Zatokian [VCU]
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Language type
Not specified
Place & SpeakersZatokian is spoken in Russia, Estonia, and Latvia.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Zatokian
Zatokian (Zatokian: Zätökskeĭ/Зäтöкскей, ɪᴘᴀ: [zætøkskei̯]) is a Slavic language spoken by a small minority in Russia (in Leningrad, Pskov, and Novgorod Oblasts), eastern Estonia, and eastern Latvian. It is tentatively classified as an East Slavic language.
Features:
- Front-Back vowel harmony
Features:
- Front-Back vowel harmony
Sample of Zatokian[view] Az govoŗõ zätökski azyk. / Аз говорьъ зäтöкски азык.
I speak English[view all texts]
I speak English[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | ɟ | k | g | ||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | |||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||
| Trill | r rʲ | |||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i̯1 | y | ɨ | u | ||
| Close-mid | e2 | ø3 | ɤ4 | o5 | ||
| Near-open | æ | |||||
| Open | ɑ | |||||
- only in diphthongs
- e~ɛ
- ø~œ
- ɤ~ʌ
- o~ɔ
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Zatokian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ZatokianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa Аа /ɑ/ | Ää Ää /æ/ | Bb Бб /b/ | Cc Цц /t͡s/ | Čč Чч /t͡ʃ/ | Dd Дд /d/ | Ee Ее /e/1 | Ff Фф /f/ | Gg Гг /g/ |
| Ģģ Ѓѓ /ɟ/ | Hh Хх /x/ | Ii Ии /i/ | Jj Јј /j/ | Kk Кк /k/ | Ķķ Ќќ /c/ | Ll Лл /l/ | Ļļ Љљ /ʎ/ | Mm Мм /m/ |
| Nn Нн /n/ | Ņņ Њњ /ɲ/ | Oo Оо /o/2 | Öö Öö /ø/3 | Pp Пп /p/ | Rr Рр /r/ | Ŗŗ Рьрь /rʲ/ | Ss Сс /s/ | Šš Шш /ʃ/ |
| Tt Тт /t/ | Uu Уу /u/ | Üü Ӱӱ /y/ | Vv Вв /v/ | Õõ Ъъ /ɤ/4 | Yy Ыы /ɨ/ | Zz Зз /z/ | Žž Жж /ʒ/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
- e~ɛ
- o~ɔ
- ø~œ
- ɤ~ʌ
