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Revision as of 16:08, 1 March 2014
Vrkhazhi (YXKK YT-VṚḴẔKM Yaxkik Yat-Vṛḵaẕīkam) was a language spoken in the region that is now known as Arkeo. It is most notable for being the ancestor languge of The Arkean Language.
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Mid | ə | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a~ä~ɒ | ||
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | iː | uː |
| Close-mid | eː | oː |
| Open | aː~äː~ɒː | |
| IPA | Letter | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Monopthongs | ||
| a~ä~ɒ | a | bra,father, cot, bad |
| ɛ | e | bet |
| e | ē | bay, face |
| ɔ | o | road |
| o | ō | or, for, cot |
| ə | u | under |
| u | ū | zoo |
| ɨ | i | roses |
| i | ī | bee |
| IPA | letters | Example |
|---|---|---|
| iər | īr | ear, fear |
| eər | ēr | air, fair |
| ɔr | or | for, pour |
Vowel Allophony
- /u/ front to /y/ near /r/
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Post-
Alveolar |
(Alveolo)-
Palatal |
Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||
| Stop | p b | pʶ bʶ | t d | tʶ dʶ | k g | q | ʔ | |||
| Affricate | ʦ | ʧ ʤ | [ʨ ʥ] | k͡ʃ g͡ʒ | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸ β | s z | ʃ ʒ | [ɕ ʑ] | x [ɣ] | χ [ʁ] | h | |||
| Approximant | ɹ~ɾ | j | w | |||||||
| Trill | r | ʀ | ||||||||
| Lateral Approximant | l | |||||||||
| Lateral Fricative | ɬ | |||||||||
| Letter | Phoneme | Example (in English) |
|---|---|---|
| ʾ | ʔ | uh-oh |
| Ḵ ḵ | x | Scottish loch |
| V v | β | vet |
| H h | h | bet |
| D d | d | dog |
| Ḏ ḏ | ʦ | beds or bets |
| B b | b | ball |
| S s | s | sun |
| Ẕ ẕ | ʒ | pleasure |
| Y y | j | yes |
| K k | k | kick |
| G g | g | game |
| L l | l | lose |
| M m | m | mall |
| N n | n | no |
| P p | p | ball |
| J j | ʤ | judge |
| R r | ɹ~ɾ | run |
| Rr rr | r | trilled /ɹ/ |
| F f | ɸ | fun |
| Š š | ʃ | shun |
| W w | w | water |
| T t | t | tall |
| Č č | ʧ | cheese |
| Z z | z | zoo |
| Ḻ ḻ | ɬ | no English equivalent |
| Ḫ ḫ | χ | no English equivalent |
| Q q | q | no English equivalent |
| Ṟ ṟ | ʀ | no English equivalent |
| Ṛ ṛ | r̩~ɹ̩ | ladder |
| Ṇ ṇ | n̩ | even |
