Khattish

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Khattish Zupett [zɯpət'] is the language of Khat region in Grundet. Khattish derives from Proto-West-Herookuan languages and is a very distant relative of Rinapri. While Khattish is a cousin language of [[Sceptrian}}, the strong influence from Kher languages has made it hard to recognize the shared traits.

noun cases (ABS, ERG, DAT, GEN, LOC, ABL), ergative-absolutive alignment, SOV (verb-final) and octal numeral base.

Phonology

Cekara.JPG

Consonants

Standard Khattish features a very strict set of phonemes with only four places of articulation. Dialects show some variations such as labio-dental and post-alveolar fricatives

Bilabial Alveolar Velar Uvular
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive p b t d k g
Fricative ɸ β z s x ɣ
Affricate t͡s kx
Approximant ɹ ɰ
Trill ʙ r ʀ

Co-articulated approximant: [w]

Ejectives: [pʼ], [tʼ] and [kʼ]

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close ɯ u
Mid e ə
Open-mid ʌ ɔ

Orthography

Formal Khattish uses featural abjad script Cekara shown above with its romanization.