Taqiuk [DARK]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Taqiuk
wisdom of ancients, disturbed from her sleep
Sample of Taqiuk[view] Zxauzxnáuñig zxauqwáuḥwèiŋ ġòupxhëin ouḥ cxneqëgx'óuḥẹŋëgwan sxhuogxhòḥwëyoñẹŋ. Geŋweixgéi sxqhau xqhòuñëgwan zxauzx'éisx'adëzxnáuḥúrw gx'énëduh nèiqhëḥekw.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
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TaqiukPhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | |||||||
| Nasal | [m]1 [ˀm]2 | n ˀn | ɲ [ˀɲ]3 | ŋ ŋʷ ˀŋʷ ˀŋ | ||||||||||
| Plosive | [p]4 [pʼ]5 [pʰ]6 | [b]7 [bʱ]8 | t tʼ tʰ | d [dʱ]9 | [c]10 [cʼ]11 [cʰ]12 | [ɟ]13 [ɟʱ]14 | k kʼ kʼʷ kʷ kʰ kʰʷ | g gʷ | q qʼ qʼʷ qʷ qʰ qʰʷ | [ᶰɢʱ]15 ᶰɢʷ ᶰɢ | ||||
| Fricative | x xʼ xʼʷ xʷ | ɣ ɣʷ | χ χʼ χʼʷ χʷ | ʁ ʁʷ | ||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
| Click | ʘ ʘʱ ʘˀ ʘ̃ ˀʘ̃ ʘ̥̃ ʘ̬ ʘʰ | ǀ ǀʱ ǀˀ ǀ̃ ˀǀ̃ ǀ̥̃ ǀ̬ ǀʰ | ǃ ǃʱ ǃˀ ǃ̃ ˀǃ̃ ǃ̥̃ ǃ̬ ǃʰ | ǂ ǂʱ ǂˀ ǂ̃ ˀǂ̃ ǂ̥̃ ǂ̬ ǂʰ | ||||||||||
| Blends | ǀ͡ᶰɢʱ ǀ͡ᶰɢ | ǃ͡ᶰɢʱ ǃ͡ᶰɢ | ʘ͡ᶰɢʱ ʘ͡ᶰɢ | ǂ͡ᶰɢʱ ǂ͡ᶰɢ | ǃ͡q ǃ͡qʼ ǃ͡qʰ | ǂ͡q ǂ͡qʼ ǂ͡qʰ | ǀ͡q ǀ͡qʼ ǀ͡qʰ | ʘ͡q ʘ͡qʼ ʘ͡qʰ |
- allophone of /ʘ̃/, /ʘ̥̃/
- allophone of /ˀʘ̃/
- allophone of /ˀǂ̃/
- allophone of /ʘ/
- allophone of /ʘˀ/
- allophone of /ʘʰ/
- allophone of /ʘ̬/
- allophone of /ʘʱ/
- allophone of /ǃʱ/, /ǀʱ/
- allophone of /ǂ/
- allophone of /ǂˀ/
- allophone of /ǂʰ/
- allophone of /ǂ̬/
- allophone of /ǂʱ/
- allophone of /ᶰʘ͡ɢʱ/, /ᶰǀ͡ɢʱ/, /ᶰǃ͡ɢʱ/, /ᶰǁ͡ɢʱ/, /ᶰǂ͡ɢʱ/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | u | ||||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||
| Mid | [ə] | |||||
| Near-open | [æ]1 | |||||
| Open | a | |||||
| Polyphthongs | aʊ̯ | oʊ̯ | [əɪ̯]2 | [æɪ̯]3 | ie̯ | eɪ̯ | uo̯ |
- allophone of /e/
- allophone of /i/, /ie̯/
- allophone of /eɪ̯/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Taqiuk. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| TaqiukOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Bb[b] | Cc[c] | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Ëë[ə] | Gg/g/ | Ġġ/ᶰɢ/ | Ḥḥ/χ/ | Hh/x/ |
| Ii/i/ | Jj[ɟ] | Kk/k/ | Mm[m]1 | Ññ/ɲ/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | Pp[p] | Qq/q/ | Rr/ʁ/ |
| SX sx/ǀ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ǃ/ | Yy/j/ | ZX zx/ǀ̬/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | Ɣɣ/ɣ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- allophone of /ʘ̃/, /ʘ̥̃/
