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Amam
qàmám
[ʔá:mǽm]*
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 23 June 2022
Language type Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species Human/humanoid
Sample of Amam[view] pùqùm'll'qákù ḱxúqìnúll' sílìŕ'yúlúr' qìllú qàlíháshàqákù ḱàk'll' qìtshìqá súhánù síhúxìlár' qàlínúksìtìll' núksítànúll' súnyàl' sírànìx'lúr' qàlípàtyáll' ḱùshíx' símùŕìlár kàn'má sílùxùqálár; t'ha...[view all texts]
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Language family relationships
Language treeLlagz-Amam
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Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialAlveolarPost-
Alveolar
PalatalVelarUvularGlottal
Nasal m n   ɲ   ɴ  
Plosive p pʲ [b]1 t tʲ [d]2     k kʲ [g]3 q qʲ [ɢ]4 ʔ
Fricative   s [z]5 ʃ   [x]6 χ h
Affricate     t͡ʃ     q͡χ  
Lateral approximant   l     (ʟ)    
Approximant       j      
Trill   r       ʀ  
Blends (pʃ) (kʃ)
  1. allophone of /p/
  2. allophone of /t/
  3. allophone of /k/
  4. allophone of /q/
  5. allophone of /s/
  6. allophone of /χ/
VowelsFrontNear-
front
CentralBack
Close í:     ú:
Near-close   ɪ̀    
Mid     ə  
Open-mid       ɔ̀
Near-open ǽ      
Open á:      
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Amam. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 AmamOrthography [edit]
'
'
/ə/
À à
/á:/
Á á
/ǽ/
h
Hh
/h/
Ì ì
/í:/
Í í
/ɪ̀/
k
Kk
/k/
ks
KS ks
/kʃ/1
ky
KY ky
/kʲ/
Ḱ ḱ
/q/
ḱy
ḰY ḱy
/qʲ/
l
Ll
/l/
ll
LL ll
/ʟ/2
m
Mm
/m/
n
Nn
/n/
ny
NY ny
/ɲ/
Ń ń
/ɴ/
p
Pp
/p/
ps
PS ps
/pʃ/3
r
Rr
/r/
Ŕ ŕ
/ʀ/
s
Ss
/s/
sh
SH sh
/ʃ/
t
Tt
/t/
ty
TY ty
/tʲ/
Ù ù
/ú:/
Ú ú
/ɔ̀/
x
Xx
/χ/
y
Yy
/j/
ḱx
ḰX ḱx
/q͡χ/
py
PY py
/pʲ/
q
Qq
/ʔ/
tsh
TSH tsh
/t͡ʃ/
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change]
  1. loan words only
  2. loan words only
  3. loan words only
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Negation in Amam
Short guide to the unorthodox negation in Amam
11-Jul-22 00:02
Typological information for Amam

Primary directional systemAbsolute elevation (up/downhill...)
Morphosyntactic alignmentNominative/Accusative
Number of nominal casesSix cases
Primary word orderSOV
Syllable structureSimple (CV)

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