Ixhosahedron
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Introduction
Ixhosahedron, or M-Neck Thai, is a mirror counterpart to Neck Thai, spoken in M-Hussmauch. It is intended to be Xhosa gibberish without clicks.
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Dental/Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Glottal | |||
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central | lateral | ||||||
Plosive | tenuis/ejective | p /pʼ/ | t /tʼ/ | ty /t̠ʲʼ/ | k /kʼ/ | ||
aspirated | ph /pʰ/ | th /tʰ/ | tyh /t̠ʲʰ/ | kh /kʰ/ | |||
slack voice | bh /b̥ʱ/ | d /d̥ʱ/ | dy /d̠̥ʲʱ/ | g /ɡ̊ʱ/ | |||
implosive | b /ɓ/ | ||||||
Affricate | ejective | ts /tsʼ/ | tsh /t̠ʃʼ/ | kr /kxʼ/ | |||
aspirated | ths /tsʰ/ | thsh /t̠ʃʰ/ | |||||
slack voice | dz /d̥zʱ/ | j /d̠̥ʒʱ/ | |||||
Fricative | voiceless | f /f/ | s /s/ | hl /ɬ/ | sh /ʃ/ | rh /x/ | h /h/ |
slack voice | v /v̤/ | z /z̤/ | dl /ɮ̈/ | zh /ʒ̈/ | gr /ɣ̈/ | hh /ɦ/ | |
Nasal | fully voiced | m /m/ | n /n/ | ny /n̠ʲ/ | ng’ /ŋ/ | ||
slack voice | mh /m̤/ | nh /n̤/ | nyh /n̤ʲ/ | ngh /ŋ̈/ | |||
Approximant | fully voiced | l /l/ | y /j/ | w /w/ | |||
slack voice | lh /l̤/ | yh /j̈/ | wh /w̤/ |