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Xijekian Xìjekìx
Spoken in:	Xìjek
Conworld:	(universe)
Total speakers:	150M
Genealogical classification:	Vermicja Jakkìx Xìjekìx
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.

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+{|border=1 cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=50% class="bordertable" style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; font-size: 95%; float: right;"
+|colspan="2" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center" |{{#if:  | '''''' | {{#if:  | '''''' }} }} {{#if:  | {{#if:  | <br> | {{#if:  | <br> }} }} ''''''''''  }} {{#if:  || {{#if:  || {{#if:  || {{ #if:  | '''''' | {{ #if:  | '''''' | {{ #if:  | | '''Xijekian''' }} }} }} {{ #if:  | {{ #if:  | <br>'''''''''' | {{ #if:  | <br> ''''''''''| '''''''''' |}} }} |{{ #if:  | | {{ #if:  | | <br>'''''Xìjekìx'''''}} }} }} }} }} }}
+|-
+|valign="top"|Spoken in:
+||Xìjek {{ #if:  | () | {{ #if:  | () }} }}
+|-
+|valign="top"|[[Conworld]]:
+||(universe)
+|-
+|valign="top"|Total speakers:
+||150M
+|-
+|valign="top"|Genealogical classification:
+||Vermicja
+:Jakkìx
+::{{#if:  ||{{#if: dialect english ||{{#if: dialect English ||'''}}}} }}Xìjekìx{{#if:  ||{{#if: dialect english ||{{#if: dialect English ||'''}}}} }}
+{{#if:  |::::'''  ('''')''' | {{#if:  | '''''' | {{#if:  | '''''' | }} }} }}
+|-
+|valign="top"|[[Basic word order]]:
+||VSO
+|-
+|valign="top"|[[Morphological type]]:
+|| Fusional
+|-
+|valign="top"|[[Morphosyntactic alignment]]:
+|| Nominative-Accusative
+|-
+|valign="top"|[[Writing system]]:
+|| Kaw Script
+|-
+|colspan="2" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center" |'''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.
+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'''
+<br/>
+<div style="text-align: center;">
+{| style="text-align: center; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0;"
+!colspan=17 style="text-align:center; background: #efefef;"| Consonants
+|- style="vertical-align: center; font-size: x-small; height: 2em"
+| ||colspan=2| Bilabial ||colspan=2| Labiod. ||colspan=2| Dental ||colspan=2| Alveolar ||colspan=2| Post-alv. ||colspan=2| Retroflex ||colspan=2| Palatal ||colspan=2| Velar ||colspan=2 |Uvular ||colspan=2 |Pharyngeal ||colspan=2|Glottal
+|-
+|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Plosive || {{IPA|p}} || {{IPA|b}} || || || || || || || || || {{IPA|ʈ}} || {{IPA|ɖ}} || || || {{IPA|k}} || || {{IPA|q}} || || || ||{{IPA|ʔ}} ||
+|-
+|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Fricative || || || || {{IPA|v}} || || || {{IPA|s}} || {{IPA|z}} || {{IPA|ʃ}} || {{IPA|ʒ}} || || || || || {{IPA|x}} || {{IPA|ɣ}} || || || ||{{IPA|ʕ}}
+|-
+|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Lateral Fricative || || || || || || || {{IPA|ɬ}} || {{IPA|ɮ}} || || || || ||
+|-
+|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Affricate || || || || || {{IPA|ts}} || {{IPA|dz}} || || || {{IPA|tʃ}} || {{IPA|dʒ}}
+|-
+|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Lateral Affricate || || || || || {{IPA|tɬ}} || {{IPA|dɮ}}
+|-
+|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Approximants || || {{IPA|w}} || || || || || || || || || || || || {{IPA|j}}
+|}
+</div>
+'''Vowels'''
+<br/>
+<div style="text-align: center;">
+{| style="text-align: center; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0;"
+!colspan=11 style="text-align:center; background: #efefef;"| Vowels
+|- style="vertical-align: center; font-size: x-small; height: 2em"
+| ||colspan=2| Front ||colspan=2| Near-front ||colspan=2| Central ||colspan=2| Near-back ||colspan=2| Back
+|-
+|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| High || {{IPA|i}} || {{IPA|y}} || || || || || || || {{IPA|ɯ}} || {{IPA|u}}
+|-
+|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Low-mid || || || {{IPA|ɛ}} || {{IPA|œ}} || || || || || {{IPA|ʌ}}|| {{IPA|ɔ}}
+|-
+|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Low || || || || || {{IPA|a}} || {{IPA|ɶ}}
+|}
+</div>
+'''Syllable structure'''
+Xijekian syllables have the following structure:
+(C)(C)(C)V(V)(C)(C)
-Xìjekìx
+==Morphology==
+Nouns
+Xijekian nouns have three genders, two numbers and two animacy.

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