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'''Xaetjeonw''' /ɮɛtʃə̃w/ (Xaetjeonw: ''raeychnae Aetjeonw'') is a Kammalic language based on Praimhín's Rencadian (which has been abandoned by the author).
'''Xaetjeonw''' /ɮɛtʃə̃w/ (Xaetjeonw: ''raeychnae Aetjeonw'') is a Kammalic language based on Praimhín's Rencadian (which has been abandoned by the author).


*Xaetjeonw numbers: zaenw, xngor, natsae, lofae, daliw, qanw, rohae, lihae, patsae, ceoyor
*Rencado-Naquian numbers: baenw, diho, nasjae, qovae, dzlihae, pael, othae, leusaethae, baswae, gaeyo
==Phonology==
==Phonology==



Revision as of 04:48, 2 March 2016

Xaetjeonw /ɮɛtʃə̃w/ (Xaetjeonw: raeychnae Aetjeonw) is a Kammalic language based on Praimhín's Rencadian (which has been abandoned by the author).

  • Xaetjeonw numbers: zaenw, xngor, natsae, lofae, daliw, qanw, rohae, lihae, patsae, ceoyor
  • Rencado-Naquian numbers: baenw, diho, nasjae, qovae, dzlihae, pael, othae, leusaethae, baswae, gaeyo

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 w 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