North Xemxi [NXM]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersSpoken in: MablagMinority
Species
Human/humanoid
About North Xemxi
Tsuutic Xeeé ci tee opaahaa!
The North Xemxi language page welcomes you!
page-ERGErgative (case)
TRANS subject; agent.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity Xemxi about 2SSecond person singular (person)
addressee (you).ABSAbsolutive (case)
TRANS object, INTR argument NPSTNon-past (tense)
present, continuous and future.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity-welcome
North Xemxi (North Xemxi: Xeeé, Mablic: Kheimkhiu) is a Nagu Fals language spoken in Mablag's Falsland Special Administrative District (FSAD).
It is the most widely spoken Nagu Fals language in Mablag, with a reported 520,548 speakers in 2018. Some consider North Xemxi and South Xemxi to be the same language; most linguists consider them to be part of the Xemxi dialect continuum.
North Xemxi is known for its long vowels and relatively slow pace. It's an ergative-absolutive, head-initial, mostly agglutinative inflecting language.
TRANS subject; agent.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity Xemxi about 2SSecond person singular (person)
addressee (you).ABSAbsolutive (case)
TRANS object, INTR argument NPSTNon-past (tense)
present, continuous and future.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity-welcome
North Xemxi (North Xemxi: Xeeé, Mablic: Kheimkhiu) is a Nagu Fals language spoken in Mablag's Falsland Special Administrative District (FSAD).
It is the most widely spoken Nagu Fals language in Mablag, with a reported 520,548 speakers in 2018. Some consider North Xemxi and South Xemxi to be the same language; most linguists consider them to be part of the Xemxi dialect continuum.
North Xemxi is known for its long vowels and relatively slow pace. It's an ergative-absolutive, head-initial, mostly agglutinative inflecting language.
Sample of North Xemxi[view] ― Tee oheetsémiic poochuu pa? / ― Puc waa muuwéc teepeewitséc laayoomiw paapiéc.
― Why did it take you so long? / ― Well, I met a friend and had to talk.[view all texts]
― Why did it take you so long? / ― Well, I met a friend and had to talk.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeXemxi
⤷ Proto-Xemxi
⤷ Xemxic
⤷ Old North Xemxi
⤷ North Xemxi
⤷ Proto-Xemxi
⤷ Xemxic
⤷ Old North Xemxi
⤷ North Xemxi
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||
Plosive | p | t | k | ʔ | ||||||||||
Fricative | ɸ | s | ʃ | ʝ | x | h | ||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i i: | u u: | ||||
Close-mid | o o: | |||||
Mid | ə | |||||
Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | |||||
Open | a a: |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for North Xemxi. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
North XemxiOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
Aa/a/ | Aa aa/a:/ | Cc/ʔ/ | Ch ch/ʃ/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Ee ee/ɛ:/ | É é/ə/ | Ff/ɸ/ | Hh/h/ |
Ii/i/ | Ii ii/i:/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Ng ng/ŋ/ | Oo/o/ | Oo oo/o:/ |
Pp/p/ | Rr/ʝ/ | Tt/t/ | Ts ts/s/ | Uu/u/ | Uu uu/u:/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/x/ | Yy/j/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |