Čihken [ZIR]
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Language type
Mixed
Species
Human/humanoid
About Čihken
WIP
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- VSO
- ABS-ERG
- Four cases
- Consonant gradation (4 levels)
- Fusional/agglutinative
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Sample of Čihken[view] Ottšon nógat dihtteŋ ášdi, kosídúsun.
There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.[view all texts]
There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Velar | Other | ||||||
| Nasal | n̪ n̪: [n̪:ʲ]1 [n̪ʲ]2 | ŋ ŋ: [ŋ:ʲ]3 [ŋʲ]4 | ||||||||||
| Plosive | t̪ ʰt̪ t̪: ʰt̪: [t̪:ʲ]5 [t̪ʲ]6 [t̪ʰ]7 | d̪ ʰd̪ d̪: ʰd̪: [d̪:ʲ]8 [d̪ʲ]9 [d̪ʰ]10 | k ʰk k: ʰk: [k:ʲ]11 [kʲ]12 [kʰ]13 | g ʰg g: ʰg: [g:ʲ]14 [gʲ]15 [gʰ]16 | ||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ʃ | ɧ | |||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡s: | t͡ʃ t͡ʃ: | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l l: [l:ʲ]17 [lʲ]18 | |||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ ɬ: | |||||||||||
| Approximant | [ʋ]19 | |||||||||||
- allophone of /n̪:/
- allophone of /n̪/
- allophone of /ŋ:/
- allophone of /ŋ/
- before front vowels, allophone of /t̪:/
- before front vowels, allophone of /t̪/
- word initially, allophone of /t̪/
- before front vowels, allophone of /d̪:/
- before front vowels, allophone of /d̪/
- word initially, allophone of /d̪/
- before front vowels, allophone of /k:/
- before front vowels, allophone of /k/
- word initially, allophone of /k/
- before front vowels, allophone of /g:/
- before front vowels, allophone of /g/
- word initially, allophone of /g/
- allophone of /l:/
- allophone of /l/
- word initially, allophone of /v/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | [y]1 | [ʉ]2 | u u: | ||
| Close-mid | [ø]3 | |||||
| Mid | e̞ e̞: | ə ə: | [o̞]4 | |||
| Near-open | æ æ: | |||||
| Open | ɑ ɑ: | ɒ ɒ: [ɒ̝]5 | ||||
| Polyphthongs | iu | ie̞ | ue̞ | uɑ | iɑ | ɑe̞ | ui | ɑi | ɑu |
- after labiodentals, allophone of /i/
- word finally, allophone of /u/
- word finally, allophone of /ə/
- after labiodentals, allophone of /ə/
- after labiodentals, allophone of /ɑ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Čihken. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ČihkenOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Áá/ɑ:/ | Aa/ɑ/, [ɒ̝]1 | BH bh/v/, [ʋ]2 | Cc/t͡s/ | Čč/t͡ʃ/ | CC cc/t͡s:/ | ČČ čč/t͡ʃ:/ | Dd/d̪/, [d̪ʰ]3, [d̪ʲ]4 | DD dd/d̪:/, [d̪:ʲ]5 | Ee/e̞/, [ø]6 |
| Éé/e̞:/ | Gg/g/, [gʰ]7, [gʲ]8 | GG gg/g:/, [g:ʲ]9 | HD hd/ʰd̪/ | HDD hdd/ʰd̪:/ | HG hg/ʰg/ | HGG hgg/ʰg:/ | HK hk/ʰk/ | HKK hkk/ʰk:/ | HT ht/ʰt̪/ |
| HTT htt/ʰt̪:/ | Íí/i:/ | Ii/i/, [y]10 | Kk/k/, [kʲ]11, [kʰ]12 | KK kk/k:/, [k:ʲ]13 | Ll/l/, [lʲ] | LL ll/l:/, [l:ʲ] | Nn/n̪/, [n̪ʲ] | NN nn/n̪:/, [n̪:ʲ] | Óó/ɒ:/ |
| Oo/ɒ/ | PH ph/f/ | Ss/ɧ/ | Šš/ʃ/ | Tt/t̪/, [t̪ʰ]14, [t̪ʲ]15 | TT tt/t̪:/, [t̪:ʲ]16 | Uu/u/, [ʉ]17 | Úú/u:/ | Ýý/ə:/ | Yy/ə/, [ø]18, [o̞]19 |
| Ǽǽ/æ:/ | Ææ/æ/ | Đđ/θ/ | Łł/ɬ/ | ŁŁ łł/ɬ:/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/, [ŋʲ] | ŊŊ ŋŋ/ŋ:/, [ŋ:ʲ] | |||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- after labiodentals
- word initially
- word initially
- before front vowels
- before front vowels
- after labiodentals
- word initially
- before front vowels
- before front vowels
- after labiodentals
- before front vowels
- word initially
- before front vowels
- word initially
- before front vowels
- before front vowels
- word finally
- word finally
- after labiodentals
