Gnutzish
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Gnűcwik̦ Shortcuts:
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| Gnutzish Gnűcwik̦ | |
| Pronounced: | Native: /ɡŋyːt.vix/ Anglicized: /njut.zɪʃ/ |
| Timeline and Universe: | Alternate Earth |
| Species: | Human |
| Spoken: | Carnassus |
| Writing system: | "Abjad" |
| Genealogy: | Language Isolate |
| Typology | |
| Morphological type: | Triconsonantal Root (Unknown) |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | Unknown |
| Basic word order: | Unknown |
| Credits | |
| Creator: | Thrice Xandvii | ✎ |
| Created: | February 2018 |
Phonology
Gnűcwik̦ (or Gnutzish to non-Natives) has 21 distinct consonants in its inventory and has 4 vowel phonemes (each of which has a flattened allophone when in the environment of "pharyngeal" consonants). There are also an additional two marginal phonemes, both of which are syllabic consonants, which only appear as the final sound of a word. These are allophones of the coronal nasal and liquid.
Consonants
| Labial | Coronal | Dorsal | Laryngeal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | n /n/ | |||||
| Plosive | PreN | mb /mb/ | nd /nd/ | nz /nd͜z/ | ng /ŋɡ/ | |
| Plain | p (b) /b/ | t /t/ and t’ /tˁ/ | c /t͜s/ and c’ /t͜sˁ/ | k /k/ and q /q/ | ’ /ʕ/ ~ [ʢ̞] | |
| Fricative | w /v/ ~ [ʋ] | ț /θ/ and ț’ /θˁ/ | s /s/ and s’ /sˁ/ | k̦ /x/ | ||
| Liquid | l /l/ | r /ʁ/ | ||||
Vowels
| High | Unrounded | Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plain | i /i/ | ű /y(ː)/ | e /ɛ/ | u /u/ |
| Flat | ı [ə] | ő [ø(ː)] | a [ɑ] | o [o] |
| Syllabic | |
|---|---|
| Consonant | -n [n̩] and -l [l̩] |
Phonotactics
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Allophony
Grammar
Pronouns
Writing & Script
Lexicon
- —For the current list of words in Gnutzish, see: Lexicon.
