Khezian language

Khezian
Qezisam Qezisam
Pronunciation	[ˈxe:zɪsɐm]
Region	Vaniua
Ethnicity	Khezid
Native speakers	40 million  (2017)
Language family	Ryamaian Vaniuan Western Vaniuan Dasic Khezian
Early forms:	Old Khezian Khezian
Writing system	Vucheshian
Official status
Official language in	Khezan
CWS code	KHEZ

Khezian is a Dasic language within the Western Vaniuan branch of the Vaniuan language family. Khezian is a pluricentric language, otherwise known as a dialect continuum, as there are multiple accepted variants of the language throughout the country of Khezan, however the dialect spoken by the most people, and the variant used most internationally, is the Osgim Standard. Khezian is written in the Khezian alphabet, a modification of the Vucheshian alphabet.

Classification

Khezian is a Dasic language descended from the Western Vaniuan branch of the Vaniuan languages. The Dasic languages are a small branch of the family that contain the languages of Khezian and Bashan, the latter of which is spoken in Vosan.

Phonology

Below is the phonology of the Osgimi Standard.

Consonants

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Plosive	p b		t d		k g
Affricate				t͡ʃ
Fricative	f v	θ ð	s z	ʃ ʒ	x	h
Approximant			l r	j

Vowels

Short/lax vowels Front Back Close i ɪ ʊ Open ɐ

Long/tense vowels Front Back Close iː uː Mid eː oː Open äː

Notes: • The open vowels [ɐ] and [ä:] appear central but have back realizations, hence their position on the chart.

Phonotactics

For the most part, Khezian has a CVC syllable structure, C including t͡ʃ, with intervocalic consonant clusters being uncommon, and those that start with plosives being nonexistent, except in loanwords.