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| '''dż''' /dʐ/
| '''dż''' /dʐ/
| '''dź, dzi''' /dʑ/
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| '''dh''' /dʰ/, '''dzh''' /dzʰ/
| '''dh''' /dʰ/, '''dzh''' /dzʰ/
| '''dżh''' /dʐʰ/
| '''dżh''' /dʐʰ/
| '''dźh, dzhi''' /dʑʰ/
| '''dźh''' /dʑʰ/
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| '''sz''' /ʂ/ || '''ś, si''' /ɕ/ || '''x''' /x/ ||  
| '''sz''' /ʂ/ || '''ś''' /ɕ/ || '''x''' /x/ ||  
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!<small>voiced</small>
!<small>voiced</small>
| '''w''' /v/
| '''w''' /v/
| '''z''' /z/ || '''ż, rz''' /ʐ/ || '''ź, zi''' /ʑ/ ||  || '''h''' /ɦ/
| '''z''' /z/ || '''ż, rz''' /ʐ/ || '''ź''' /ʑ/ ||  || '''h''' /ɦ/
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!colspan="2"| Liquid
!colspan="2"| Liquid

Revision as of 01:40, 15 May 2021

Zeuhi (Zöhi dażbo /zøɦi daʐbo/; zöhi is from Classical Ilithian jľoudh + the Semitic nisba suffix -i) or Modern Ilithian is the main modern descendant of Classical Ilithian. It is in a sprachbund with Neo-Aramaic varieties and Ašča.

Lexicon

śüc = good (< jsúrt)

Śiżen = a name (< Jsužen)

źesi = diligent (< jvesu)

żöci = meat (< žouštu)

dażbo = tongue, language (< dažvá)

Phonology

Consonants

→ PoA
↓ Manner
Labial Dental/Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ń /ɲ/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive tenuis p /p/ t /t/, c /ts/ cz /tʂ/ ć /tɕ/ k /k/
voiced b /b/ d /d/, dz /dz/ /dʐ/ /dʑ/ g /g/
breathy bh /bʰ/ dh /dʰ/, dzh /dzʰ/ dżh /dʐʰ/ dźh /dʑʰ/
Fricative unvoiced [f] s /s/ sz /ʂ/ ś /ɕ/ x /x/
voiced w /v/ z /z/ ż, rz /ʐ/ ź /ʑ/ h /ɦ/
Liquid l /l/, r /r/

Vowels

Front Back
unrounded rounded
Close i /i/ ü /y/ u /u/
Mid e /e/ ö /ø/ o /o/
Open ä /æ/ a /ɑ/

Morphology

Nouns