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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 |
Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||||||
| Stop | p b | t d | k ɡ | ʔ | |||||
| Affricate | t͡s d͡z | t͡ʃ d͡ʒ | |||||||
| Fricative | f v | s z | ʃ ʒ | x | χ | h | |||
| Approximant | j | ||||||||
| Rhotic Consonant | r~ɹ~ɾ [1] | ||||||||
| Lateral Approximant | l | ||||||||
| Lateral Fricative | ɬ~ɮ | ||||||||
| Lateral Trill | ɺ͡r |
- ↑ The Arkhéan [r] can either be an Alveolar Trill [r], 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~ɹ~ɾ | 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 |
