Xadwg

Cadwg
Language family	Sesjan
Writing system	Cadwg Script, Nahan Script (in Pozhazh)
Official status
Spoken in	Amuj
Regulated by	Casual Mitosis Collective
Speaker
Endonym	Cadŵg [ˈʒa.duɡ]
Exonym	Zhadugan
Number of speakers	6
Technical information
Usage	Recordkeeping and signage
Language code	CDG

Zhadugan, also known as Cadwg (Natively: Cadŵg 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 phonemic 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 ʃ ʒ/ become allophonic [nˠ tˠ dˠ sˠ rˠ ɫ ʂ ʐ] 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. However, Cadwg speakers in southern Pozhazh may instead use an adapted form of the Nahan Script due to contact with Mosici speakers.

Consonants

Cadwg Letter	Romanization	C-Nahan Letter
m	m	m
n	n	n
q	q
p	p	p
t	t	t
k	k	c
b	b
d	d
g	g
f	f	f
s	s	s
x	x	si
h	h	h
v	v	v
c	c	zi
ȝ	ȝ	r
w	w	u
r	r
l	l	l
j	j	i

Vowels

Cadwg Letter	Romanization	C-Nahan Letter
i	i	é
u	u	éo
ŵ	w	ó
e	e	e
y	y	eo
o	o	o
a	a	a