Nojenhíh
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Nojenhíh /nɔʝ͡ʎɛ'nˤiħ/ | |
Period | ca. -2000 YP |
Spoken in | western Tuysáfa |
Total speakers | unknown |
Writing system | unknown |
Classification | Ájnljo |
Typology | |
Basic word order | unknown |
Morphology | unknown |
Alignment | unknown |
Credits | |
Created by | unknown |
Nojenhíh is a language from the Ájnljo language family. It is spoken in west Tuysáfa.
Phonology
Nasals | m | n | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pharyngealized nasals | /mˤ/ <mh> | /nˤ/ <nh> | ||||
Stops | p | t | k | |||
Fricatives | s | /ʃ/ <x> | /ħ/ <h> | |||
Pharyngealized fricatives | /sˤ/ <sh> | /ʃˤ/ <xh> | ||||
Liquids | r l | |||||
Pharyngealized liquids | /rˤ/ <rh> /ɫ/ <lh> | |||||
Approximants | /β/ <v> | /ʝ͡ʎ/ <j> |
Vowels
Front | Back | |
---|---|---|
Low | i | u |
High | /ɛ/ <e> | /ɔ/ <o> /ɑ/ <a> |
Where there is a single letter, the phoneme and orthography match. Stops can be geminated word-medially. The stress is dynamic and lexical and it's marked with acute accent.
Cognates
Below is a table listing cognates of Nojenhih with Ájnljo languages.
Meaning | Nojenhíh | |
man | najenhíh | |
water | lalháh | |
tree | nájeni | |
sun | mejemhíh | |
land | faf | |
this | nojéh | |
that | noh | |
that yonder | novóh | |
house | újoje | |
turtle | ujáh | |
egg | máje | |
to grow | íveje |
(under work)