!Quka [QKK]
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!Quka
!Qu'ka [ʞ!uíka i.e. !͈úka]
!Quka!Qu'ka [ʞ!uíka i.e. !͈úka]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m1 | n2 | ɳ3 | ŋ4 | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p5 | t6 | ʈ7 | k8 | [q:]9 | ʔ10 | ||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ11 | s12 | ʂ13 | x14 | [h]15 | ɦ16 | ||||||||||
| Affricate | p͡ɸ17 | t͡s18 | ʈ͡ʂ19 | k͡x20 | ||||||||||||
| Trill | r21 | |||||||||||||||
| Click | ǀ22 ǀ̃ | ǃ23 ǃ̃ | ǁ24 ǁ̃ | ʞ25 | ||||||||||||
- prenasalized /b/ when tense.
- prenasalized /d/ when tense.
- prenasalized /ɖ/ when tense.
- prenasalized /g/ when tense.
- strong ejective when tense; weak ejective when lax before /ʔ/
- strong ejective when tense; weak ejective when lax before /ʔ/
- strong ejective when tense; weak ejective when lax before /ʔ/
- strong ejective when tense; weak ejective when lax before /ʔ/
- strong glottal stop; may be realized as [ʔk], allophone of /ʔ/
- syllabic after tense plosives; prior consonants may become ejective or glottal clicks.
- nearly an approximant when lax; slight trill and light rounding when tense.
- distinctly higher pitch when tense; middle of tongue may touch upper teeth. ([s̪̙])
- may be [ɻ̥] when lax; noticeable tension when stressed
- likely trilled / accompanied by a uvular trill when tense.
- strong h; may be considered long /hː/, allophone of /ɦ/
- weak h; may be analyzed as an aspirator after plosives.
- moderate trilling (not a normal trill) and light rounding when tense.
- distinctly higher pitch when tense; middle of tongue may touch upper teeth. ([t͡s̪̙])
- may be [ʈ͡ɻ̥] when lax; noticeable tension when stressed
- likely trilled / accompanied by a uvular trill when tense.
- tap when lax; trill when tense
- More ballistic and louder when tense
- More ballistic and louder when tense
- weak is often labialized (/o/ or /ə/ position), while strong is open (/i/ position)
- Not a velar click; used to denote tense/strong sounds. / ͈ / as in /s͈/ preferred.
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i ĩ́1 ĩ̀2 î3 í4 | u | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||
| Open | a5 | |||
- indicator for previous vowel; formerly bilabial/alveolar nasal coda.
- indicator for previous vowel; formerly retroflex/velar nasal coda.
- very low; stiff voice; indicator for previous vowel; formerly retroflex/velar fricative coda.
- indicator for previous vowel; formerly bilabial/alveolar fricative coda.
- vowels are low tone by default; may combine with high or low-falling tones to make a rising tone.
Syllable Structure(C)(C)V, where the second C is a nasal, /r/, or a glottal consonant - all of which may be tense or lax. Originally consonants could appear in coda position, but these collapsed into nasalization and tone. The tense glottal stop is often phonetically realized [ʔk], thus technically allowing for a CCCV cluster, although it's analyzed as being a single consonant. Some consonant structures may be analyzed as having syllabic nasals or glottal stops between simpler consonants.
OtherAll consonants may be lax or tense, except for the glottal stop.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for !Quka. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 !QukaOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| !/ʞ/1 | !H !h[h]2 | '/í/3, /ʔ/4 | 'K 'k[q:]5 | Aa/a/6 | Bb/m/7 | Cc/ǁ/8 | Dd/ʈ/9 | DS ds/ʈ͡ʂ/10 |
| Ee/ɛ/ | Ff/ɸ/11 | Gg/ĩ̀/12 | Hh/ɦ/13 | Ii/i/ | Kk/k/14 | KX kx/k͡x/15 | Mm/ĩ́/16 | Nn/n/17 |
| NC nc/ǁ̃/ | NG ng/ŋ/18 | NN nn/ɳ/19 | NQ nq/ǃ̃/ | NX nx/ǀ̃/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Pp/p/20 | PF pf/p͡ɸ/21 | Qq/ǃ/22 |
| Rr/r/23 | Ss/ʂ/24 | Tt/t/25 | TZ tz/t͡s/26 | Uu/u/ | Vv/î/27 | Xx/ǀ/28, /x/29 | Zz/s/30 | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
- Not a velar click; used to denote tense/strong sounds. / ͈ / as in /s͈/ preferred.
- strong h; may be considered long /hː/
- indicator for previous vowel; formerly bilabial/alveolar fricative coda.
- syllabic after tense plosives; prior consonants may become ejective or glottal clicks.
- strong glottal stop; may be realized as [ʔk]
- vowels are low tone by default; may combine with high or low-falling tones to make a rising tone.
- prenasalized /b/ when tense.
- weak is often labialized (/o/ or /ə/ position), while strong is open (/i/ position)
- strong ejective when tense; weak ejective when lax before /ʔ/
- may be [ʈ͡ɻ̥] when lax; noticeable tension when stressed
- nearly an approximant when lax; slight trill and light rounding when tense.
- indicator for previous vowel; formerly retroflex/velar nasal coda.
- weak h; may be analyzed as an aspirator after plosives.
- strong ejective when tense; weak ejective when lax before /ʔ/
- likely trilled / accompanied by a uvular trill when tense.
- indicator for previous vowel; formerly bilabial/alveolar nasal coda.
- prenasalized /d/ when tense.
- prenasalized /g/ when tense.
- prenasalized /ɖ/ when tense.
- strong ejective when tense; weak ejective when lax before /ʔ/
- moderate trilling (not a normal trill) and light rounding when tense.
- More ballistic and louder when tense
- tap when lax; trill when tense
- may be [ɻ̥] when lax; noticeable tension when stressed
- strong ejective when tense; weak ejective when lax before /ʔ/
- distinctly higher pitch when tense; middle of tongue may touch upper teeth. ([t͡s̪̙])
- very low; stiff voice; indicator for previous vowel; formerly retroflex/velar fricative coda.
- More ballistic and louder when tense
- likely trilled / accompanied by a uvular trill when tense.
- distinctly higher pitch when tense; middle of tongue may touch upper teeth. ([s̪̙])
