Tsakian [TSAAK]
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Tsakian
Tsãhḳah [t͡sa̰ʰaʰ]*
TsakianTsãhḳah [t͡sa̰ʰaʰ]*
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
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Phonology
| Consonants | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||||||||
| Plosive | t t: | d | c c: c˞: c˞ | k1 k: k˞: k˞2 | q q: | |||||||||||
| Fricative | θ | s3 | z | ʂ̪ | ç4 ç˞5 | ʝ | χ | ħ6 | ʕ7 | h | ||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l lˤ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ʟ̝̊ | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɻ ɻˤ | j | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | r8 r̪9 r̪̥10 rˤ11 r̥ˤ12 r̥13 | |||||||||||||||
| Blends | k͡ʟ̝̊ |
- may be affricated before /ɯ/
- pronounced with a retroflex tongue /ɻ/ position.
- may act as a vowel nucleus
- may act as a vowel nucleus
- often [ʂ]
- may be epiglottal in nature ([ʜ])
- May be epiglottal in nature ([ʢ])
- may act as a vowel nucleus; usually tapped otherwise
- may act as a vowel nucleus; more accurately interdental [r̪͆]
- may act as a vowel nucleus
- considered a geminate consonant
- considered a geminate consonant
- may act as a vowel nucleus; usually tapped otherwise
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i1 ḭ2 iᵸ iᵸ: i: i̬: i̬3 iʰ4 ḭʰ5 iʰᵸ6 | ɯ7 ɯ̰8 ɯᵸ9 ɯᵸ: ɯ: ɯ̬: ɯ̬10 ɯʰ ɯ̰ʰ11 ɯʰᵸ12 | ||
| Open | a13 a̰14 aᵸ15 aᵸ: a: a̬: aˤ16 a̬17 aʰ a̰ʰ18 aʰᵸ19 | |||
- lax voice; voiceless in some contexts
- strongly creaky voice
- stiff voice
- more accurately a strident vowel
- ballistic; starts creaky, ends silent; realization of geminate /ḭ/; voiceless in some contexts
- strident; may actually have a voiceless trilled coda
- lax voice; voiceless in some contexts
- strongly creaky voice
- more accurately a strident vowel
- stiff voice
- ballistic; starts creaky, ends silent; realization of geminate /ɯ̰/; voiceless in some contexts
- strident; may actually have a voiceless trilled coda
- lax voice; voiceless in some contexts
- strongly creaky voice
- more accurately a strident vowel
- pharyngealized; generally back and raised slightly, more accurately [ʌˤ]; always stiff-voiced
- stiff voice
- ballistic; starts creaky, ends silent; realization of geminate /a̰/; voiceless in some contexts
- strident; may actually have a voiceless trilled coda
Syllable StructureCC(V/R)CCC
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Tsakian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 TsakianOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/a/1 | Ȧȧ/aˤ/2 | AA aa/a:/ | AH ah/aʰ/ | Á á/a̬/3 | ÁÁ áá/a̬:/ | Ã ã/a̰/4 | ÃH ãh/a̰ʰ/5 | Cc/c/ | CC cc/c:/ |
| C̯ c̯/c˞/ | C̯C̯ c̯c̯/c˞:/ | Dd/d/ | Gg/χ/ | Ğ ğ/ʕ/6 | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/7 | IH ih/iʰ/8 | II ii/i:/ | Í í/i̬/9 |
| ÍÍ íí/i̬:/ | Ĩ ĩ/ḭ/10 | ĨH ĩh/ḭʰ/11 | Jj/ʝ/ | Kk/k/12 | KK kk/k:/ | K̯ k̯/k˞/13 | K̯K̯ k̯k̯/k˞:/ | Ll/l/ | LĞ lğ/lˤ/ |
| Qq/q/ | QQ qq/q:/ | Rr/r/14 | Ṙṙ/r̥/15 | R̯ r̯/r̪/16 | Ṙ̯ ṙ̯/r̪̥/17 | RĞ rğ/rˤ/18 | ṘH ṙh/r̥ˤ/19 | ɼ/ɻ/ | Ʀğ ɼğ/ɻˤ/ |
| Ss/s/20 | SS ss/θ/ | S̯ s̯/ʂ̪/ | Tt/t/ | TT tt/t:/ | Uu/ɯ/21 | UH uh/ɯʰ/ | UU uu/ɯ:/ | Ú ú/ɯ̬/22 | ÚÚ úú/ɯ̬:/ |
| Ũ ũ/ɯ̰/23 | ŨH ũh/ɯ̰ʰ/24 | Xx/ç/25 | X̆ x̆/ç˞/26 | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Ħħ/ħ/27 | Ạạ/aᵸ/28 | ẠẠ ạạ/aᵸ:/ | ẠH ạh/aʰᵸ/29 |
| Ịị/iᵸ/ | ỊH ịh/iʰᵸ/30 | ỊỊ ịị/iᵸ:/ | KL kl/k͡ʟ̝̊/ | LH lh/ʟ̝̊/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | Ụụ/ɯᵸ/31 | ỤH ụh/ɯʰᵸ/32 | ỤỤ ụụ/ɯᵸ:/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- lax voice; voiceless in some contexts
- pharyngealized; generally back and raised slightly, more accurately [ʌˤ]; always stiff-voiced
- stiff voice
- strongly creaky voice
- ballistic; starts creaky, ends silent; realization of geminate /a̰/; voiceless in some contexts
- May be epiglottal in nature ([ʢ])
- lax voice; voiceless in some contexts
- more accurately a strident vowel
- stiff voice
- strongly creaky voice
- ballistic; starts creaky, ends silent; realization of geminate /ḭ/; voiceless in some contexts
- may be affricated before /ɯ/
- pronounced with a retroflex tongue /ɻ/ position.
- may act as a vowel nucleus; usually tapped otherwise
- may act as a vowel nucleus; usually tapped otherwise
- may act as a vowel nucleus; more accurately interdental [r̪͆]
- may act as a vowel nucleus
- considered a geminate consonant
- considered a geminate consonant
- may act as a vowel nucleus
- lax voice; voiceless in some contexts
- stiff voice
- strongly creaky voice
- ballistic; starts creaky, ends silent; realization of geminate /ɯ̰/; voiceless in some contexts
- may act as a vowel nucleus
- often [ʂ]
- may be epiglottal in nature ([ʜ])
- more accurately a strident vowel
- strident; may actually have a voiceless trilled coda
- strident; may actually have a voiceless trilled coda
- more accurately a strident vowel
- strident; may actually have a voiceless trilled coda
