Yakkanogi
| Yakkanogi | |
|---|---|
| Language family | Tsai-Chire |
| Writing system | Tanswaiy, sometimes Latin |
| Official status | |
| Spoken in | Kingdom of Kyaw Cen |
| Regulated by | Yakkaongi Nation |
| Speaker | |
| Demonym | Yakkanogi |
| Technical information | |
| Language code | YAK |
Yakkanogi is a language spoken by the Yakkanogi people in eastern Shingtsun, more precisely around the Svérigé, Nagjil the Yakkanogi Nation in northern Cistsaia.
Orthography
| Latin | Tanswaiy | Phoneme |
|---|---|---|
| a | | a |
| au | | au |
| b | | b |
| c | | s |
| d | | d |
| e | | e |
| ea | | ea |
| ei | | ɛi |
| f | | f |
| g | | c (onset)
ç (coda) |
| h | | h |
| i | | i |
| ia | | iɘ |
| iy | | ɘi |
| k | | k |
| kk | | kː |
| l | | l |
| m | | m |
| n | | n |
| ng | | ŋ |
| o | | o |
| p | | p |
| pp | | pː |
| q | | ʔ |
| r | | ɾ |
| s | | θ |
| t | | t |
| tt | | tː |
| ts | | ts |
| u | | u |
| ua | | uə |
| v | | v |
| x | | ç (onset only) |
| y | | j (onset)
ɘ (nucleus) |
| z | | ð |
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Guttural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | b | θ | ð | t | d | c | k | ʔ | |
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | ç | h | |||||
| Affricate | ||||||||||
| Liquid | ɾ | l | j | |||||||
The plosives p, t and k can be geminated.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɘ | u |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iə | ɘi | uə |
| Mid | ea | ||
| Open | ɛi | au |