Tahi Enok [TAHI]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Tahi Enok
Tahi is an isolate language spoken in the Republic of the Bryant Islands by some 600,000 people where it is co-official with English. The language today enjoys vigorous use and is used by most government departments and in the education and healthcare systems.
Sample of Tahi Enok[view] Mwaki o rūwa ūntu apfa ō fē ka gamwe ej lwa apfig tēsis suhwuj ka etu.
Wash your hands to prevent the spread of disease.[view all texts]
Wash your hands to prevent the spread of disease.[view all texts]
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | |||||||||
Nasal | m mʷ | n nʷ | ŋ ŋʷ | |||||||||||||||
Plosive | p pʷ | t | k kʷ | q | ʔ | |||||||||||||
Fricative | ɸ | s | ʃ | h hʷ | ||||||||||||||
Affricate | p͡ɸ | t͡s | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʷ | |||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ1 | |||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | ʍ2 | w | ɥ | ||||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
- a dialect pronunciation of /h/
- in free variation with /lʷ/
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i i: | u u: | ||||
Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||||
Mid | ə˞ | |||||
Open | a a: |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Tahi Enok. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Tahi EnokOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
Āā/a:/ | Aa/a/ | Bb/pʷ/ | Cc/t͡s/ | Ch ch/t͡ʃʷ/ | Ēē/e:/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/ɸ/ | Gg/ŋ/ | Gw gw/ŋʷ/ |
Hh/h/ | Hl hl/ɬ/1 | Hw hw/hʷ/ | Īī/i:/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/t͡ʃ/ | Kk/k/ | Kw kw/kʷ/ | Ll/l/ | Lw lw/ʍ/2 |
Mm/m/ | Mw mw/mʷ/ | Nn/n/ | Nw nw/nʷ/ | Ōō/o:/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Pf pf/p͡ɸ/ | Qq/q/ | Rr/ɾ/ |
Ss/s/ | Sh sh/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Ūū/u:/ | Vv/ɥ/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | ʻ/ʔ/ | |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
- a dialect pronunciation of /h/
- in free variation with /lʷ/