Kwezan [KWZ]
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Language type
Other
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kwezan
(between vowels) = (BV)
(at the start of a word) = (AS)
(after a voiced consonant) = (AVC)
p - p~pʰ
m - m
f - ɸ
v - β (BV), ɸ
t - t̪~t̪ʰ
n - n̪
r - r
r̃ - ʀ
z - t̪͡θ
s - s, t͡ʃ (AS)
s̊ - s:
c - t͡ʃ
l - l~ɫ
tl - t͡ɫ
x - ʃ, t͡ʃ (AS)
j̊ - ʃ
q - t͡ʃ
w - ʍ
j - ç, j (AVC)
k - k~kʰ
h - x
a - æ
e - ɛ
i - ɪ
o - ɔ
u - ʊ~ʌ
ā - a:
ē - ɛ:
ī - i:
ō - o:
ū - ʉ:
a vowel can have a double stress to imply to speak with that as the stress for that word e.g. se̋nja
Additional Spellings
ǰ - ʃ, t͡ʃ (AS)
c̊ - t̪͡θ
(at the start of a word) = (AS)
(after a voiced consonant) = (AVC)
p - p~pʰ
m - m
f - ɸ
v - β (BV), ɸ
t - t̪~t̪ʰ
n - n̪
r - r
r̃ - ʀ
z - t̪͡θ
s - s, t͡ʃ (AS)
s̊ - s:
c - t͡ʃ
l - l~ɫ
tl - t͡ɫ
x - ʃ, t͡ʃ (AS)
j̊ - ʃ
q - t͡ʃ
w - ʍ
j - ç, j (AVC)
k - k~kʰ
h - x
a - æ
e - ɛ
i - ɪ
o - ɔ
u - ʊ~ʌ
ā - a:
ē - ɛ:
ī - i:
ō - o:
ū - ʉ:
a vowel can have a double stress to imply to speak with that as the stress for that word e.g. se̋nja
Additional Spellings
ǰ - ʃ, t͡ʃ (AS)
c̊ - t̪͡θ
Sample of Kwezan[view] neu mūs zulupek - we utupek uk neu kwenim äkupek
Here they come—I wonder what they're up to.[view all texts]
Here they come—I wonder what they're up to.[view all texts]
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Other | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n̪ | ||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | t̪ | k | |||||||||||||
Fricative | ɸ | β | s | ʃ | ç | x | ||||||||||
Affricate | t̪͡θ | t͡s | t͡ʃ | k͡x | t͡ɬ | |||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||
Trill | ʙ | r | ʀ |
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
Close | i | ʉ | ||||||||
Near-close | ɪ | ʏ | ʊ | |||||||
Close-mid | o | |||||||||
Mid | ə | |||||||||
Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ | ɔ | |||||||
Near-open | æ | |||||||||
Open | a |