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 Yeoth Han (literally "All is one"), which sees completeness and wholeness as perfection.
Phonology
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
| 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.
