Wekusian [LUDAH]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersWekusian is spoken by a population of around 30,000 in Japan.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Wekusian
Wekusian, or Wekusedafūa (literally "West-Tongue") is a geographically-isolated satem-branch Indo-European language. The easternmost representative of the IE family, Wekusian is spoken mostly in the Ryukyu Islands and, to a limited extent, parts of mainland Japan. Centuries of contact with its East Asian neighbor has irrevocably altered the phonology and structure of Wekusian to more closely resemble Japanese, though its core grammar and vocabulary remain decidedly Indo-European. It is usually written using a pseudo-rōmaji script, but occasionally uses a modified form of Hiragana.
Sample of Wekusian[view] Ejā ākamo mu ēfe. Ejā māujomo mu ēfe. Ejā kōhīmo mu ēfe. Ejā chamo mu ēfe.
I drink water. I drink milk. I drink coffee. I drink tea.[view all texts]
I drink water. I drink milk. I drink coffee. I drink tea.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeIndo-European
⤷ Proto-Indo-European
⤷ Unclassified
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Wekusian
⤷ Proto-Indo-European
⤷ Unclassified
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Wekusian[view] About Indo-EuropeanThis family tree includes only the main branches and the branches that are too small to be shown separately. See separate main branches for further detail.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | s | z | ɕ | h | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ | ||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | ɯ [ɯᵝ]1 ɯ: | ||||
| Close-mid | e: | o: | ||||
| Mid | e̞ | o̞ | ||||
| Open | a: | ä | ||||
- allophone of /ɯ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Wekusian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| WekusianOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/ä/ | Āā/a:/ | Bb/b/ | CH ch/t͡ɕ/ | Dd/d/ | Ēē/e:/ | Ee/e̞/ | Ff/ɸ/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ |
| Īī/i:/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/d͡ʑ/ | Kk/k/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Ōō/o:/ | Oo/o̞/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɾ/ |
| Ss/s/ | SH sh/ɕ/ | Tt/t/ | Ūū/ɯ:/ | Uu/ɯ/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
