Archive:Dezaking
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Dezaking | |
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Dezak Deszänikä | |
Pronunciation | /d̪es̪æ̃n̪ĩkæ/ |
Language family | Maedim languages
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Dialects | Cobenan, Miroz, Evanese |
Writing system | Madim Script |
Official status | |
Official language in | Congaval |
CWS code | NCO |
Background
Dezaking started as a language on Dezaking Island in southern modern-day Rovenia. Three different countries claimed Dezaking Island as theirs, and a language evolved from those three languages called "Deszanika" (Dezaking Language). When Rovenia formed from those three countries, Dezaking was chosen to be the official language, and it was kept when Rovenia became Congaval.
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | Other | |
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Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||
Plosive | p b | t d | c ɟ | k g | ʔ | |||
Fricative | f v | s̪ z̪ | ʃ ʒ | x | ||||
Approximant | ʋ | j | ɰ | w ɥ | ||||
Lateral | l ɬ ɮ | χ͡l̪̊ |
Vowels
Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
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Close | i y ĩ ỹ | ɯ u ɯ̃ ũ | |||
Near-close | ɪ ʏ ɪ̃ ʏ̃ | ʊ ʊ̃ | |||
Close-mid | e ø ẽ ø̃ | ɤ o ɤ̃ õ | |||
Mid | ə ə̃ | ||||
Open-mid | ɛ œ ɛ̃ œ̃ | ʌ ɔ ʌ̃ ɔ̃ | |||
Near-open | æ æ̃ | ||||
Open | a ã |
Phonotactics
Dezaking has a syllable structure of (C)V(N), unless it's the last syllable of a word, then it's (C)V(N)(C).
Orthography
a - /ɑ/
ä - /æ/
ac - /ʌ/
au - /ɔ/
b - /b/
d - /d̪/
e - /e/
ec - /ɛ/
f - /f/
g - /g/
gy - /ɟ/
h - /x/
i - /i/
ı - /ɯ/
ic - /ɪ/
j - /j/
ȷ - /ɰ/
k - /k/
l - /l̪̃/
m - /m/
n - /n̪/
ng - /ŋ/
ny - /ɲ/
o - /o/
ö - /ø/
õ - /ɤ/
p - /p/
q - /χ͡l̪̥/
r - /ʋ/
s - /ʃ/
sz - /s̪/
t - /t̪/
ty - /c/
u - /u/
ü - /y/
v - /v/
w - /w/
ẅ - /ɥ/
y - /ə/
z - /z̪/
zs - /ʒ/
Grammar
Morphology
Dezaking has 35 cases.
Syntax
The word order of Dezaking is VSO.