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❭.