Tsaqom [QOM]
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Tsaqom
Tsaqōm [ˈt͡saqóm]
TsaqomTsaqōm [ˈt͡saqóm]
Registered by
aafrophone on 18 August 2018
Language type
Engineered Language (Englang)
Species
Human/humanoid
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ŋ]1 | ɴ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʼ | [b]2 | t tʼ | [d]3 | k kʼ | [g]4 | q | [ɢ]5 | ʔ | |||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | [β]6 | s | [z]7 | ʃ | [ʒ]8 | x | [ɣ]9 | ħ | [h]10 | ||||||||
| Affricate | pɸ | [bβ]11 | t͡s | [d͡z]12 | t͡ʃ | [d͡ʒ]13 | ||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | [ɮ]14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | ʍ | w | ||||||||||||||
| Blends | ks |
- allophone of /ɴ/
- allophone of /p/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /q/
- allophone of /ɸ/
- allophone of /s/
- allophone of /ʃ/
- allophone of /x/
- allophone of /ħ/
- allophone of /pɸ/
- allophone of /t͡s/
- allophone of /t͡ʃ/
- allophone of /ɬ/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close-mid | e é | o ó | ||||
| Open-mid | [ɛ]1 ɛ̃ ɛ̃́ | [ɜ]2 | [ʌ]3 | ɔ̃ ɔ̃́ | ||
| Open | a á | ɑ̃ ɑ̃́ | ||||
- allophone of /e/
- allophone of /a/
- allophone of /o/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Tsaqom. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 TsaqomOrthography | ||||||||
| Pp/p/, [b] | Tt/t/ | Kk/k/, [d], [g] | Qq/q/, [ɢ] | Cc/ʔ/ | Bb/pʼ/ | Dd/tʼ/ | Gg/kʼ/ | Ff/ɸ/, [β] |
| Ss/s/, [z] | Zz/ʃ/, [ʒ] | Xx/x/, [ɣ] | Hh/ħ/, [h] | Vv/pɸ/, [bβ] | TS ts/t͡s/, [d͡z] | Yy/t͡ʃ/, [d͡ʒ] | KS ks/ks/ | Ww/w/ |
| Ll/l/ | Rr/ɹ/ | Jj/j/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | QN qn/ɴ/, [ŋ] | Aa/a/ | Āā/á/ | Ãã/ɑ̃/ |
| Ââ/ɑ̃́/ | Ee/e/, [ɛ] | Ēē/é/ | Ẽ ẽ/ɛ̃/ | Êê/ɛ̃́/ | Oo/o/ | Ōō/ó/ | Õõ/ɔ̃/ | Ôô/ɔ̃́/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order | ||||||||
