Endeqwo
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| Endeqwo | |
|---|---|
| ნდეჸჳო (ndeqʷo) | |
| Pronunciation | [n̩.de.qʷo] |
| Created by | wfosøra |
| Date | 10/27/24 (M/D/Y) |
Endeqwo (endonym: ndeqʷo; 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, and despite its appearance of efficiency, Ithkuil had no influence in its creation, though there is a separate version that was, ndq̀o
Etymology
ნდეჸჳო is a compound of ნ (n; life) + -დე (-de; of our kind (like -ish)) + ჸჳო (qʷo; language), so it literally translates as 'The language of life of our kind', thus 'language of our people'
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | alveolar | post -alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Uvular | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | plain | lab. | lat. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | |||
| Nasal | m მ | mʷ მჳ | n ნ | nʷ ნჳ | ŋ ჷ | ŋʷ ჷჳ | |||||||
| Stop | voiceless | p ფ | pʷ ფჳ | t თ | tʷ თჳ | k ქ | kʷ ქჳ | q ჸ | qʷ ჸჳ | ||||
| voiced | b ბ | bʷ ბჳ | d დ | dʷ დჳ | g გ | gʷ გჳ | ɢ ჹ | ɢʷ ჹჳ | |||||
| ejective | pʼ პ | pʷʼ პჳ | tʼ ტ | tʷʼ ტჳ | kʼ კ | kʷʼ კჳ | qʼ ყ | qʷʼ ყჳ | |||||
| affricate | voiceless | p͡f ფჶ | p͡fʷ ფჶჳ | t͡s ც | t͡sʷ ცჳ | t͡ɬ ჩ' | t͡ʃ ჩ | t͡ʃʷ ჩჳ | k͡x ქხ | k͡xʷ ქხჳ | q͡χ ჸჰ | q͡χʷ ჸჰჳ | |
| voiced | b͡v ბვ | b͡vʷ ბვჳ | d͡z ძ | d͡zʷ ძჳ | d͡ɮ ჯ' | d͡ʒ ჯ | d͡ʒʷ ჯჳ | g͡ɣ გღ | g͡ɣʷ გღჳ | ɢ͡ʁ ჹჵ | ɢ͡ʁʷ ჹჵჳ | ||
| ejective | p͡fʼ პჶ | p͡fʷʼ პჶჳ | t͡sʼ წ | t͡sʷʼ წჳ | t͡ɬʼ ჭ' | t͡ʃʼ ჭ | t͡ʃʷʼ ჭჳ | k͡xʼ კხ | k͡xʷʼ კხჳ | q͡χʼ ყჰ | q͡χʷʼ ყჰჳ | ||
| fricative | voiceless | f ჶ | fʷ ჶჳ | s ს | sʷ სჳ | ɬ შ' | ʃ შ | ʃʷ შჳ | x ხ | xʷ ხჳ | χ ჰ | χʷ ჰჳ | |
| voiced | v ვ | vʷ ვჳ | z ზ | zʷ ზჳ | ɮ ჟ' | ʒ ჟ | ʒʷ ჟჳ | ɣ ღ | ɣʷ ღჳ | ʁ ჵ | ʁʷ ჵჳ | ||
| ejective | fʼ ჶჼ | fʷʼ ჶჳჼ | sʼ სჼ | sʷʼ სჳჼ | ɬʼ შ'ჼ | ʃʼ შჼ | ʃʷʼ შჳჼ | xʼ ხჼ | xʷʼ ხჳჼ | χʼ ჰჼ | χʷʼ ჰჳჼ | ||
| 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/)
There are a few consonants that can syllabic, /n/, /nʷ/, /ŋ/, /ŋʷ/, /l/, /r/, and most ejectives.
Vowels
| front | back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i ი | u უ |
| Mid | e ე | o ო |
| open | a ა |
Syllable structure
The maximum is (CC)V(CC), this only occurs in compound words like 'tʷʼen' (/tʷʼen/; good life), consonants can only cluster as 'stop-fric' or 'fric-stop' and voicedness must match, so a valid cluster would be /zd/ of /ft/, but /zt/ or /qd/ are invalid.
The only other allowed clusters are (S for stop) /Sr/, /Sl/, and /Sj/, /Sw/ is not possible because this would turn to /Sʷ/.