Xaetjeonw /ɮɛtʃən/ (Xaetjeon: baeychnae Xaetjeon) is a Naquic language whose aesthetics is based on Praimhín's Rencadian (which has been abandoned by the author).
Numbers 1-10: baev, diho, natj-S, tqov, dzaweo, bael-S, oth, loseoth, bas-S, gaeyo
Phonology
Consonants
|
Labial |
Dental |
Alveolar |
Lateral |
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 /ɪ/
|
eu /ɨ/
|
u /ʊ/
|
| Mid
|
ae /ɛ/
|
eo /ə/
|
o /ɔ/
|
| 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 |
ng |
w |
w |
r |
y
|
Prosody
Stress
In native words stress is on the first syllable, not counting prefixes. In loans, stress falls on the same syllable as in the source language.
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology