Hlou-Shum languages

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Xaetjeonw /ɮɛtʃən/ (Xaetjeon: baeychnae Xaetjeon) is a Naquic language whose aesthetics is based on Praimhín's Rencadian (which has been abandoned by the author).

Numbers 1-12: baev, diho, natj-S, tqov, dzaweo, bael-S, oth, loseoth, bas-S, gaeyo, dav, dadheo-S (multiples of 3 seimhiu)

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Lateral 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

Hlou-Shum languages vowels
Front Central Back
Close i /ɪ/ eu /ɨ/ u /ʊ/
Mid ae /ɛ/ eo /ə/ o /ɔ/
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 ng w w r y

Prosody

Stress

In native words stress is on the first syllable, not counting prefixes. In loans, stress falls on the same syllable as in the source language.

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns