Ndq̀o

Endqwo
ndq̀o
Pronunciation	[n̩d.qʷo]
Created by	wfosøra
Date	10/31/24 (M/D/Y)
Writing system	Latin

Endqwo (endonym: ndq̀o; Endqwo: [n̩d.qʷo) is the experimental version of its sister, Endeqwo, it works like, and takes large inspiration from, Ithkuil, except with a much larger sound inventory, allowing for even more distinctions, this language makes a very small attempt at pronouncability, favoring efficiency, which is obvious from words like "atnmŝt̂ṡesṕos", pronounced /at.nmt͡sʷʼ.tʷʼt͡ses.pʼos/ or /at.nmt͡sʷʼtʷʼ.t͡ses.pʼos/ (I haven't decided)

Etymology

ndq̀o is a compound of n (life) + -d (of our kind (like -ish)) + q̀o (language), so it literally translates as 'The language of life of our kind', thus 'language of our people'

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes

		Labial		alveolar			post -alveolar		Palatal		Velar		Uvular
		plain	lab.	plain	lab.	lat.	plain	lab.	plain	lab.	plain	lab.	plain	lab.
Nasal		m	mʷ	n	nʷ				ɲ	ɲʷ	ŋ	ŋʷ	ɴ	ɴʷ
Stop	voiceless	p	pʷ	t	tʷ				c	cʷ	k	kʷ	q	qʷ
	voiced	b	bʷ	d	dʷ				ɟ	ɟʷ	g	gʷ	ɢ	ɢʷ
	ejective	pʼ	pʷʼ	tʼ	tʷʼ				cʼ	cʷʼ	kʼ	kʷʼ	qʼ	qʷʼ
affricate	voiceless	p͡f	p͡fʷ	t͡s	t͡sʷ	t͡ɬ	t͡ʃ	t͡ʃʷ	c͡ç	c͡çʷ	k͡x	k͡xʷ	q͡χ	q͡χʷ
	voiced	b͡v	b͡vʷ	d͡z	d͡zʷ	d͡ɮ	d͡ʒ	d͡ʒʷ	ɟ͡ʝ	ɟ͡ʝʷ	g͡ɣ	g͡ɣʷ	ɢ͡ʁ	ɢ͡ʁʷ
	ejective	p͡fʼ	p͡fʷʼ	t͡sʼ	t͡sʷʼ	t͡ɬʼ	t͡ʃʼ	t͡ʃʷʼ	c͡çʼ	c͡çʷʼ	k͡xʼ	k͡xʷʼ	q͡χʼ	q͡χʷʼ
fricative	voiceless	f	fʷ	s	sʷ	ɬ	ʃ	ʃʷ	ç	çʷ	x	xʷ	χ	χʷ
	voiced	v	vʷ	z	zʷ	ɮ	ʒ	ʒʷ	ʝʷ	ʝʷ	ɣ	ɣʷ	ʁ	ʁʷ
	ejective	fʼ	fʷʼ	sʼ	sʷʼ	ɬʼ	ʃʼ	ʃʷʼ	çʼ	çʷʼ	xʼ	xʷʼ	χʼ	χʷʼ
Approximant						l			j			w
Trill				r

Vowels

Vowel phonemes

	front		back
Close	i	y	ɯ	u
Mid	e	ø	ɤ	o
open	a

Syllable structure

Yes

Grammar

Credit to John Quijada and Ithkuil for much of what is here, I based a very large amount of grammar off that, and for many things I took Itgkuil documentation, simplified down the wording for my sake, and used that, so lots of credit to his work.

Morphology

This language has a complex and expansive grammar system, just as Ithkuil, this system is arguably more complex because it has all the distinctions of Ithkuil, plus some.

Other resources

Phrases