Tekihi'ek [LPB]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersTekihi'ek is spoken by a population of 40 in Paluimbel.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Tekihi'ek
I am part of a plural system (see morethanone.info for an explanation of what that means) and this language was/is being created by me and my headmates primarily for personal use. The English name/location is based off of a city in our headspace.
Sample of Tekihi'ek[view] S-zale'an Iya-Nasir lal'ene kiks'el.
Do not buy copper from Ea-Nasir.[view all texts]
Do not buy copper from Ea-Nasir.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treePaluimbelian
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Old Paluimbelian
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Tekihi'ek
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Phonology
Consonants | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Epiglottal | |||||||
Nasal | n | |||||||||||||
Plosive | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||
Fricative | s | z | [ʃ]1 | [ʒ]2 | ɕ | ɣ | [ʜ]3 | |||||||
Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | [t͡ʃ]4 | [d͡ʒ]5 | ||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
Approximant | j | |||||||||||||
Trill | [ʀ̥]6 | |||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
- allophone of /s/
- allophone of /z/
- allophone of /ɕ/
- allophone of /t͡s/
- allophone of /d͡z/
- allophone of /ɾ/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
Close | i | |||||||
Near-close | [ɪ]1 | |||||||
Close-mid | e | |||||||
Mid | ə | |||||||
Open-mid | [ɛ]2 | |||||||
Open | a | [ɑ]3 |
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /e/
- allophone of /a/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Tekihi'ek. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
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' ' // | a a /a/, [ɑ] | d d /d/ | dz dz /d͡z/ | e e /e/ | e e /e/ | a a /a/, [ɑ] | g g /g/ | h h /ɕ/ | i i /i/, [ɪ] |
j j /ɣ/ | k k /k/ | l l /l/ | n n /n/ | r r /ɾ/ | s s /s/ | t t /t/ | ts ts /t͡s/ | y y /j/ | z z /z/ |
✔ Shown in correct order [change] |
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