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Derkha (English: DERK-uh /dɚkə/, natively dẹkhazhạlaŋ /deːʵkʰadzʰaʵlaŋ/) is an ancient Quihum language inspired by Sanskrit and English.
Todo
intervocalic r > long rhotic vowel or short rhotic vowel + l?
Numbers: čāmaŋ, ticạ̄, ...
something like "bhudh-tos > bhudda"
e, o > i, u?
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ŋ /ŋ/ | ||||
| Plosive | plain | p /p/ | t /t/ | k /k/ | q /q/ | ||
| aspirated | ph /pʰ/ | th /tʰ/ | kh /kʰ/ | qh /qʰ/ | |||
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | g /g/ | ɢ /ɢ/ | |||
| breathy voiced | bh /bʰ/ | dh /dʰ/ | gh /gʰ/ | ɢh /ɢʰ/ | |||
| Fricative | s /s/ | š /ʃ/ | h /h/ | ||||
| Affricate | plain | c /ts/ | č /tʃ/ | ||||
| aspirated | ch /tsʰ/ | čh /tʃʰ/ | |||||
| voiced | z /dz/ | j /dʒ/ | |||||
| breathy voiced | zh /dzʰ/ | jh /dʒʰ/ | |||||
| Approximant | w /w/ | l /l/ | y /j/ | ||||
Initial ŋ is disallowed.
Vowels
a i u aʵ iʵ uʵ aː eː iː oː uː aːʵ eːʵ iːʵ oːʵ uːʵ ai au aəʵ 〈a i u ạ ị ụ ā e ī o ū ạ̄ ẹ ị̄ ọ ụ̄ æ å æ̣〉