sʼ სჼ	sʷʼ სჿჼ	ɬʼ შ'ჼ	ʃʼ შჼ	ʃʷʼ შჿჼ		xʼ ხჼ	xʷʼ ხჿჼ	χʼ ჰჼ	χʷʼ ჰჿჼ
Approximant						l ლ			j ჲ		w ჳ
Trill				r რ

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

Vowel phonemes

	front	back
Close	i ი	u უ
Mid	e ე	o ო
open	a ა

Syllable structure

The maximum is CVC, this only occurs in compound words like 'tʷʼen' (/tʷʼen/; good life)

Syntax

Other resources

Phrases