Qymara
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| Qymara | |
|---|---|
| Qymare Oya | |
| Created by | Rafael Santos |
| Native speakers | ca. 7,000,000 (2017) |
Aymor
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Qymara (English: [ kʷɪ'ma.rə ], Qymara: [ qy'mɑ.χɑ ]) it's an aymor language spoken in Brazilian northwest. It's the most conservative and widely spoken qymarian language. Its first texts were found in a cave near Rio Branco and were written in a logographic writing system that also uses phonetical information on the symbols, it's thought that writing system was inspired by the central-American writing systems, but no one knows how the two people group had contact.
Phonology
IPA
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | y ỹ | |
| Mid | e ẽ | o õ |
| Open | ɑ ɑ̃ |
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Uvular | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |
| Plosivel | p | t | c | q |
| Aspirated Plosive | pʰ | tʰ | cʰ | qʰ |
| Fricative | ɸ | s | ç | χ |
| Approximant | l | ɥ |
Orthography
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | y ỹ | |
| Mid | e ẽ | o õ |
| Open | a ã |
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Uvular | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ñ | |
| Plosivel | p | t | c | q |
| Aspirated Plosive | p̊ | t̊ | c̊ | q̊ |
| Fricative | v | s | z | r |
| Approximant | l | y |