Tokup [TOKUP]
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Tokup
Tōkup [to:ku̞p]*
TokupTōkup [to:ku̞p]*
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Tokup[view] haı «h'ōļsulābkaş salit» yubōd s'ōbāmaı, bēz h'ōḑ yubīdkamiķ ş'āģbakōkţun
“Bees are good,” Obama says, as children scream.[view all texts]
“Bees are good,” Obama says, as children scream.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | Other | |||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | |||||||||||||||
| Fricative | θ | ð | s | z | ɕ | [ç̠]1 | x2 | ɣ3 | [χ]4 | [ʁ]5 | [ħ]6 | h | ||||||||||
| Affricate | [t͡s]7 | [d͡z]8 | [t͡ɬ]9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | [l̥]10 | l | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | [j̊]11 | j | [ʍ]12 | w | ||||||||||||||||||
- used after {i} or {ī}, allophone of /h/
- can be realized as either /x/ or /χ/
- can be realized as either /ɣ/ or /ʁ/
- allophone of /x/
- allophone of /ɣ/
- used after {a} or {ā}, allophone of /h/
- reflected as this this at the start of words, allophone of /s/
- reflected as this this at the start of words, allophone of /z/
- reflected as this this at the start of words, allophone of /ɬ/
- directly follows unvoiced obstruents, allophone of /l/
- directly follows unvoiced obstruents, allophone of /j/
- directly follows unvoiced obstruents, allophone of /w/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i: i̞ | u̞: u̞ | ||||
| Close-mid | e: | o: | ||||
| Open | a̠: | ä | ||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Tokup. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 TokupOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Āā/a̠:/ | Aa/ä/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | Ḑḑ/ð/ | Ēē/e:/ | Ģģ/ɣ/1, [ʁ] | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/, [ħ]2, [ç̠]3 | Īī/i:/ |
| Iı/ʔ/ | Ii/i̞/ | Ķķ/x/4, [χ] | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/, [l̥]5 | Ļļ/ɬ/, [t͡ɬ]6 | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Ōō/o:/ | Pp/p/ |
| Ss/s/, [t͡s]7 | Şş/ɕ/ | Ţţ/θ/ | Tt/t/ | Ūū/u̞:/ | Uu/u̞/ | Ww/w/, [ʍ]8 | Yy/j/, [j̊]9 | Zz/z/, [d͡z]10 | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- can be realized as either /ɣ/ or /ʁ/
- used after {a} or {ā}
- used after {i} or {ī}
- can be realized as either /x/ or /χ/
- directly follows unvoiced obstruents
- reflected as this this at the start of words
- reflected as this this at the start of words
- directly follows unvoiced obstruents
- directly follows unvoiced obstruents
- reflected as this this at the start of words
