Khurzikan [QAG]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Khurzikan
This language has a more official name now. While "Qángtpah" stands as a shorthand for "Khurzikan" natively, this more official name is "K'u'zig'áqángyäy tpah" - literally meaning "(the) language of the people of Khurzika".
Khurzika's name itself ("K'u'zig'á") literally means "fertile, low valley".
Khurzika's name itself ("K'u'zig'á") literally means "fertile, low valley".
Sample of Khurzikan[view] Boza x'ó ude ha̋gom bibi ude piwik bu t'a'imumyäy tpiúngung kodulianga'. Kunga ngehali'ung bu c'a̋mung koduodiyungk'ak giwsi kunga tpixä dung k'ängta kodugwicapimámsí'á.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m m̩ | n n̼ | ŋ ŋ̩ | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʼ | b | t tʼ t̼ʼ t̼ | d d̼ | [k]1 kʼ kʼʷ kʷ | g gʷ | ʔ | |||||||||
| Fricative | ɕ | [ʑ]2 | [ç]3 | [ʝ]4 | [x]5 | [ɣ]6 | h | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | [d͡z]7 | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral flap | ɺ | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Click | ʘ ʘʼ ʘʷ | ǀ ǀʼ ǀ̼ʼ ǀ̼ | ǃ8 | ǁ ǁʼ | ||||||||||||
- allophone of /g/
- allophone of /ɕ/
- allophone of /h/
- allophone of /h/
- allophone of /h/
- allophone of /h/
- allophone of /t͡s/
- Slapped release, /ǃꜞ/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||||
| Mid | e̞ e̞: | [ə:]1 | o̞ o̞: | |||
| Near-open | æ æ: | |||||
| Open | ä ä: | |||||
| Polyphthongs | [e̞ɪ]2 | [æɪ]3 | [əʊ]4 | [äʊ]5 | [o̞ʊ]6 | [uə]7 | [iə]8 | [əɪ]9 |
- allophone of /ä:/
- /e̞:ɪ̯/, allophone of /e̞:/
- /æ:ɪ̯/, allophone of /æ:/
- /ə:ʊ̯/, allophone of /ä:/
- /äʊ̯/, allophone of /ä/
- /o̞ʊ̯/, allophone of /o̞/
- /uə̯/, allophone of /u/
- /iə̯/, allophone of /i/
- /ə:ɪ̯/, allophone of /ä:/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Khurzikan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 KhurzikanOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| p/p/ | m/m/ | k/k/ | ng/ŋ/ | tp/t̼/ | nm/n̼/ | t/t/ | n/n/ | b/b/, [p] | q/ʘ/ |
| g/g/, [k] | x/ǁ/ | db/d̼/ | cq/ǀ̼/ | d/d/ | c/ǀ/ | p'/pʼ/ | q'/ʘʼ/ | k'/kʼ/ | x'/ǁʼ/ |
| tp'/t̼ʼ/ | cq'/ǀ̼ʼ/ | t'/tʼ/ | c'/ǀʼ/ | kw/kʷ/ | kw'/kʼʷ/ | w/w/ | gw/gʷ/ | l/ɺ/ | s/ɕ/, [ʑ] |
| y/j/ | h/h/, [ʝ], [x], [ɣ], [ç] | qw/ʘʷ/ | z/t͡s/, [d͡z] | j/ǃ/1 | '/ʔ/ | a/ä/, [äʊ]2 | o/o̞/, [o̞ʊ]3 | u/u/, [uə]4 | ä/æ/, /æɪ/5 |
| e/e̞/, [e̞ɪ]6 | i/i/, [iə]7 | á/ä:/, [əʊ]8, [ə:], [əɪ]9, [äʊ]10 | ó/o̞:/, [o̞ʊ]11 | ú/u:/, [uə]12 | a̋/æ:/, [æɪ]13 | é/e̞:/, [e̞ɪ]14 | í/i:/, [iə]15 | ||
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||
- Slapped release, /ǃꜞ/
- /äʊ̯/
- /o̞ʊ̯/
- /uə̯/
- /æɪ̯/
- /e̞ɪ̯/
- /iə̯/
- /ə:ʊ̯/
- /ə:ɪ̯/
- /ä:ʊ̯/
- /o̞:ʊ̯/
- /u:ə̯/
- /æ:ɪ̯/
- /e̞:ɪ̯/
- /i:ə̯/
