Hlou-Shum languages
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Xaetjeonw (Xaetjeonw: raeychnae Xaetjeonw) is a Kammalic language based on Praimhín's Rencadian (now abandoned).
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Lateral | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ng /ŋ/ | ||||||
| Stop/Affricate | tenuis | b /p/ | d /t/ | dz /ts/ | dx /tɬ/ | dj /tʃ/ | g /k/ | ||
| aspirated | p /pʰ/ | t /tʰ/ | ts /tsʰ/ | tq /tɬʰ/ | tj /tʃʰ/ | c /kʰ/ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | f /f/ | th /θ/ | s /s/ | q /ɬ/ | sj /ʃ/ | ch /x/ | h /h/ | |
| voiced | v /v/ | dh /ð/ | z /z/ | x /ɮ/ | zj /ʒ/ | gh /ɣ/ | |||
| Approximant | l /ɫ/ | y /j/ | w /w/ | ||||||
| Trill | r /r/ | ||||||||
- Notes
- In casual speech, the unaspirated stops and affricates /p t ts tɬ tʃ k/ are voiced intervocalically to [b d dz dɮ dʒ ɡ].
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i, y /i/ | eu /ɨ/ | u /u/ |
| Mid | e /e/ | eo /ə/ | o /o/ |
| Open | a /a/ |
Lenition
| Normal | p | t | ts | s | tq | q | tj | sj | c | b | d | dz | z | dx | x | dj | zj | g |
| Lenited | f | th | s | h | q | h | sj | h | ch | v | dh | z | 0 | x | 0 | zj | 0 | gh |
| Normal | m | n | ng | w | l | r | y |
| Lenited | w | n | w | w | w | r | y |
Prosody
Stress
In native words stress is on the first syllable, not counting prefixes. In loans (e.g. from Vrushka) stress falls on the same syllable as in the source language.