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'''Enkesh'''(/ɛŋ.kɛʃ/, <small>Enkesh:</small> ['e.ɳe.koʃwan]) is a Nakna-Tiwaic language spoken natively on the river banks of the Anippa/Anéppa river, which is a major source of irrigation water for most pastures in the nation of Anéppia, as well as for the nomadic tribal confederacy of Bawakyawan. | '''Enkesh'''(/ɛŋ.kɛʃ/, <small>Enkesh:</small> ['e.ɳe.koʃwan]) is a Nakna-Tiwaic language spoken natively on the river banks of the Anippa/Anéppa river, which is a major source of irrigation water for most pastures in the nation of Anéppia, as well as for the nomadic tribal confederacy of Bawakyawan. | ||
The formation of the Enkesh language is actually an ongoing conversion of Nakna languages into a singular language of varied dialects throughout the centuries. The first records of linguistic converging among Nakna languages was recorded in 1889, when linguists discovered that the now extinct Bawak(''bémékoẃanma'') language | The formation of the Enkesh language is actually an ongoing conversion of Nakna languages into a singular language of varied dialects throughout the centuries. The first records of linguistic converging among Nakna languages was recorded in 1889, when linguists discovered that the now extinct Bawak(''bémékoẃanma'') language and Yawa languages had grown similar enough to be considered dialects of a single language. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||