Xetlaqui

Xetlaqui is an a priori conlang created by Elia Ansaloni in 2013 and currently under development. The name Xetlaqui literally means "good language". It is intended to be part of a fantasy setting, being spoken by a human race living in a vast region known as Xinchal or the Hive.

Although Xetlaqui is an a priori conlang, it has been inspired by several natural languages, mainly Nahuatl, Basque, Armenian, Irish and Korean. It is designed to reflect the philosophy of the Hive, also known as Yeotl Han (literally "All is one"), which sees completeness and wholeness as perfection.

Phonology

Consonants

Xetlaqui consonants

	Bilabial	Labio- dental	Dental	Alveolar		Post- alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Glottal
				Central	Lateral			Plain	Labialized
Nasal	m			n
Plosive	p			t d				k g	kʷ	ʔ
Affricate				ʦ ʣ	tɬ	ʧ
Fricative	ɸ		θ ð	s z	ɬ	ʃ				h
Approximant		ʋ		ɫ			j
Trill				r

Vowels

Xetlaqui consonants

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Mid	e eº	o
Open-mid	ɛ ɛº	ɔ
Open	ä äº

Alphabet

Xetlaqui has its own writing style (which is currently being developed), but can be transcribed using Latin characters. The alphabet has a one to one letter-sound correspondence, even if few letters can be read in two different ways.

Latin script	Pronunciation	Further information
a	[ä]
ao	[äᵒ]	The stress never falls on "o".
ch	[ʧ]
d	[d] / [ð]	Pronounced as [ð] when ending a word or when followed by an apostrophe.
e	[ɛ] / [e]	Generally pronounced as [ɛ] when the stress falls on it, but the two are equivalent.
eo	[ɛᵒ] / [eᵒ]	The stress never falls on "o".
g	[g]
h	[h] / [ʔ]	Pronounced as [h] only at the beginning of a word.
i	[i]	Never pronounced as [j].
k	[k]
l	[ɬ]	Pronounced as [l] in some dialects.
ll	[ɫ]
m	[m]
n	[n]
o	[ɔ] / [o]	Generally pronounced as [ɔ] when the stress falls on it, but the two are equivalent.
p	[p]
ph	[ɸ]
qu	[kʷ]	Always followed by a, e, i or o.
r	[r]
sh	[ʃ]
t	[t]
th	[θ]
tl	[tɬ]
tz	[ʦ]
u	[u]	Never pronounced as [w].
v	[ʋ]
x	[ʣ]	-
y	[j]	-
z	[s] / [z]	No specific rule about its use as voiced or voiceless.