Nh!a-ouwe [NUW]
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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.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Epiglottal | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||||||
Nasal | m̥ | m | [ɱ]1 [ɱ̥]2 | n̪ n̪̥ | [ŋ]3 | ɴ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p pʼ p: p̚ | b | t̪ t̪ʼ t̪: | d̪ | 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 | ⱱ | 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 |
- allophone of /m/
- allophone of /m̥/
- allophone of /ɴ/
- allophone of /ħ/
- allophone of /ʕ/
- allophone of /ɫ/
- allophone of /b/
- allophone of /ɾ/
- allophone of /ʁ/
- allophone of /ɾ/
- allophone of /ǃ̥/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- 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 |
- allophone of /ɪ/
- allophone of /ɪ/
- allophone of /u/
- allophone of /ɔ/
- allophone of /ɔ/
- allophone of /ä/
- allophone of /ä/
- 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)
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(◌̂)
In nh!a-ouwe 7 phonemic tones:
-Top(◌̋)
-Rising(◌́)
-Mid(◌̄)
-Falling(◌̀)
-Bottom(◌̏)
-Dipping(◌̌)
-Peaking(◌̂)