Ushkeem [UCKIM]
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Language type
Logical Language (Loglang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Ushkeem
Welcome to Ushkeem!
¶āku fej ⟨uckim⟩.⁋
[a.ku fɛɰ̟ uʃ.kim]
Some features of this language:
• Traditionally written bottom-to-top, left-to-right
• May be written in any direction
• Extensive conscript
• Interesting number system
Welcome to Ushkeem!
¶āku fej ⟨uckim⟩.⁋
[a.ku fɛɰ̟ uʃ.kim]
Some features of this language:
• Traditionally written bottom-to-top, left-to-right
• May be written in any direction
• Extensive conscript
• Interesting number system
Language family relationships
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ŋ]1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | t t̠ | k | [q]2 | ʔ | |||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | ʃ | x | [χ]3 | h | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | [ɹ]4 | (j̩) | (w̩) | ɰ̟ | (ɥ̩) | ||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Click | ǃ [ǃˀ]5 | |||||||||||||||||||
- occurs when /n/ is before /k/, allophone of /n/
- occurs when /k/ is after /ǃ/, allophone of /k/
- occurs when /x/ is after /ǃ/, allophone of /x/
- occurs when /ɾ/ is before a consonant or when /ɾ/ is at the end of a syllable, allophone of /ɾ/
- occurs when /ǃ/ is before a vowel, allophone of /ǃ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i | ɨ | u | |||||||
| Near-close | (ɪ) | (ʊ) | ||||||||
| Close-mid | e | (ɘ) | o | |||||||
| Mid | (e̞) | ə | (o̞) | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ (ɔ̞) | ||||||||
| Near-open | (æ) | |||||||||
| Open | a | ɒ | ||||||||
Syllable StructureC*V⁺C*
(C)(C)(C)(C)V(V)(V)(V)(C)(C)(C)(C)
Syllables must contain at least one vowel and can contain a maximum of four vowels.
Consonants before and after the nucleus are optional, and there can be a maximum of four consonants on both sides.
(C)(C)(C)(C)V(V)(V)(V)(C)(C)(C)(C)
Syllables must contain at least one vowel and can contain a maximum of four vowels.
Consonants before and after the nucleus are optional, and there can be a maximum of four consonants on both sides.
Stress informationAll vowels can be primarily (/ˈ/) or secondarily (/ˌ/) stressed.
Primary stress is marked with an acute accent (◌́).
Secondary stress is marked with a grave accent (◌̀).
Primary stress is marked with an acute accent (◌́).
Secondary stress is marked with a grave accent (◌̀).
OtherAll vowels can be marked with a circumflex accent (◌̂).
This raises the vowel, and it is only used in loan words.
Vowels are raised like the following:
/u/ → /w̩/
/o/ → /ʊ/
/ɔ/ → /o̞/
/ɒ/ → /ɔ̞/
/ə/ → /ɘ/
/ɨ/ → /ɥ̩/
/i/ → /j̩/
/e/ → /ɪ/
/ɛ/ → /e̞/
/a/ → /æ/
This raises the vowel, and it is only used in loan words.
Vowels are raised like the following:
/u/ → /w̩/
/o/ → /ʊ/
/ɔ/ → /o̞/
/ɒ/ → /ɔ̞/
/ə/ → /ɘ/
/ɨ/ → /ɥ̩/
/i/ → /j̩/
/e/ → /ɪ/
/ɛ/ → /e̞/
/a/ → /æ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Ushkeem. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 UshkeemOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||
| u u hu /u/ | ō ō hō /o/ | o o ho /ɔ/ | a a ha /ɒ/ | œ œ hœ /ə/ | y y hy /ɨ/ | i i hi /i/ | ē ē hē /e/ | e e he /ɛ/ | ā ā hā /a/ | p p pœp /p/ | k k kœk /k/, [q]1 |
| m m mœm /m/ | n n nœn /n/, [ŋ]2 | t t tœt /t/ | d d dœd /t̠/ | s s sœs /s/ | c c cœc /ʃ/ | l l lœl /l/ | r r rœr /ɾ/, [ɹ]3 | f f fœf /f/ | w w wœw /ʋ/ | j j jœj /ɰ̟/ | x x xœx /x/, [χ]4 |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||||
- occurs when /k/ is after /ǃ/
- occurs when /n/ is before /k/
- occurs when /ɾ/ is before a consonant or when /ɾ/ is at the end of a syllable
- occurs when /x/ is after /ǃ/
Additional NotesIf you're wondering why /h/, /ǃ/ and /ʔ/ aren't in the orthography, it's because in Ushkeem they aren't treated like regular phonemes.
The /h/-sound is used before a vowel at the beginning of a syllable to mark a "smooth" transition to the vowel it's standing before. Without /h/, two vowels next to each other could become a diphthong.
It is romanised as 〈h〉 and the letter name is hœhœ.
The /ǃ/-sound is used in important or special words. It's usually followed by an uvular phoneme or a vowel.
It is romanised as 〈q〉 and the letter name is qœq.
And the /ʔ/-sound is used between two vowels to mark a short pause, in order to split the vowels.
It is romanised as 〈ꞌ〉 (a saltillo, not an apostrophe) and the letter name is œꞌœ.
The /h/-sound is used before a vowel at the beginning of a syllable to mark a "smooth" transition to the vowel it's standing before. Without /h/, two vowels next to each other could become a diphthong.
It is romanised as 〈h〉 and the letter name is hœhœ.
The /ǃ/-sound is used in important or special words. It's usually followed by an uvular phoneme or a vowel.
It is romanised as 〈q〉 and the letter name is qœq.
And the /ʔ/-sound is used between two vowels to mark a short pause, in order to split the vowels.
It is romanised as 〈ꞌ〉 (a saltillo, not an apostrophe) and the letter name is œꞌœ.
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