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Quinchaht
k̓ʷnčaaq̓ax [kʷʼnt͡ʃäːqʼäχ]
Quinchahtk̓ʷnčaaq̓ax [kʷʼnt͡ʃäːqʼäχ]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersQuinchaht is spoken by a population of 2,612 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Quinchaht
Quinchaht, also known as Kwincat or Kincax, is a Wakashan language that is spoken by the Kincax Nation.
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Other | ||||||||
| Nasal | m mˀ m: | n nʼ n: | ŋ ŋˀ | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʼ | b | t tʼ | d | k kʼ kʼʷ kʷ | g gʷ | q qʼ qʼʷ qʷ | ɢ ɢʷ | ||||||||
| Fricative | s | ʃ | χ χʷ | |||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʼ | d͡z | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʼ | d͡ʒ | t͡ɬ t͡ɬʼ | d͡ɮ | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l lˀ l: | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j jˀ | w | ||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i iˀ i: | u uˀ u: | ||||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open | ä äˀ ä: | |||||
Syllable StructureKincax, like Nuxalk, allows long syllable clusters such as:
cntp̓wƛ̓čl̓npxw
[tsntpʼwtɬʼtʃlˀnpχw]
'he's the one who's cutting the elderberry plant'.
cntp̓wƛ̓čl̓npxw
[tsntpʼwtɬʼtʃlˀnpχw]
'he's the one who's cutting the elderberry plant'.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Quinchaht. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 QuinchahtOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| a/ä/ | aa/ä:/ | a̓/äˀ/ | b/b/ | c/t͡s/ | č/t͡ʃ/ | c̓/t͡sʼ/ | č̓/t͡ʃʼ/ | d/d/ | g/g/ | ǧ/ɢ/ |
| ǧʷ/ɢʷ/ | gʷ/gʷ/ | i/i/ | ii/i:/ | i̓/iˀ/ | k/k/ | kʷ/kʷ/ | k̓/kʼ/ | k̓ʷ/kʼʷ/ | l/l/ | l̓/lˀ/ |
| m/m/ | m̓/mˀ/ | ň/ŋ/ | n/n/ | n̓/nʼ/ | ň̓/ŋˀ/ | p/p/ | p̓/pʼ/ | q/q/ | qʷ/qʷ/ | q̓/qʼ/ |
| q̓ʷ/qʼʷ/ | š/ʃ/ | s/s/ | t/t/ | t̓/tʼ/ | u/u/ | uu/u:/ | u̓/uˀ/ | w/w/ | w̓/w/ | x/χ/ |
| xʷ/χʷ/ | y/j/ | y̓/jˀ/ | ž/d͡ʒ/ | z/d͡z/ | ə/ə/ | ƛ/t͡ɬ/ | ƛ̓/t͡ɬʼ/ | λ/d͡ɮ/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
