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)