Szezk [SZE]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Szezk
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Nothing here is up to date and it likely will not be for at least a couple more years
Sample of Szezk[view] (Йа(ж)) Шйэзкайаца. / (Йа(ж)) Шйэзкал йаца (нэл).
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||||||
Plosive | pʰ | b | [t̺]1 [t̻̚]2 | d | [ɟ]3 | kʰ4 | g5 | |||||||||||||
Fricative | f | v [vˠ]6 | s̺7 | z̺8 | ʂ9 | ʐ10 | [ɕ]11 | [ʑ]12 | [ɣ]13 | ɦ14 | ||||||||||
Affricate | t̪͡θ̺̠͡ʰ15 | t͡s̻16 | ʈ͡ʂ | [t͡ɕ]17 | [ɟ͡ʝ̟]18 | |||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l̺19 | [ʎ]20 | [ɫ]21 | |||||||||||||||||
Approximant | ɹ22 [ɹ̝ʲ]23 | j24 | [ɰ]25 |
Blends | [çcç]26 |
- when adjacent to other apical consonants as part of a cluster, allophone of /t̪͡θ̺̠͡ʰ/
- occasionally occuring as coda, allophone of /t̪͡θ̺̠͡ʰ/
- when palatalized, allophone of /ɟ/
- « Hard, heavy, difficult, impact »
- « Soft, light, easy »
- when succeeded by 〈о〉 and alone in the onset, allophone of /g/
- « Sharp, precise, painful »
- « Blunt, versatile, soothing »
- « Quiet, low, discrete, polite »
- « Noise, high, obvious, rude »
- when palatalized, allophone of /ʂ/
- when palatalized, allophone of /ʐ/
- when succeeded by 〈о〉 and præceded by another consonant in the onset, allophone of /g/
- « Life, energy »
- /t/ (ignore the dental diacritic and superfluous tie, which i cannot remove on CWS)
- « Restraint, caution, safety, wellbeing, health »
- when palatalized, allophone of /ʈ͡ʂ/
- when palatalized
- « Movement, change, state »
- when palatalized, allophone of /l̺/
- finally, allophone of /l̺/
- « Physical, tangible, practical »
- when palatalized, allophone of /ɹ/
- « Non-physical, abstract, feeling, mental, knowledge »
- as coda, allophone of /ɦ/
- reälization of /ʈʂd̻̥:ˤʲ/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
Close | [i]1 | [ɨ̞]2 | ||||||
Near-close | ɪ̟3 [ɪ̟:]4 | |||||||
Close-mid | [o̞:]5 | |||||||
Mid | e̞6 | [ə]7 | ||||||
Open-mid | [ɛ:]8 | [œ:]9 | [ɜ]10 | [ɞ]11 | ʌ12 | ɔ̞13 | ||
Near-open | æ̠14 | [ɐ̹]15 | ||||||
Open | [ɑ:]16 |
- præceding /j/, allophone of /ɪ̟/
- when unstressed, allophone of /ɪ̟/
- « Negative₁, accidental₂ »
- when stressed in open syllables, allophone of /ɪ̟/
- when stressed in open syllables, allophone of /ɔ̞/
- « Positive₁, emphatic₂ »
- in unstressed syllables, allophone of /e̞/
- when stressed in open syllables, allophone of /e̞/
- when stressed in open syllables, allophone of /ʌ/
- in unstressed syllables, allophone of /æ̠/
- in unstressed syllables, allophone of /ɔ̞/
- « Emphatic₁, positive₂ »
- « Accidental₁, negative₂ »
- « General »
- in unstressed syllables, allophone of /ʌ/
- when stressed in open syllables, allophone of /æ̠/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Szezk. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
SzezkOrthography | ||||||||
Йй Йй /j/1 | Ыы Ыы /ɪ̟/2, [i]3, [ɨ̞]4, [ɪ̟:]5 | Ээ Ээ /e̞/6, [ə]7, [ɛ:]8 | Аа Аа /æ̠/9, [ɑ:]10, [ɜ]11 | Оо Оо /ɔ̞/12, [o̞:]13, [ɞ]14 | Уу Уу /ʌ/15, [œ:]16, [ɐ̹]17 | Вв Вв /v/ | Фф Фф /f/ | Бб Бб /b/ |
Пп Пп /pʰ/ | Мм Мм /m/ | Нн Нн /n/ | Рр Рр /ɹ/18, [ɹ̝ʲ]19 | Лл Лл /l̺/20, [ʎ]21, [ɫ]22 | Зз Зз /z̺/23 | Сс Сс /s̺/24 | Цц Цц /t͡s̻/25 | Дд Дд /d/ |
Тт Тт /t̪͡θ̺̠͡ʰ/26, [t̺]27, [t̻̚]28 | Жж Жж /ʐ/29, [ʑ]30 | Шш Шш /ʂ/31, [ɕ]32 | Чч Чч /ʈ͡ʂ/, [t͡ɕ]33 | Хх Хх /ɦ/34, [ɰ]35 | Гг Гг /g/36, [ɣ]37, [vˠ]38, [ɟ]39 | Кк Кк /kʰ/40 | ||
✔ Shown in correct order |
- « Non-physical, abstract, feeling, mental, knowledge »
- « Negative₁, accidental₂ »
- præceding /j/
- when unstressed
- when stressed in open syllables
- « Positive₁, emphatic₂ »
- in unstressed syllables
- when stressed in open syllables
- « General »
- when stressed in open syllables
- in unstressed syllables
- « Accidental₁, negative₂ »
- when stressed in open syllables
- in unstressed syllables
- « Emphatic₁, positive₂ »
- when stressed in open syllables
- in unstressed syllables
- « Physical, tangible, practical »
- when palatalized
- « Movement, change, state »
- when palatalized
- finally
- « Blunt, versatile, soothing »
- « Sharp, precise, painful »
- « Restraint, caution, safety, wellbeing, health »
- /t/ (ignore the dental diacritic and superfluous tie, which i cannot remove on CWS)
- when adjacent to other apical consonants as part of a cluster
- occasionally occuring as coda
- « Noise, high, obvious, rude »
- when palatalized
- « Quiet, low, discrete, polite »
- when palatalized
- when palatalized
- « Life, energy »
- as coda
- « Soft, light, easy »
- when succeeded by 〈о〉 and præceded by another consonant in the onset
- when succeeded by 〈о〉 and alone in the onset
- when palatalized
- « Hard, heavy, difficult, impact »