Red Laqi language
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The Red Laqi language (RL. Plyžlaqebze) is the variety of Laqi speech most closely associated with the Red Laqs. Red Laqs originate from the Laqi Homeland in the grasslands of Brookshire, but split off to migrate west as Ashkenatza fell to ruin.
Phonology
| Labial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Alveolopalatal | Retroflex | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | kʷ | q | qʷ | ʔ | ʔʷ | ||||||||
| voiced | b | d | gʷ | |||||||||||||
| ejective | p' | pʷ' | t' | tʷ' | kʷ' | |||||||||||
| Affricate | voiceless | t͡s | t͡sʷ | t͡ʃ | t͡ʂ | |||||||||||
| voiced | d͡z | d͡zʷ | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||
| ejective | t͡s' | t͡ʃ' | t͡ʂ' | |||||||||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ɬ | ʃ | ʃʷ | ɕ | ʂ | x | xʷ | χ | χʷ | ħ | |||
| voiced | z | ɮ | ʒ | ʒʷ | ʑ | ʐ | ɣ | ʁ | ʁʷ | |||||||
| ejective | ɬ' | ʃ' | ʃʷ' | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Central | |
|---|---|
| Close-mid | ə |
| Open | a aː |
Orthography
| Character | Phoneme | Examples | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A a | /aː/ | aban "hole" | |
| B b | /b/ | be "a lot (of)" | |
| C | C c | /t͡s/ | cage "rib", cy "body hair" |
| C° c° | /t͡sʷ/ | c°y "ox" | |
| C' c' | /t͡s'/ | c'yfy "person" | |
| Ć ć | /t͡ʃ/ | ćefy "cheerful, pleased" | |
| Ć' ć' | /t͡ʃ'/ | ć'ymafe "winter", ćase "late", ćyg°e "land" | |
| Ĉ ĉ | /t͡ʂ/ | ĉy'e "cold" | |
| Ĉ' ĉ' | /t͡ʂ'/ | ĉyfe "debt" | |
| D | D d | /d/ | dedźe "bitter" |
| Dz dz | /d͡z/ | dzeue "bag" | |
| Dz° dz° | /d͡zʷ/ | ḥandz°e "rick, 1.208 m3" | |
| Dź dź | /d͡ʒ/ | dźane "dress, robe, shirt", łamydź "bridge" | |
| E e | /a/ | 'eneẑ, neneẑ "grandmother" | |
| F f | /f/ | fyžy "white" | |
| G | G g | /ɣ/ | -ge "-ity, -ness" |
| G° g° | /gʷ/ | ||
| Ġ ġ | /ʁ/ | ||
| Ġ° ġ° | /ʁʷ/ | ||
| H | H h | /x/ | -he "-s (plural marker)" |
| Ḥ ḥ | /ħ/ | ||
| I i | /j/ | iai "theirs", iat'e "dirt" | |
| K | K° k° | /kʷ/ | |
| K°' k°' | /kʷ'/ | ||
| L | L l | /ɮ/ | ly "meat" |
| Ł ł | /ɬ/ | łaše "weak" | |
| Ł' ł' | /ɬ'/ | ł'y "man" | |
| M m | /m/ | maze "moon", mepy "sheep" | |
| N n | /n/ | ne "eye", ny "mother" | |
| P | P p | /p/ | plyžy "red" paie "for, in order to" |
| P' p' | /p'/ | p'e "bed" | |
| P°' | /pʷ'/ | p°'yr "apprentice" | |
| Q | Q q | /q/ | qek°'eḥyn "to stroll, roam" maq "voice" |
| Q° q° | /qʷ/ | q°yŝe "mountain", q°e "-son (patronymic)" | |
| R r | /r/ | rezeġen "to become content" | |
| S | S s | /s/ | se "I, me", seśh°e "sabre" |
| Ś ś | /ʃ/ | śy "horse, brother" | |
| Ś° ś° | /ʃʷ/ | ś°y- "you all (imperative plural marker)", ś°ece "black" | |
| Š š | /ɕ/ | šy "three" | |
| Ŝ ŝ | /ʂ/ | ŝe "hundred", ŝabe "soft, meek" | |
| T | T t | /t/ | te "we" |
| T' t' | /t'/ | nyt'e "yes" | |
| T°' t°' | /tʷ'/ | t°'yrys "old" | |
| U u | /w/ | uyben "to tamp, make smooth" | |
| X | X x | /χ/ | xyien "to move" |
| X° x° | /χʷ/ | -x°y "male ___" | |
| Z | Z z | /z/ | -bze "female ___, -speech" |
| Ź ź | /ʒ/ | bźyḥe "autumn" | |
| Ź° ź° | /ʒʷ/ | ź°aġ°e "star" | |
| Ž ž | /ʑ/ | žaua "shadow" | |
| Ẑ ẑ | /ʐ/ | ẑy "old", ẑaẑe "slow" | |
| ' | ' | /ʔ/ | 'e "hand" |
| '° | /ʔʷ/ | '°yćen "to meet" | |
