Tkeḏ

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Tkeḏ is a T1 language of the Southeastern branch; it is most closely related to Teyetáti, and more generally to such languages as Omari, East and West Yalan, Tumetıęk, Cednìtıt, Hkətl’ohnim, and Cëzëdeğozin.

Tkeḏ
[ tkɛð ]
Period c. 0 YP
Spoken in Yètùpono'mòn mountains (SE Tuysáfa)
Total speakers unknown, thought to be less than 10,000
Writing system unknown
Classification T1 languages
  Southeastern T1
    Tkeḏ
Typology
Basic word order VOS
Morphology agglutinating/polysynthetic with some fusion
Alignment NOM-ACC
Credits
Created by Linguifex

Phonology

Phoneme inventory

Consonants

labial dental alveolar palatal velar glottal
nasal m n ŋ
plosive p t k ʔ
trill r
fricative f · v ð s · z x · ɣ h
approximant l j w
  • /ʔ/ is written ❬q❭.
  • /ð x ɣ/ are written ❬Đ Ǥ Ḵ❭ in uppercase and ❬ḏ ḡ ḵ❭ in lowercase.
  • /j w/ are written ❬y w❭.

Vowels

The Tkeḏ vowel inventory is as follows. Vowels can be one of three tones: High, mid, or low.

front central back
close i · y u
mid ɛ · œ
open aɪ · a · aʊ
  • /á ɛ́ œ́ í ý ú/ are written as ❬á é ó í ú ẃ❭.
  • /a ɛ œ i y u/ are written as ❬a e o i u w❭.
  • /à ɛ̀ œ̀ ì ỳ ù/ are written as ❬à è ò ì ù ẁ❭.