Qino [QNA]
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Qino
Qino [ɠn]*
Qino [ɠn]*
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
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Language family relationships
[view] About CushiticThe Cushitic languages are a major branch of the Afroasiatic languages, with over 50 million speakers in total. They are spoken primarily in the Horn of Africa, with extensions into the Nile Valley and African Great Lakes regions. The vast majority o...
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||||
Nasal | m [mˀ]1 | n2 [nˀ]3 | ɲ [ɲˀ]4 | ŋ [ŋˀ]5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Plosive | (p)6 | b | t̪ | d̪ | k | g | ʔ | |||||||||||||||||
Fricative | f | (v)7 | (θ) | (ð) | s | (z)8 | ʃ | (χ)9 | (ʁ)10 | ħ | ʕ | h | ||||||||||||
Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | [d͡ɮˀ]11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l lˀ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ [ɾˀ]12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Implosive | ɓ | [ɗ̪]13 | ɗ | ʄ | ɠ | [ʛ]14 |
- occurs before and after nasals, allophone of /ɓ/
- assimilates to place of articulation of following stop
- occurs before and after nasals, allophone of /ɗ/
- occurs before and after nasals, allophone of /ʄ/
- occurs before and after nasals, allophone of /ɠ/
- occurs in loanwords, usually replaced with /b/ or /f/
- occurs in loanwords, usually replaced with /f/ or /b/
- occurs in loanwords, may be replaced with /s/ by some speakers
- occurs in loanwords, may be replaced with /k/ or /ħ/ by some speakers
- occurs in loanwords, often replaced with /ɠ/ or /g/
- optional pronunciation in Arabic loanwords, allophone of /lˀ/
- occurs intervocalically, allophone of /ɗ/
- optional pronunciation in Arabic loanwords, allophone of /ɗ/
- optional pronunciation in Arabic loans, allophone of /ɠ/
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i i: | u u: | ||||
Mid | e̞ e̞: | o̞ o̞: | ||||
Open | ä ä: |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Qino. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
QinoOrthography | |||||||||
Bb/b/ | BH bh/ɓ/ | Cc/ʕ/ | CH ch/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d̪/ | DH dh/ɗ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ |
JH jh/ʄ/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/χ/1 | Ll/l/ | LH lh/lˀ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/2 | NG ng/ŋ/ | NY ny/ɲ/ | Pp/p/3 |
Qq/ɠ/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | SH sh/ʃ/ | Tt/t̪/ | Vv/v/4 | Ww/w/ | Xx/ħ/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/5 |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |
- occurs in loanwords, may be replaced with /k/ or /ħ/ by some speakers, loan words only
- assimilates to place of articulation of following stop
- occurs in loanwords, usually replaced with /b/ or /f/, loan words only
- occurs in loanwords, usually replaced with /f/ or /b/, loan words only
- occurs in loanwords, may be replaced with /s/ by some speakers, loan words only