Uyakka [UYAKK]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Uyakka
A language known for clicks, whistles and varied tonality; see notes for pitch details.
"Su ö¹hmeº itrsubitha." -- "I keep stories." or "I am a librarian."
"Su ö¹hmeº itrsubitha." -- "I keep stories." or "I am a librarian."
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | |||||||||||
| Nasal | m̥ | [m]1 | ɱ | [n̪]2 | n | [ɳ]3 | [ȵ]4 | ɲ | ŋ | [ɴ]5 | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t̪ | d̪ | t | d | ʈ | ɖ | [ȶ]6 | [ȡ]7 | c | ɟ | k | g | [q]8 | ɢ | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ʂ | ʐ | ɕ | ʑ | ç | ʝ | x | [ɣ]9 | χ | ʁ | ||
| Affricate | p͡ɸ | b͡β | t̪͡θ | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ʈ͡ʂ | k͡x | [q͡χ]10 | ||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ɭ | ʎ | ʟ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | [ɬ]11 | ɮ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral flap | ɺ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | [ʋ]12 | ɹ | [ɻ]13 | j | ʍ | w | [ɰ]14 | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | ʙ | ʀ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | [ⱱ]15 | ɾ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Click | ʘ ʘ̃ ʘ̬ | ǀ ǀ̃ ǀ̬ | ǃ ǃ̃ ǃ̬ | ‼ ‼̃ ‼̬ | ǁ ǁ̃ ǁ̬ | ǂ ǂ̃ ǂ̬ | ʞ | |||||||||||||||
| Implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ʄ | [ɠ]16 | ||||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /m̥/
- allophone of /m̥/
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /c/
- allophone of /ɖ/
- allophone of /c/
- allophone of /g/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /ǀ/
- allophone of /ɹ/
- allophone of /ɹ/
- allophone of /w/
- only present between two high vowels, allophone of /v/
- allophone of /k/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Near- back | Back | ||||
| Close | i ȉ í ì ī i̋ | u | ||||||
| Near-close | ʊ | |||||||
| Close-mid | e ȅ é è ē e̋ | ø ø̏ ǿ ø̀ ø̄ ø̋ | o | |||||
| Mid | ə ə̏ ə́ ə̀ ə̄ ə̋ | |||||||
| Open | ä | |||||||
OtherAll vowels are whistled with the superscript number indicating the octave. Uyakka language happens in five octaves, though some vowels at higher and lower octaves occur colloquially, as the race has an eight-octave vocal range. Using higher octaves out of context is considered socially inappropriate, similar to screaming in a church.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Uyakka. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 UyakkaOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Ää/ä/ | Aa/ə/ | Bb/b/ | Ćć/c/ | Cc/k/ | Çç/ç/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ |
| Gg/g/ | G! g!/ǃ̬/ | G!! g!!/‼̬/ | G| g|/ǀ̬/ | G|| g||/ǁ̬/ | Gǂ gǂ/ǂ̬/ | Gʘ gʘ/ʘ̬/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ |
| Kk[q] | K! k!/ǃ/ | K!! k!!/‼/ | K| k|/ǀ/ | K|| k||/ǁ/ | Kǂ kǂ/ǂ/ | Kʘ kʘ/ʘ/ | Ll/l/ | LL ll/ɭ/ |
| Mm/m̥/ | Nn/n/ | N! n!/ǃ̃/ | N!! n!!/‼̃/ | N| n|/ǀ̃/ | N|| n||/ǁ̃/ | Nǂ nǂ/ǂ̃/ | Nʘ nʘ/ʘ̃/ | Oo/o/ |
| Öö/ø/ | Rr/ɹ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Üü/ʊ/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Zz/z/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
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