Tuna Saanich

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Introduction

Tuna Saanich is intended to parody Saanich - it is a Salish-esque language using currency symbols for letters.

Phonology

﷼ = ?

Consonants

Bilabial Dental Alveolar Post-
alveolar
Palatal Prevelar Post-velar Glottal
central lateral plain rounded plain rounded
Nasal ₥ /m/ ₦ /n/
Stop plain ฿ /p~b/ ₫ /t~d/ ​₵ /k̟ʷ/ ₭ /k̠/ ₲ /k̠ʷ/ ₴ /ʔ/
ejective ₱ /pʼ/ ₡ /k̟ʷʼ/ Ҝ /k̠ʼ/ Ғ /k̠ʷʼ/
Affricate plain ₯ /ts/ Ⱦ /tɬ/ ¢ /tʃ/
glottalized ₧ /tsʼ/ ​₮ /tɬʼ/ ৳/ tʃʼ/
Fricative $ /s̪/ zł /zʷ/ ₤ /ɬ/ ₪ /ʃ/ ₰ /xʷ/ X̱ /x̠/ Ħ /h/
Approximant ₨ /r/ £ /l/ ¥ /j/ ₩ /w/

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close /i/ Ʉ /u/
Mid ¤ /ə/
Open /a/