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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a Quihum language, spoken by !Zoomers. It's a tonal language with clicks and mutations.
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a Quihum language spoken by Zoomers. It's a tonal language with clicks and mutations.
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Revision as of 06:17, 31 December 2017

Tłkaw is a Quihum language spoken by Zoomers. It's a tonal language with clicks and mutations.

Introduction

Phonology

Orthography

Largely phonetic; use ligatures for clicks

Consonants

A lot of clicks - voicing and/or aspiration is neutralized in post-tonal clicks, however.

Vowels

/a i u a: i: u: ai au ə/ a i u â î û ai au e

/ə/ is a common outcome of vowel reduction and can only occur in unstressed syllables.

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources