Feqhuv

Feqhuv
Language family	Isolate
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Spoken in	Twanland
Regulated by	Iris
Speaker
Demonym	Feqhuvi
Endonym	Fex̣wv̇
Number of speakers	1
Technical information
Usage	Official language, Recordkeeping
Language code	FQV

Feqhuv (natively Fex̣wv̇ [ˈɸe.χɯʋ𐞕]) is a language isolate spoken on the southern coast of the Amujan Sea and is one of the 4 official languages of the Republic of Twanland.

Phonology

Consonants

Feqhuv has 40 consonants, of which 15 are what are called "pyro-aspirated" consonants, which are pronounced like non-pyro aspirated consonants, but the breathiness is accompanied by the speaker using a flint and steel or firing a Flaming bow as an alternative to breathing fire.

Consonants	Labial	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m m𐞕 ⟨m ṁ⟩	ɲ ɲ𐞕 ⟨n ṅ⟩	ŋ ŋ𐞕 ⟨ŋ ŋ̇⟩	ɴ ɴ𐞕 ⟨ŋ̣ ŋ̣̇⟩
Plosive	p pʰ p𐞕 ⟨b p ṗ⟩	c cʰ c𐞕 ⟨d t ṫ⟩	k kʰ k𐞕 ⟨ɡ k k̇⟩	q qʰ q𐞕 ⟨ɡ̣ ḳ k̇⟩	ʔ ʔ𐞕 ⟨q q̇⟩
Affricate		c͡ç c͡çʰ c͡ç𐞕 ⟨z c ċ⟩
Fricative	ɸ ⟨f⟩	ç ⟨s⟩	x	χ ⟨x̣⟩	h
Liquid	ʋ ʋ𐞕 ⟨v v̇⟩	ɾʲ ɾʲ𐞕 ⟨l l̇⟩	ɰ ɰ𐞕 ⟨r ṙ⟩	ʁ̞ ʁ̞𐞕 ⟨ṛ ṛ̇⟩	ȝ ȝ𐞕 ⟨ȝ ȝ̇⟩

• /ȝ/ is described as a "glottal tap", a sound normally impossible to pronounce.

Vowels

Feqhuv has 7 vowels:

Vowels	Front	Central	Back
High	i	ɨ ⟨u⟩	ɯ ⟨w⟩
Middle	e	ə ⟨y⟩	ɤ ⟨o⟩
Low		a