Nakoe [NJI]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Nakoe
trying to make a click language with actually realistic clicks
Sample of Nakoe[view] Xeexeemo oi iizetleuh de kiivuulinkiipu ingehoo.
My hovercraft is full of eels.[view all texts]
My hovercraft is full of eels.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeNacoian
⤷ Proto-Nacoian
⤷ Nakoe
⤷ Proto-Nacoian
⤷ Nakoe
[view] About NacoianSo far, just Njoi
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | ||||||||
Nasal | [m]1 | [n]2 | [ɲ]3 | [ŋ]4 | ||||||||||||
Plosive | p [pʰ]5 | b | t [tʰ]6 | d | [c]7 [cʰ]8 | [ɟ]9 | k [kʰ]10 | g | ||||||||
Fricative | [ɸ]11 | β | [ʃ]12 | ʒ | [ç]13 | [ʝ]14 | [x]15 | ɣ | ||||||||
Lateral approximant | [ʎ]16 | ʟ | ||||||||||||||
Approximant | [w]17 | |||||||||||||||
Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
Flap | [ɾ]18 | |||||||||||||||
Click | ǀ ǀ̃ ǀ̬ | ǁ ǁ̃ ǁ̬ | ǂ ǂ̃ ǂ̬ |
Blends | [ɲɟ]19 | nd | ŋg | mb |
- allophone of /mb/
- allophone of /nd/
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /p/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /g/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /β/
- allophone of /ʒ/
- allophone of /ɣ/
- allophone of /ɣ/
- allophone of /ɣ/
- allophone of /ʟ/
- allophone of /u/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /ŋg/
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i i: | u u: | ||||
Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||||
Open | ä ä: |
Polyphthongs | eɵ | oɘ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Nakoe. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
NakoeOrthography | |||||||||
Aa/ä/ | AA aa/ä:/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/ǂ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | EE ee/e:/ | EU eu/eɵ/ | Gg/g/, [ɟ] | Hh/ɣ/, [ç], [x], [ʝ] |
Ii/i/ | II ii/i:/ | Jj/ǂ̬/ | Kk/k/, [kʰ], [c], [cʰ] | Ll/ʟ/, [ʎ] | Mm/m/ | MB mb/mb/, [m] | Nn/n/, [ŋ], [ɲ] | ND nd/nd/, [n] | NG ng/ŋg/, [ɲɟ], [ŋ] |
NJ nj/ǂ̃/ | NQ nq/ǀ̃/ | NW nw/ǁ̃/ | Oo/o/ | OI oi/oɘ/ | OO oo/o:/ | Pp/p/, [pʰ] | Qq/ǀ̬/ | Rr/r/, [ɾ] | Tt/t/, [ɾ], [tʰ] |
Uu/u/, [w] | UU uu/u:/ | Vv/β/, [ɸ] | Ww/ǁ̬/ | Xx/ǀ/ | Yy/ǁ/ | Zz/ʒ/, [ʃ] | |||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |
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