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Nh!a-ouwe
nh!a̋ɂóuwe
[ŋ̊!ä˥ɔ˩˥uwə]
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 13 February 2021
Language type A priori
Place & SpeakersNh!a-ouwe is spoken by a population of 95,942 .
Species Human/humanoid
Sample of Nh!a-ouweCan't find any yet.
Latest vocabulary
šɂânyear
ǃḛivdivide
ʘhâadjheavy
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
DentalAlveolarRetroflexAlveolo-
palatal
PalatalLabio-
velar
VelarUvularPharyngealEpiglottalGlottalOther
Nasal m [ɱ]1 [ɱ̥]2 n̪ n̪̥           [ŋ]3 ɴ        
Plosive p pʼ p: p̚ b   t̪ t̪ʼ t̪:           k kʼ k: g q qʼ q: ɢ     ʔ  
Fricative   f fʼ v   s sʼ z   ɕ ɕʼ ʑ     x xʼ ɣ χ ʁ ħ ʕ ʜ ʢ [h]4 [ɦ]5  
Affricate       t͡s t͡sʼ d͡z   t͡ɕ t͡ɕʼ d͡ʑ     k͡x          
Lateral approximant       [l]6         ʟ ʟ̝̥ʼ ʟ̝̥         ɫ
Lateral fricative       ɬ ɬʼ ɮ                    
Approximant             j w            
Trill [ʙ]7     [r]8           [ʀ]9        
Flap     ɾ [ɽ]10                  
Click ʘʱ̬ ʘ̥ˀ ˀʘ̃ ʘ̬̃ ʘ̥̃ ʘ̬ ʘ̥ ʘ̥ʰ   ǀʱ̬ ǀ̥ˀ ˀǀ̃ ǀ̬̃ ǀ̥̃ ǀ̬ ǀ̥ ǀ̥ʰ ǃʱ̬ ǃ̥ˀ ˀǃ̃ ǃ̬̃ ǃ̥̃ ǃ̬ ǃ̥ ǃ̥ʰ [‼]11 ǁʱ̬ ǁ̥ˀ ˀǁ̃ ǁ̬̃ ǁ̥̃ ǁ̬ ǁ̥ ǁ̥ʰ ǂʱ̬ ǂ̥ˀ ˀǂ̃ ǂ̬̃ ǂ̥̃ ǂ̬ ǂ̥ ǂ̥ʰ              
Blends ǂɢ ǀχ ǃʁ ǀq ǁχ ǂʁ ǀɢ ʘq ǁʁ ǃq
ǂq ǁɢ ǁq ǂχ ǃχ ʘɢ ǃɢ ǀʁ ʘʁ ʘχ
  1. allophone of /m/
  2. allophone of /m̥/
  3. allophone of /ɴ/
  4. allophone of /ħ/
  5. allophone of /ʕ/
  6. allophone of /ɫ/
  7. allophone of /b/
  8. allophone of /ɾ/
  9. allophone of /ʁ/
  10. allophone of /ɾ/
  11. allophone of /ǃ̥/
VowelsFrontNear-
front
CentralNear-
back
Back
Close (y)       [ɯ]1 u uʱ uʱ: ṵ ṵ: ṵ̃: ṵ̃ uᵸ uᵸ: u: ũ: ũ
Near-close   ɪ ɪʱ ɪʱ: ɪ̰ ɪ̰: ɪᵸ ɪᵸ: ɪ: ɪ̃: ɪ̃ (ʏ) [ɪ̈]2 [ʊ]3  
Mid     ə əʱ əʱ: ə̰ ə̰: əᵸ əᵸ: ə: ə̃: ə̃   [o̞]4
Open-mid (ɛ)       [ʌ]5 ɔ ɔʱ ɔʱ: ɔ̰ ɔ̰: ɔ̰̃: ɔ̰̃ ɔᵸ ɔᵸ: ɔ: ɔ̃: ɔ̃
Near-open     [ɐ]6    
Open [a]7   ä äʱ äʱ: ä̰ ä̰: ä̰̃: ä̰̃ äᵸ äᵸ: ä: ä̃: ä̃   [ɑ]8
  1. allophone of /ɪ/
  2. allophone of /ɪ/
  3. allophone of /u/
  4. allophone of /ɔ/
  5. allophone of /ɔ/
  6. allophone of /ä/
  7. allophone of /ä/
  8. allophone of /ä/
Syllable StructureC - consonant
V - vowel
Ʞ - click

Standard nh!a-ouwe syllables:

(C)(C)(C)(C)(C)(C)(C)(C)V(V)(C)(C)(C)(C)(C)
(C)(C)(C)(C)C(C)(C)(C)
ꞰV(V)(V)

Irregular nh!a-ouwe syllables:

ꞰV(C)
(V)V(V)
Stress informationStress in Nh!a-ouwe is only oxytonic
OtherTONE

In nh!a-ouwe 7 phonemic tones:

-Top(◌̋)
-Rising(◌́)
-Mid(◌̄)
-Falling(◌̀)
-Bottom(◌̏)
-Dipping(◌̌)
-Peaking(◌̂)
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