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Verkhazii (YAXKK VŘḴAẔH Yaxkik Vřḵaẕī) was a language spoken in the region that is known as Arkheo. It is most notable for being the ancestor languge of Arkhean.
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Mid | ə | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a | ɒ |
| IPA | Letter | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Monopthongs | ||
| ɒ/a | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ɪər | īr | ear, fear |
| ɛər | ēr | air, fair |
| ɔr | or | for, pour |
Vowel Allophony
- /æ/ is an allophone of /a/, word initially and before /l/, and occurs after /ɬ/~/ɮ/.
- /ɐ/ is an allophone of /ə/ when followed by plosives.
- /ɪ/ is an allophone of /ɨ/ when it is word-initial.
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labio-
Dental |
Dental | Alveolar | Post-
Alveolar |
(Aveolo)-
Palatal |
Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hard | soft | hard | soft | hard | soft | hard | soft | ||||||
| Nasal | m | mʲ | n | ɲ | |||||||||
| Stop | p b | pʲ bʲ | t d | tʲ dʲ | k ɡ | kʲ ɡʲ | |||||||
| Affricate | t͡s d͡z | t͡sʲ d͡zʲ | t͡ʃ d͡ʒ | t͡ɕ d͡ʑ | |||||||||
| Fricative | f v | fʲ vʲ | s z | sʲ zʲ | ʃ ʒ | ɕ ʑ | x | χ | h | ||||
| Approximant | j | ||||||||||||
| Rhotic Consonant | r [1] | ||||||||||||
| Lateral Approximant | l | ||||||||||||
| Lateral Trill | ɺ͡r | ||||||||||||
- ↑ The Arkhéan [r] can be either an Alveolar Approximant [ɹ] or an Alveolar Tap [ɾ], as both consonant sounds are used in Free-Variation, meaning they can be used interchangeably without changing the meaning of the word, and only relies on the preference of the speaker.
| IPA | Letter | Example
(in english) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x | ḵ | scottish loch | ||||
| v | v | vet | ||||
| h | h | bet | ||||
| d | d | dog | ||||
| ʦ~ʣ | ḏ | beds or bets | ||||
| b | b | ball | ||||
| s | s | sun | ||||
| ʒ | ẕ | pleasure | ||||
| j | y | ball | ||||
| k | k | kick | ||||
| g | g | game | ||||
| l | l | lose | ||||
| m | m | mall | ||||
| n | n | no | ||||
| p | p | ball | ||||
| ʤ | j | judge | ||||
| r | r | run | ||||
| f | f | fun | ʃ | x | shun | |
| r̩ | ř | ladder | ||||
| t | t | tall | ||||
| tʃ | č | cheese | ||||
| z | z | zoo | ||||
| ɺ͡r | ḻ | no english equivalent | ||||
| ḫ | χ | no english equivalent | ||||
| ɬ~ɮ | ŀ | no english equivalent |
