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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/).
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/).


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PHONOLOGY
==Phonology==
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| ||colspan=2| Bilabial ||colspan=2| Labiod. ||colspan=2| Dental ||colspan=2| Alveolar ||colspan=2| Post-alv. ||colspan=2| Palatal ||colspan=2| Velar ||colspan=2| Glottal
| ||colspan=2| Bilabial ||colspan=2| Labiod. ||colspan=2| Dental ||colspan=2| Alveolar ||colspan=2| Post-alv. ||colspan=2| Palatal ||colspan=2| Velar ||colspan=2| Glottal
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Nasal || || {{IPA|m}} || || || || || || {{IPA|n}} || || || || {{IPA|ɲ}} || || {{IPA|ŋ}}
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Plosive || {{IPA|p}} || {{IPA|b}} || || || || || {{IPA|t}} || {{IPA|d}} || || || || || {{IPA|k}} || {{IPA|g}}
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Plosive || {{IPA|p}} || {{IPA|b}} || || || || || {{IPA|t}} || {{IPA|d}} || || || || || {{IPA|k}} || {{IPA|g}}
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Approximants || || {{IPA|w}} || || || || || || || || || || {{IPA|j}}
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Approximants || || {{IPA|w}} || || || || || || || || || || {{IPA|j}}
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Trill || || || || || || || || {{IPA|r}}
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Lateral Approximant || || || || || || || || {{IPA|l}}
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Lateral Approximant || || || || || || || || {{IPA|l}}

Revision as of 01:36, 12 December 2019


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. Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive p b t d k g
Fricative f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ x ɣ h
Affricate ts dz
Approximants w j
Lateral Approximant l

Vowels

Vowels
Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
High i y ɯ u
Near-high ʊ
High-mid e o
Mid ə
Low-mid ɛ ɔ
Near-low æ
Low a