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Tauka
Çanbā
[ʀ̘̥änbä:]
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 19 December 2021
Language type A posteriori
Species Human/humanoid
Sample of Tauka[view] Siubet bā-ra ło lökharu ła, naivai to qholet ątuk ğøç to jucur-ra. Jācē ga dauhu to kąsk dünęŗa; To źykø ło ąlj gëgë-ra esturru.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
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Latest vocabulary
źāğjukadveventually
źāğjukadvsomeday
ljøpadvalso
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
AlveolarAlveolo-
palatal
PalatalLabio-
velar
VelarUvularGlottal
Nasal m   n   ɲ   ŋ    
Plosive p b   t d   c ɟ   k g q ʔ1
Fricative β̩ f v s z2 ɕ ʑ ç ʝ   x ɣ χ h
Affricate     t͡s3 t͡ɕ d͡ʑ c͡ç ɟ͡ʝ   k͡x g͡ɣ    
Lateral approximant     l   ʎ        
Approximant         j ʍ w      
Trill     r r̥         ʀ̘̥4  
  1. almost always completely silent
  2. often [d͡z]
  3. <tz> before <k>
  4. velar trill time baby WOOOOOOOOOO
VowelsFrontNear-
front
CentralBack
Close i y   ɨ [ɯ]1 u
Near-close   [ɪ]2    
Close-mid e: ø:     o3
Mid     ə  
Open-mid ɛ ɛ̃ œ   [ɜ]4 [ɜ̃]5 [ɞ]6 [ʌ]7 [ɔ:]8 [ɔ̃]9
Open     ä ä: ä̃  
  1. /u/ after any non-bilabial phonemes, commonly replaces [u] entirely in younger speakers
  2. sometimes after palatals
  3. phonetically unround or less rounded
  4. common pronounciation in the north
  5. common pronounciation in the north
  6. common pronounciation in the north
  7. usually at the end of a word
  8. after velars
  9. after velars
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Tauka. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 TaukaOrthography [edit]
Aa/ä/, [ʌ]1Āā/ä:/, [ɔ:]2Ąą/ä̃/, [ɔ̃]3Bb/b/Cc/t͡s/4Ćć/t͡ɕ/Çç/ʀ̘̥/5CH ch/χ/Dd/d/DŹ dź/d͡ʑ/
Ee/ɛ/, [ɜ]6Ēē/e:/Ęę/ɛ̃/, [ɜ̃]7Ëë/ə/Ff/f/Gg/g/GJ gj/ɟ/Ğğ/ɣ/ĞJ ğj/ʝ/GĞ gğ/g͡ɣ/
GĞJ gğj/ɟ͡ʝ/Hh/h/HŁ hł/ʍ/Ii/i/Jj/j/Kk/k/KJ kj/c/KH kh/k͡x/KHJ khj/c͡ç/Ll/l/
Łł/w/LJ lj/ʎ/Mm/m/Nn/n/Ńń/ɲ/NG ng/ŋ/Oo/o/8Öö/œ/, [ɞ]9Øø/ø:/Pp/p/
Qq/q/Rr/r/Ŗŗ/r̥/Ss/s/Śś/ɕ/Tt/t/Uu/u/, [ɯ]10Üü/y/Vv/v/Ww/β̩/
Xx/x/XJ xj/ç/Yy/ɨ/, [ɪ]11Zz/z/12Źź/ʑ/'/ʔ/13
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  1. usually at the end of a word
  2. after velars
  3. after velars
  4. <tz> before <k>
  5. velar trill time baby WOOOOOOOOOO
  6. common pronounciation in the north
  7. common pronounciation in the north
  8. phonetically unround or less rounded
  9. common pronounciation in the north
  10. /u/ after any non-bilabial phonemes, commonly replaces [u] entirely in younger speakers
  11. sometimes after palatals
  12. often [d͡z]
  13. almost always completely silent
Typological information for Tauka

Noun head-directionalityHead final
Primary word orderSOV
Pronoun dropping?Yes

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