Yetsa [KPU]
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Yetsa
ekei [ekei]*
ekei [ekei]*
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Language type
Not specified
Species
Human/humanoid
About Yetsa
the evolution of Yeksa
some changes include:
/b/ -> /p/
/v/ -> /f/, /s/
/h/ (sometimes) -> //
no tones
no aspiration
no long consonants
j (if first letter) -> //
uses Alphabet
SOV for statements*
VSO for questions, exclamations etc
sometimes random voicing differences don't ask
1.
adjectives & adverbs are joined onto the noun/pronoun/proper-noun
stuff order:
some changes include:
/b/ -> /p/
/v/ -> /f/, /s/
/h/ (sometimes) -> //
no tones
no aspiration
no long consonants
j (if first letter) -> //
uses Alphabet
SOV for statements*
VSO for questions, exclamations etc
sometimes random voicing differences don't ask
1.
adjectives & adverbs are joined onto the noun/pronoun/proper-noun
stuff order:
Language family relationships
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɳ1 | ŋ | ||||||||||||
Plosive | p | t | d | k | g | ʔ | ||||||||||
Fricative | f | s | z | ʂ | ʐ | h2 | ||||||||||
Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | ||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | j3 | |||||||||||||||
Trill | r | ʀ |
Blends | ɳe | ɳɛ | ɳøɪ |
- when before e, é, ä
- sometimes is just silent so dont need to pronounce
- can't be first letter
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Back | |||
Close | i i: | u ũ1 | ||||
Near-close | [ɪ]2 | |||||
Close-mid | e eʰ3 | o [õ]4 | ||||
Open-mid | ɛ | |||||
Open | a a: | ɑ |
Polyphthongs | ɪk | aʊ | ɪp | øɪ | ɪg | ɪd | ɪt | eʰs | eʰz | eʰʂ |
eʰʐ | eʰf |
- when in the same syllable as a nasal sound
- when before a plosive, allophone of /i/
- when before a fricative
- when in the same syllable as a nasal sound, allophone of /o/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Yetsa. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
YetsaOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
'/ʔ/ | Aa/a/ | Ää/ɛ/ | Áá/ɑ/ | AA aa/a:/ | Dd/d/ | Éé/øɪ/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/1 |
Ii/i/, [ɪ]2 | Íí/i:/ | Jj/j/3 | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/, /ɳ/4 | Ńń/ŋ/ | Oo/o/, [õ]5 | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/ |
RR rr/ʀ/ | Śś/ʂ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | TZ tz/d͡z/ | Uu/u/, /ũ/6 | Zz/z/ | Źź/ʐ/ | ||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
- sometimes is just silent so dont need to pronounce
- when before a plosive
- can't be first letter
- when before e, é, ä
- when in the same syllable as a nasal sound
- when in the same syllable as a nasal sound