Riqian
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Riqīmai (goħai riqīmai /ŋoħai riqi:mai/) was a Riqic language.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | q | ||||
| voiced | b | d | g | ||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | xw | h | |||||
| voiced | z | ||||||||
| Resonant | l | r | y | w | |||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i /i/ | ī /iː/ | u /u/ | ū /uː/ | ||
| Mid | e /ɛ/ | ē /eː/ | o /ɔ/ | ō /oː/ | ||
| Open | a /a/ | ā /aː/ | ||||
Phonotactics
CV dominant, no clusters except nC