Tauka [UKD]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Tauka[view] Siubet bā-ra ło lökharu ła, naivai to qholet ątuk ğøç to jucur-ra. Jācē ga dauhu to kąsk dünęŗa; To źykø ło ąlj gëgë-ra esturru.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.[view all texts]
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | ɟ | k | g | q | ʔ1 | ||||||||
| Fricative | β̩ | f | v | s | z2 | ɕ | ʑ | ç | ʝ | x | ɣ | χ | h | |||||
| Affricate | t͡s3 | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ | c͡ç | ɟ͡ʝ | k͡x | g͡ɣ | |||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | ʍ | w | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r r̥ | ʀ̘̥4 | ||||||||||||||||
- almost always completely silent
- often [d͡z]
- <tz> before <k>
- velar trill time baby WOOOOOOOOOO
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i | y | ɨ | [ɯ]1 | u | |||
| Near-close | [ɪ]2 | |||||||
| Close-mid | e: | ø: | o3 | |||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ̃ | œ | [ɜ]4 [ɜ̃]5 | [ɞ]6 | [ʌ]7 | [ɔ:]8 [ɔ̃]9 | ||
| Open | ä ä: ä̃ | |||||||
- /u/ after any non-bilabial phonemes, commonly replaces [u] entirely in younger speakers
- sometimes after palatals
- phonetically unround or less rounded
- common pronounciation in the north
- common pronounciation in the north
- common pronounciation in the north
- usually at the end of a word
- after velars
- after velars
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Tauka. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 TaukaOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/ä/, [ʌ]1 | Āā/ä:/, [ɔ:]2 | Ąą/ä̃/, [ɔ̃]3 | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡s/4 | Ćć/t͡ɕ/ | Çç/ʀ̘̥/5 | CH ch/χ/ | Dd/d/ | DŹ dź/d͡ʑ/ |
| Ee/ɛ/, [ɜ]6 | Ēē/e:/ | Ęę/ɛ̃/, [ɜ̃]7 | Ëë/ə/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | GJ gj/ɟ/ | Ğğ/ɣ/ | ĞJ ğj/ʝ/ | GĞ gğ/g͡ɣ/ |
| GĞJ gğj/ɟ͡ʝ/ | Hh/h/ | HŁ hł/ʍ/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | KJ kj/c/ | KH kh/k͡x/ | KHJ khj/c͡ç/ | Ll/l/ |
| Łł/w/ | LJ lj/ʎ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Ńń/ɲ/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Oo/o/8 | Öö/œ/, [ɞ]9 | Øø/ø:/ | Pp/p/ |
| Qq/q/ | Rr/r/ | Ŗŗ/r̥/ | Ss/s/ | Śś/ɕ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/, [ɯ]10 | Üü/y/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/β̩/ |
| Xx/x/ | XJ xj/ç/ | Yy/ɨ/, [ɪ]11 | Zz/z/12 | Źź/ʑ/ | '/ʔ/13 | ||||
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||
- usually at the end of a word
- after velars
- after velars
- <tz> before <k>
- velar trill time baby WOOOOOOOOOO
- common pronounciation in the north
- common pronounciation in the north
- phonetically unround or less rounded
- common pronounciation in the north
- /u/ after any non-bilabial phonemes, commonly replaces [u] entirely in younger speakers
- sometimes after palatals
- often [d͡z]
- almost always completely silent
