Xeng [XNE]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
Language family relationships
Language treeÍkrhian
⤷ Proto-Íkrhian
⤷ Íkrhianônisíkaníɥ / Old Íkrhian
⤷ Middle Íkrhian
⤷ Late Íkrhian
⤷ Itanis-Xeng
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Xeng
⤷ Proto-Íkrhian
⤷ Íkrhianônisíkaníɥ / Old Íkrhian
⤷ Middle Íkrhian
⤷ Late Íkrhian
⤷ Itanis-Xeng
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Xeng[view] About ÍkrhianOnce a large family of languages. Now only two survive and only one is not endangered.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | |||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | |||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | í: ī: í ì ī | ɨ́: ɨ̄: ɨ́ ɨ̀ ɨ̄ | ú: ū: ú ù ū | |||
| Close-mid | é: ē: é è ē | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ́: ɛ̄: ɛ́ ɛ̀ ɛ̄ | |||||
| Open | á: ā: á à ā | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Xeng. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| XengOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| aç Áá /á/ | a Aa /ā/ | ag Àà /à/ | açaç ÁÁ áá /á:/ | aa AA aa /ā:/ | b Bb /b/ | d Dd /d/ | êç Ếế /é/ | eg Èè /ɛ̀/ | eç Éé /ɛ́/ |
| e Ee /ɛ̄/ | êg Ềề /è/ | ê Êê /ē/ | êçêç ẾẾ ếế /é:/ | eçeç ÉÉ éé /ɛ́:/ | êê ÊÊ êê /ē:/ | ee EE ee /ɛ̄:/ | f Ff /ɸ/ | i Ii /ī/ | iç Íí /í/ |
| ig Ìì /ì/ | içiç ÍÍ íí /í:/ | ii II ii /ī:/ | y Jj /j/ | k Kk /k/ | l Ll /l/ | m Mm /m/ | n Nn /n/ | o Oo /ū/ | oç Óó /ú/ |
| og Òò /ù/ | oo OO oo /ū:/ | oçoç ÓÓ óó /ú:/ | p Pp /p/ | r Rr /r/ | s Ss /s/ | sx SH sh /ʃ/ | t Tt /t/ | uç Úú /ɨ́/ | u Uu /ɨ̄/ |
| u Ùù /ɨ̀/ | uçuç ÚÚ úú /ɨ́:/ | uu UU uu /ɨ̄:/ | v Vv /β/ | w Ww /w/ | x Xx /x/ | z Zz /z/ | j ZH zh /ʒ/ | ŋ Ŋŋ /ŋ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
