Xšali

Xšali
Period	c. -500 to +300 YP
Spoken in	Xšalad
Total speakers	unknown
Writing system	Xšali script
Classification	!Ho languages  Xšali
Typology
Basic word order	unknown
Morphology	unknown
Alignment	unknown
Credits
Created by	Radius

Xšali is a language of the !Ho family spoken in the region of Xšalad along the southern coast of northeastern Peilaš. It is descended from Old Xšali, the language spoken during and just after the late First Empire.

The language was never described in detail, but the consonant inventory was as follows:

Pulmonic consonants:

	labial	dental	lateral	postalv.	palatal	velar	glottal
plain stops	p				c	k	ʔ
aspirated stops	pʰ				cʰ	kʰ
affricates		ts	tɬ	tʃ
fricatives		s	ɬ	ʃ			h
implosives	ɓ	ɗ			ʄ	ɠ
nasals	m	n			ɲ	ŋ
approximants	w	r	l		j

Clicks:

	dental	lateral	alveolar	palatal
plain	ǀ	‖	!	ǂ
aspirated	ǀh	‖h	!h	ǂh
glottalised	ǀ’	‖’	!’	ǂ’
nasal	ŋǀ	ŋ‖	ŋ!	ŋǂ

See also

• A few forum posts about Xšali

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