Yiqa' Yiywos [YYS]
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Yiqa' Yiywos
'il-Yiqa' Yiywos [ʔiʎiqɑʔ jiwos]*
Yiqa' Yiywos'il-Yiqa' Yiywos [ʔiʎiqɑʔ jiwos]*
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Language type
Not specified
Species
Human/humanoid
About Yiqa' Yiywos
Yiqa' Yiywos is an extinct language spoken by scaled long-longs in the 8th world.
Yiqa' Yiywos has semitic-like triliteral roots and is verb-initial.
Lonmai Luna has many words from Yiqa' Yiywos, and Yiqa' Yiywos is one of the main source of borrowing of Lonmai Luna
Yiqa' Yiywos has semitic-like triliteral roots and is verb-initial.
Lonmai Luna has many words from Yiqa' Yiywos, and Yiqa' Yiywos is one of the main source of borrowing of Lonmai Luna
Sample of Yiqa' Yiywos[view] Zada Harri de dit'awson k'innan 'il-rasazan
Harry lived in a hole in the ground.[view all texts]
Harry lived in a hole in the ground.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m [m] [m̩]1 | n [n]2 [n̩]3 | [ɲ]4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | b | t tʼ | d | [c]5 [cʼ]6 | [ɟ]7 | k kʼ | g | q qʼ | ʔ | |||||||||||
| Fricative | f | [v]8 | s | z | [ɕ]9 | [ʑ]10 | x | [ʁ]11 | ʕ | |||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʼ | [t͡ɕ]12 [t͡ɕʼ]13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l [l̩]14 | [ʎ]15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r [r̩]16 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | [ɾ]17 | |||||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /m/
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /tʼ/
- allophone of /d/
- allophone of /b/
- allophone of /s/
- allophone of /z/
- allophone of /ʕ/
- allophone of /t͡s/
- allophone of /t͡sʼ/
- allophone of /l/
- allophone of /l/
- allophone of /r/
- allophone of /d/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | |||
| Open | ɑ | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Yiqa' Yiywos. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 Yiqa' YiywosOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| '/ʔ/ | -// | Aa/ɑ/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/x/ | Ii/i/ | Kk/k/ |
| K' k'/kʼ/ | Ll/l/, [l̩] | Mm/m/, [m̩] | M̄ m̄[m] | Nn/n/, [n̩] | N̄ n̄[n] | Oo/o/ | Qq/q/ | Q' q'/qʼ/ | Rr/r/, [r̩] | Ss/s/ |
| Tt/t/ | T' t'/tʼ/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | TS' ts'/t͡sʼ/ | Uu/u/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Ææ/ɛ/ | ʁ/ʕ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
