Ixhosahedron

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Introduction

Ixhosahedron is intended to be clickless Xhosa gibberish.


Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental/Alveolar Postalveolar Velar Glottal
central lateral
Plosive tenuis/ejective [pʼ] p [tʼ] t [t̠ʲʼ] ty [kʼ] k
aspirated [pʰ] ph [tʰ] th [t̠ʲʰ] tyh [kʰ] kh
slack voice [b̥ʱ] bh [d̥ʱ] d [d̠̥ʲʱ] dy [ɡ̊ʱ] g
implosive [ɓ] b
Affricate ejective [tsʼ] ts [t̠ʃʼ] tsh [kxʼ] kr
aspirated [tsʰ] ths [t̠ʃʰ] thsh
slack voice [d̥zʱ] dz 3 [d̠̥ʒʱ] j
Fricative voiceless [f] f [s] s [ɬ] hl [ʃ] sh [x] rh [h] h
slack voice [v̤] v [z̤] z [ɮ̈] dl [ʒ̈] zh 2 [ɣ̈] gr [ɦ] hh
Nasal fully voiced [m] m [n] n [n̠ʲ] ny [ŋ] ng’
slack voice [m̤] mh [n̤] nh [n̤ʲ] nyh [ŋ̈] ngh 4
Approximant fully voiced [l] l [j] y [w] w
slack voice [l̤] lh [j̈] yh [w̤] wh

Vowels

Orthography

Consonants

Vowels

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

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Example texts

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