Tuna Saanich
Introduction
Tuna Saanich is intended to parody Saanich - it is a Salish-esque language using currency symbols for letters.
Phonology
﷼ = ?
Consonants
Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Palatal | Prevelar | Post-velar | Glottal | |||||
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central | lateral | plain | rounded | plain | rounded | |||||||
Nasal | ₥ /m/ | ₦ /n/ | ||||||||||
Stop | plain | ฿ /p~b/ | ₫ /t~d/ | ₵ /k̟ʷ/ | ₭ /k̠/ | ₲ /k̠ʷ/ | ₴ /ʔ/ | |||||
ejective | ₱ /pʼ/ | ₡ /k̟ʷʼ/ | Ҝ /k̠ʼ/ | Ғ /k̠ʷʼ/ | ||||||||
Affricate | plain | ₯ /ts/ | Ⱦ /tɬ/ | ¢ /tʃ/ | ||||||||
glottalized | ₧ /tsʼ/ | ₮ /tɬʼ/ | ৳/ tʃʼ/ | |||||||||
Fricative | $ /s̪/ | zł /zʷ/ | ₤ /ɬ/ | ₪ /ʃ/ | ₰ /xʷ/ | X̱ /x̠/ | Ħ /h/ | |||||
Approximant | ₨ /r/ | £ /l/ | ¥ /j/ | ₩ /w/ |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | € /i/ | Ʉ /u/ | |
Mid | ¤ /ə/ | ||
Open | ₳ /a/ |