Af Mexee
Af Mexee is a Somali language.
Introduction
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
Shibliyooyka
' b p t j ch x kh d th r s sh dh c g gh f q k l m n ny w h y
Vowels
Shaqlooyka
a e i o u
aa ee ii oo uu
Diphthongs
ay aw ey oy ow
aay aaw eey ooy oow
Consonants
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ny /ɲ/ | ||||||
| Stop consonant | voiceless | (p) | t /t̪/ | k | q | ' /ʔ/ | |||
| voiced | b | d /d̪/ | dh /ɖ/ | ɡ | |||||
| Affricate | voiceless | ch /tʃ/ | |||||||
| voiced | j /dʒ/ | ||||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | sh /ʃ/ | kh /x/ | x /ħ/ | h | ||
| voiced | p /β/ | th /ð/ | gh /ɣ/ | c /ʕ/ | |||||
| Approximant | l | y /j/ | w | ||||||
| Trill | r /r~ɾ/ | ||||||||
Vowels
a e i o u
aa ee ii oo uu
ay aw ey oy ow
aay aaw eey ooy oow
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Syllable structure is (C)V(C)
Morphophonology
Sandhi
Morphology
Pronouns
Nouns
Definite: -ka (masculine), -ta (feminine) -> subject to Sandhi rules
Plural: -ooyn (definite: -ooyka)