Archive:Q'eb language
| Q'eb language | |
|---|---|
| q'eblat | |
| Ethnicity | Q'eb people |
| Language family |
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| CWS code | – |
The Q'eb language is a language spoken by the Q'eb people living in the Confederation of Ebo Nganagam and Kema Mi Amo.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Epiglottal | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||
| Plosive | p b | t tʼ d | k kʼ g | q qʼ | ||||||||
| Fricative | s z | ʃ ʒ | χ ʁ | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʼ d͡z | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʼ d͡ʒ | ||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | j | ||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||
| Flap or tap | ||||||||||||
| Lateral fric. | ||||||||||||
| Lateral app. | l | |||||||||||
| Lateral flap |
Vowels
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |||
| Near-close | |||||
| Close-mid | |||||
| Mid | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |||
| Near-open | æ | ||||
| Open | ɑ |
Phonotactics
The Q'eb language allows an elaborate possibility of consonant clusters, it is not uncommon to have four or five consonants in an initial cluster, for example, ksmrdans /qʼɑriχs si ksmrdɑns/ "he did not make it" consists of an initial cluster of five consonants.
Orthography
Grammar
The Q'eb language is a highly synthetic agglutinating language, it has both polypersonal agreements and nominal cases.