Xìjekìx
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| Xijekian Xìjekìx | |
| Spoken in: | Xìjek |
| Conworld: | (universe) |
| Total speakers: | 150M |
| Genealogical classification: | Vermicja
|
| Basic word order: | VSO |
| Morphological type: | Fusional |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | Nominative-Accusative |
| Writing system: | Kaw Script |
| Created by: | |
| Andrea Tognacci | 20 Nov 2018 |
Xìjekìx ("Language of ruin(s)", in English called Xijekian) is a language of the Jakkìx branch of the Vermicja family.
It's spoken mainly in Xìjek and the surrounding regions, with a total of around 150M people.
Unlike other languages of the Vermicja family, Xìjekìx lost all the nasals and the vibrants, and added two lateral fricatives (/ɬ/ and /ɮ/) and two lateral affricates (/tɬ/ and /dɮ/).
Phonology
Consonants
| Consonants | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Labiod. | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alv. | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | ʈ | ɖ | k | q | ʔ | |||||||||||||||
| Fricative | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | ɣ | ʕ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral Fricative | ɬ | ɮ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Affricate | ts | dz | tʃ | dʒ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral Affricate | tɬ | dɮ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximants | w | j | ||||||||||||||||||||
Vowels
| Vowels | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | ||||||
| High | i | y | ɯ | u | ||||||
| Low-mid | ɛ | œ | ʌ | ɔ | ||||||
| Low | a | ɶ | ||||||||
Syllable structure Xijekian syllables have the following structure: (C)(C)(C)V(V)(C)(C)
Morphology
Nouns Xijekian nouns have three genders, two numbers and two animacy.
