Kencha Ayii [AYI]
▲
0▲ 0 ▼ 0
Registered by
[Deactivated User] on 28 March 2017
Language type
Other
Place & SpeakersSpoken in: Ebo NganagamMinority
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kencha Ayii
Spoken in northeastern Ebo Nganagam by 800 people spread amongst about 10 villages. One of two Kencha languages which are quite close. Ayii is the word for 'yes', hence the name Këja Ayii 'Kencha of Yes'.
Sample of Kencha AyiiCan't find any yet.
Language family relationships
Language treeKencha
⤷ Kęcha
⤷ Kencha Ayii
⤷ Kęcha
⤷ Kencha Ayii
[view] About KenchaA small family spoken by about 2000 people in remote northeastern CEN . Both languages are closely related to each other, with separation of about 500 years.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||
Plosive | p | ᵐb | t | ⁿd | k kʼ | ᵑg | ||||||||
Fricative | f | s | ʃ | ɣ | ||||||||||
Affricate | t͡ʃ | ⁿd͡ʒ | ||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
Trill | r | |||||||||||||
Implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ʄ |
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i i: | u u: | ||
Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||
Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | |||
Open | ɑ ɑ: |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kencha Ayii. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Kencha AyiiOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
Aa/ɑ/ | AA aa/ɑ:/ | Bb/ᵐb/ | BH bh/ɓ/ | CH ch/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/ⁿd/ | DH dh/ɗ/ | Ee/e/ | Ëë/ɛ/ | ËË ëë/ɛ:/ | EE ee/e:/ |
Ff/f/ | Gg/ᵑg/ | GH gh/ɣ/ | Ii/i/ | II ii/i:/ | Jj/ⁿd͡ʒ/ | JH jh/ʄ/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/kʼ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ |
Oo/o/ | OO oo/o:/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | SH sh/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | UU uu/u:/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
From Kęcha to Kencha Ayii
sound changes
29-Apr-19 13:11