Akuveth [AKV]
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Registered by
alexis on 10 March 2019
Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersAkuveth is spoken in Akuvi.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Akuveth
Akuveth (akuveṫ śauzi qakuveṫx śawzi) is the language of the island of Akuvi.
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- No formal sentential subordination (conjunctions are used instead)
- Switch-reference
- Classifier/measure word system for most nouns
- Tenseless with multiple overlapping aspects
- Verbal inflection via metathesis and infixation
Sample of Akuveth[view] Zaḣta cesse aki ugmaźuvi ṫyze-nuryśi hatta cau aśi-rykaśec i ṫynta ḣamysyr śekkyn vuba. Śum reṫune pan-kauri erymu rykaśec uranta śekkyn daaci-cygu o hatta cau ńa-rynḣata.
The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveler came along wrapped in a warm cloak. / / They agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveler take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other. / / Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew the more closely did the traveler fold his cloak around him; / / and at last the North Wind gave up the attempt. Then the Sun shined out warmly, and immediately the traveler took off his cloak. / / And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that the Sun was the stronger of the two.[view all texts]
The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveler came along wrapped in a warm cloak. / / They agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveler take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other. / / Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew the more closely did the traveler fold his cloak around him; / / and at last the North Wind gave up the attempt. Then the Sun shined out warmly, and immediately the traveler took off his cloak. / / And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that the Sun was the stronger of the two.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ȵ | (ŋ) | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | k | g | |||||||||
| Fricative | v | θ | s | z | ɕ | ʑ | [ç]1 | x | h | |||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
- allophone of /x/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i | ɨ | ɯ ɯ: | |||||
| Near-close | [ɪ]1 | |||||||
| Close-mid | o | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | |||||||
| Near-open | [ɐ]2 | |||||||
| Open | a a: | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | aɯ̯ | ɛɯ̯ | ai̯ |
- allophone of /ɨ/
- allophone of /a/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Akuveth. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 AkuvethOrthography | |||||||||
| qa a /a/, [ɐ] | qaw au /aɯ̯/ | qā aa /a:/ | qe e /ɛ/ | qew eu /ɛɯ̯/ | qi i /i/ | qo o /o/ | qu u /ɯ/ | quw uu /ɯ:/ | qy y /ɨ/, [ɪ] |
| qæ ai /ai̯/ | b b /b/ | c c /c/ | d d /d/ | g g /g/ | h h /h/, [ç] | ḣ ḣ /x/, [ç] | k k /k/ | m m /m/ | n n /n/ |
| ń ń /ȵ/ | p p /p/ | r r /ɾ/ | s s /s/ | ś ś /ɕ/ | t t /t/ | ṫ ṫ /θ/ | v v /v/ | z z /z/ | ź ź /ʑ/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order | |||||||||
