Qauvul [QAU]
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Qauvul
Qōfhlu menf [ˈqɑ.ɸx̩.lʊ ˈmɛ.nɸ̩]
QauvulQōfhlu menf [ˈqɑ.ɸx̩.lʊ ˈmɛ.nɸ̩]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Qauvul
Qauvul, known natively as Qōfhlu menf (Qauvul speech), is a language spoken mainly in the Qauvul province of TBD.
Features:
Features:
- Syllabic fricatives
- Nonconcatenative morphology
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | [ɴ]1 | ||||||||
| Plosive | p | [b]2 | t ⁿt | [d]3 [ⁿd]4 | k | [g]5 | q | ʔ | ||||
| Fricative | ɸ ɸ̩ | [β]6 | s s̩ | [z]7 | x x̩ | [ɣ]8 | χ | [ʁ]9 | ||||
| Affricate | t͡s ⁿt͡s | [d͡z]10 [ⁿd͡z]11 | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʟ | ||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||
- between vowels, allophone of /q/
- between vowels, allophone of /p/
- between vowels, allophone of /t/
- between vowels, allophone of /ⁿt/
- between vowels, allophone of /k/
- between vowels, allophone of /ɸ/
- between vowels, allophone of /s/
- between vowels, allophone of /x/
- between vowels, allophone of /χ/
- between vowels, allophone of /t͡s/
- between vowels, allophone of /ⁿt͡s/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i | |||||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||||
| Close-mid | o | |||||||||
| Mid | [ə]1 | |||||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | |||||||||
| Open | ä | ɑ | ||||||||
- when not in the first syllable of a word, allophone of /ä/
Syllable StructureSyllables can be either CV, CS, or CjV, where S is a syllabic fricative /ɸ̩ s̩ x̩/ and j is /j/. Uvular consonants can only be followed by back or near-back vowels, or one of /ɸ̩ s̩ x̩/.
Stress informationStress is always word-initial, with the exception of the prefixes jf- and glya-, which are never stressed.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Qauvul. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 QauvulOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa/ä/, [ə]1 | Bb[b]2 | Dd[d]3 | Ee/ɛ/ | Ff/ɸ/, /ɸ̩/ | Gg[g]4 | GH gh[ɣ]5 | GL gl/ʟ/ | Hh/x/, /x̩/ |
| Ii/i/ | Īī/ɪ/ | Jj/t͡s/, [d͡z]6 | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Ɬɬ/ɬ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | ND nd[ⁿd]7 |
| NJ nj/ⁿt͡s/, [ⁿd͡z]8 | NT nt/ⁿt/ | N̄ n̄[ɴ]9 | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | Oo/o/ | Ōō/ɑ/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/q/ | Rr/ɾ/ |
| Ss/s/, /s̩/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/ʊ/ | Vv[β]10 | Xx/χ/ | X̄ x̄[ʁ]11 | Yy/j/ | Zz[z]12 | Ɂɂ/ʔ/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
- when not in the first syllable of a word
- between vowels
- between vowels
- between vowels
- between vowels
- between vowels
- between vowels
- between vowels
- between vowels
- between vowels
- between vowels
- between vowels
