Ndxiixun language

Ndxiixun
Ñdxi²xų́¹
Pronunciation	/ⁿd͡ʒīʃʊ̃́ˀ/
Ethnicity	Xuni
Language family	Ngerupic languages Ndxiixun
Early forms:	Wa Ñi language Mañi language Ndxiixun
Official status
Official language in	Quaxin Xun
CWS code	ndx

The Ndxiixun language is a Ngerupic dialect cluster which is the most widely spoken language in Quaxin Xun, where it has co-official status with two other Ngerupic languages of Quaxin Xun, Hlung and Maypawh.

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Labiovelar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n		ɲ	ŋʷ	ŋ
Tenuis plosive	p	t			kʷ	k	ʔ
Prenasalized plosive/affricate	ᵐb	ⁿd	ⁿd͡ʒ		ᵑgʷ	ᵑg
Affricate		t͡s	t͡ʃ
Fricative	ɸ	s z	ʃ				h
Approximant		ɹ		j	w
Trill		r
Lateral app.		l		ʎ

Vowels

	Front	Near-front	Near-back	Back
Close	i			u
Near-close		ɪ̃	ʊ̃
Close-mid	e			o
Open-mid				ʌ̃
Open	a

Tone

Vowels may have three level tones: high, mid, or low, as well as low-high rising, mid-high rising, high-mid falling, and high-low falling tones.

Phonation

Vowels may have controlled or ballistic stress. Ballistic stressed syllables are short, high intensity, may end in glottal closure, and have modal voice. They are notated as "glottalized" (e.g. /uˀ/) due to the lack of IPA notation for ballistic syllables.

Phonotactics

Ndxiixun has a strict (C)V syllable structure. Neither diphthongs nor consonant clusters are permitted, although vowel hiatus is allowed.