Xadwg
| Cadwg | |
|---|---|
| Language family | Sesjan |
| Writing system | Cadwg Script |
| Official status | |
| Spoken in | Amuj |
| Regulated by | Casual Mitosis Collective |
| Speaker | |
| Endonym | Cadwg [ˈʒa.duɡ] |
| Exonym | Zhadugan |
| Number of speakers | 6 |
| Technical information | |
| Usage | Recordkeeping and signage |
| Language code | CDG |
Zhadugan, also known as Cadwg (Natively: Cadwg Od [ʒa.duɡ od]), is a Sesjan language spoken on the northern coast of the Amujan Sea and is an official language of The City State of Amuj.
Phonology
Consonants
Zhadugan has 19-20 consonants:
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | /m/ | /n/ | ([ŋ] ⟨q⟩) | ||
| Plosive | Voiceless | /p/ | /t/ | /k/ | |
| Voiced | /b/ | /d/ | /ɡ/ | ||
| Fricative | Voiceless | /f/ | /s/ | /ʃ/ ⟨x⟩ | /x/ ⟨h⟩ |
| Voiced | /v/ | /ʒ/ ⟨c⟩ | /ɣ/ ⟨ȝ⟩ | ||
| Liquid | /β̞/ ⟨w⟩ | /r l/ | /j/ | ||
- /n t d s r l/ become allophonic [nˠ tˠ dˠ sˠ rˠ ɫ] when in contact with /k ɡ x ɣ/
- [ŋ] appears only in loanwords
Vowels
Zhadugan has 7 vowels:
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | /i/ | /ɨ/ ⟨u⟩ | /u/ ⟨w⟩ | |
| Mid | /e/ | /ə/ ⟨y⟩ | /o/ | |
| Low | /a/ | |||
Orthography
Cadwg, along with the other Sesjan languages, uses the Cadwg Script.
| Cadwg Letter | Romanization |
|---|---|
| m | m |
| n | n |
| q | q |
| p | p |
| t | t |
| k | k |
| b | b |
| d | d |
| g | g |
| f | f |
| s | s |
| x | x |
| h | h |
| v | v |
| c | c |
| ȝ | ȝ |
| w | w |
| r | r |
| l | l |
| j | j |
| Cadwg Letter | Romanization |
|---|---|
| i | i |
| u | u |
| ŵ | w |
| e | e |
| y | y |
| o | o |
| a | a |