ngayavit [NGAY]
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ngayavit
ŋayáávit [ŋajá:vit]*
ngayavitŋayáávit [ŋajá:vit]*
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Language type
A priori
Place & Speakersngayavit is spoken by a population of around 30,000 in the forest.
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of ngayavit[view] Hą́yłayah ŋayááw uysáá e p’íx̌ąąt taŋie kiłtisałčarayaamaq. Mi t’ááq vałyį́kk’amaq, mi šinʕáárak t’iɽac yíłtáʕuq, ya vałkiiłuoyáykáq. Rak héyełp’íhŋuoq: “yá vitúkka! Suč’é ya yúvęttivá ya ŋayrap yúŋepiyá! Č’áhpąk, suč’é tųɽił ki, ya sut p’ų́ų́hayaš ka yúyácúvéq šíłnehip’íhŋuoq: “yá vitúkka! Šą́ą́šą́ą́, hu yáx̌i sáhtik kisíłen, yá siksiyúłɽip’íta, y...[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pˀ | t tˀ | ʈ | k kˀ | q qˀ | ʔ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fricative | v | s | ʃ | x | χ | ʕ | h | |||||||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sˀ | t͡ʃ t͡ʃˀ | t͡ɬ t͡ɬˀ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | ɽ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: ĩ: ĩ́: í: ĩ ĩ́ í | u u: ũ: ṹ: ú: ũ ṹ ú | ||
| Close-mid | e e: ẽ: ẽ́: é: ẽ ẽ́ é | |||
| Open | a a: ã: ã́: á: ã ã́ á | |||
| Polyphthongs | ie iẽ iẽ́ ié | uo uõ uṍ uó |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for ngayavit. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ngayavitOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Cc/t͡s/ | Čč/t͡ʃ/ | Ee/e/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ |
| Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | Qq/q/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ɽɽ/ɽ/ | ʕ/ʕ/ | Ss/s/ | Šš/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Ʈʈ/ʈ/ | Uu/u/ |
| Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/x/ | X̌ x̌/χ/ | Yy/j/ | ʔ/ʔ/ | P’ p’/pˀ/ | TŁ tł/t͡ɬ/ | Łł/ɬ/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||
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