Qgam Dzwo [QGA]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersSpoken in:
The Great Nation of QgamOfficial
Kingdom Of HerdekRegional
DurykiaMinority
QuatingeinMinority
TomgakMinority
The Great Nation of QgamOfficial Kingdom Of HerdekRegional DurykiaMinority QuatingeinMinority TomgakMinoritySpecies
Human/humanoid
About Qgam Dzwo
鄭語 () Qgam dzwo (lit. "Qgam language") is the official language of the nation of Qgam. It is related to Hux Kham, but contains numerous loanwords from Qonklese. It is written in Qonklese script.
Sample of Qgam Dzwo[view] Snaar m' do yaa tatom jaar m' do tor yaa.
Without a past you can't have a future.[view all texts]
Without a past you can't have a future.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeDarkinic languages
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Proto-Hux Kham-Ame
⤷ Proto-Qgam-Hux Kham
⤷ Hux Kham-Qgam languages
⤷ Old Qgam
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Qgam Dzwo
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Proto-Hux Kham-Ame⤷
Proto-Qgam-Hux Kham⤷ Hux Kham-Qgam languages
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Old Qgam⤷
Qgam Dzwo[view] About Darkinic languagesA speculative language family from the Sahar perspective.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | |||||||||
| Fricative | s | ɕ | ç | x | ||||||||||||
| Affricate | d͡z | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ | k͡x | ||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɻ | j | w | |||||||||||||
| Blends | wɔə |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Near- back | Back | ||||
| Close | i | [ɨ] | ||||||
| Near-close | [ʊ]1 | |||||||
| Mid | [ə]2 | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | [ɜ]3 | ʌ | ɔ | ||||
| Near-open | [æ]4 | |||||||
| Open | ɑ: | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | eə | [ʊə]5 |
- allophone of /ɔ/
- allophone of /ʌ/
- allophone of /ɔ/
- allophone of /ɑ:/
- allophone of /wɔə/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Qgam Dzwo. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Qgam DzwoOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa [ə] | AA aa /ɑ:/ | Bb /b/ | Cc /t͡ɕ/ | Çç /ç/ | Dd /d/ | DZ dz /d͡z/ | Ee /ɛ/ | EA ea /eə/ | Gg /g/ | Ĝĝ /ŋ/ |
| Hh /x/ | Ii /i/ | Jj /d͡ʑ/ | Kk /k/ | KH kh /k͡x/ | Ll /l/ | Ļļ /ʎ/ | Mm /m/ | Nn /n/ | Oo /ɔ/, [ʊ] | Pp /p/ |
| Qq /ʔ/ | Rr /ɻ/ | Šš /ɕ/ | Ss /s/ | Tt /t/ | UO uo [ʊə] | Ww /w/ | WO wo /wɔə/ | Yy /j/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
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