Retla [RTK]
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Retla
Retla Kpa [ˈɹetɾa kpa]
Retla Kpa [ˈɹetɾa kpa]
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Language type
Proto-Conlang
Species
Human/humanoid
About Retla
Retla is one of the Gigxkpoyan Languages
Sample of Retla[view] Thal iŋpi ki wup ko iŋpi ith toxkh ŋujṣnu le thṣu tmi wi thṣu tektlaijṣnu, jurkhkxeki ṣoxa tzvul le toṣ ẕwiguj ja. / / Jiji thṣu le mi thṣu tmi tektraijṣnu thṣu tniswi le kikuta le ṣoxa prju ẕwiguj. / / Thakvu jurkhthakvu iŋpi ith toxkh ŋujṣnu, te twi ti iŋpi ith taf le iŋpi khu ṣoxa ktlaj le kita khu le ẕwiguj prju kha ji khu ktlaj. / / G...[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeGigxkpoyan Family
⤷ Proto-Gigxkpoyan
⤷ Mainland Contact Area
⤷ Southern
⤷ Retla
⤷ Proto-Gigxkpoyan
⤷ Mainland Contact Area
⤷ Southern
⤷ Retla
[view] About Gigxkpoyan FamilyThis is the language family ultimately derived from Proto-Gigxkpoyan. I have 12,5 thousand years to work, it will get huge (eventually)
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||
Plosive | p pʰ | t tʰ | k kʰ | |||||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʂ | ʐ | ɣ | [χ]1 | ʁ | |||||||
Approximant | ɹ | j | w | |||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
- after aspirated plosives, allophone of /ʁ/
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i | u | ||||
Close-mid | e | o | ||||
Open | ä |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Retla. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
RetlaOrthography | ||||||||
Aa/ä/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/ɣ/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/kʰ/ | Ll/ɾ/ |
Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | PH ph/pʰ/ | Rr/ɹ/ | Ṣṣ/ʂ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ |
TH th/tʰ/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ʁ/ | Zz/z/ | Ẕẕ/ʐ/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |