Nukish [NKK]
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Nukish
Núk ták [n̪ǔq t̪ɑ̌q]*
Núk ták [n̪ǔq t̪ɑ̌q]*
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Nukish[view] Mèng jyár / jon 'ak mèng / mèng jon-nù' tyát yí' / mèng wejnuk-nù' tyát jòor yí'yí' / no' jon-nù tyát wejnuk / no' wejnuk-nù tyát wejjà'
The apple is red. / It is John's apple. / I give John the apple. / We want to give him the apple. / He gives it to John. / She gives it to him.[view all texts]
The apple is red. / It is John's apple. / I give John the apple. / We want to give him the apple. / He gives it to John. / She gives it to him.[view all texts]
Sound samples in Nukish
Some sound samples of Nukish. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Mèng jyár
jon 'ak mèng
mèng jon-nù' tyát yí'
mèng wejnuk-nù' tyát jòor yí&apo...
The apple is red. It is John's apple. I give John the apple. We want to give him the apple. He g...
The apple is red. It is John's apple. I give John the apple. We want to give him the apple. He g...
kyét-te tàyk-ke nung 'ak pòn hak na'
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
Núk Ták téeng yí'
I speak English
I speak English
Language family relationships
Language treeJar na' túk
⤷ Proto-túk
⤷ Nukish
⤷ Proto-túk
⤷ Nukish
[view] About Jar na' túkThis language family includes all languages that are spoken in the Gaia-31 Planet (known by the Núk as Jùng Ráak, "The land of the Fathers"), all of them analytical languages that have a very similar grammar but with huge differences in they vocabula...
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
Nasal | m | n̪ | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | t̪ | q | ʔ | ||||||||||||||
Fricative | ç | |||||||||||||||||
Affricate | t͡s | ɖ͡ʐ | ||||||||||||||||
Approximant | ʋ | j | ||||||||||||||||
Trill | ʀ |
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Back | |||
Close | u u: û: ǔ: û ǔ | |||||
Near-close | ʏ ʏ: ʏ̂: ʏ̌: ʏ̂ ʏ̌ | |||||
Open-mid | ɛ ɛ:ʲ ɛ̂:ʲ ɛ̌:ʲ ɛ̂ ɛ̌ | ʌ ʌ̂ ʌ̌ | ɔ: ɔ̂: ɔ̌: | |||
Near-open | æ: æ̂: æ̌: | |||||
Open | ɑ ɑ̂ ɑ̌ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Nukish. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
NukishOrthography | |||||||||
'/ʔ/ | Àà/ɑ̂/ | Áá/ɑ̌/ | Aa/ɑ/ | Cc/t͡s/ | Éé/ɛ̌/ | Èè/ɛ̂/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Hh/ç/ | Íí/ʏ̌/ |
Ìì/ʏ̂/ | Ii/ʏ/ | Jj/ɖ͡ʐ/ | Kk/q/ | Mm/m/ | Ññ/ɲ/ | Nn/n̪/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Òò/ʌ̂/ | Óó/ʌ̌/ |
Oo/ʌ/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ʀ/ | Tt/t̪/ | Uu/u/ | Úú/ǔ/ | Ùù/û/ | Ww/ʋ/ | Yy/j/ | |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |