Hlou-Shum languages
Xaetjeonw /ɮɛtʃən/ (Xaetjeon: baeyghnae Xaetjeon) is a Naquic language whose aesthetics is based on Praimhín's Rencadian (which has been abandoned by the author).
Numbers 1-12: baev, diho, natj-S, tqov, dzaweo, bael-S, oth, loseoth, bas-S, gaeyo, dav, dadheo-S (multiples of 3 seimhiu)
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/ | |||||
- 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
| 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
Morphology
Nouns
Number
Plural nouns are marked with a prefix dxa-L.
Definiteness
Definite nouns are marked with a suffix -nae.
Adjectives
Adjectives following feminine nouns lenite.