Tosï

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Tosï
Pronunciation[ˈtos]
Language familyIsolate
Writing systemNahan, Latin (when Nahan isn't available)
Official status
Spoken inHeufauna
Regulated byHeufaunese Language Regulatory Committee
Speaker
Endonymtásí Tásí
Number of speakers44
Technical information
UsageOffcicial language


Tosï (natively tásí Tásí [ˈtos]) is an official language of Heufauna written in the Nahan script.

Phonology

Consonants

Tosï has 23 consonants:

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m ⟨m n ⟨n ŋ ⟨ń
Plosive Voiceless p ⟨p t ⟨t ʧ ⟨ci k ⟨c ʔ ⟨∅⟩[1]
Voiced b ⟨ d ⟨ ʤ ⟨ći g ⟨ći
Fricative Voiceless f ⟨f s ⟨s ʃ ⟨si x ⟨h
Voiced v ⟨v z ⟨z ʒ ⟨zi ɣ ⟨r
Liquid w ⟨u l ⟨l j ⟨i
  1. Due to Tásí syllabes having to start with a consonant, the previously orthographic is now obsolete and this phoneme is hence unrepresented orthographically

Vowels

Tosï has 7 vowels:

Caption text
Front Central Back
High i ⟨é ɨ[1]í u ⟨o
Mid e ⟨e ɵ[1]ó o ⟨á
Low a ⟨a
  1. 1.0 1.1 These vowels are elided away in unstressed positions

Latijöseŋi

Main article: Latijöseŋi

In situations where the Nahan script is unavailable or where it is, but without the Strappo, people use what is called Latijöseŋi (Tosï: latézióseńé Latézióseńé [latiʒˈseŋi], lit. "Latin-becoming") to write in Tosï.[1]

  1. Transliterations into scripts other than Latin are permitted, but most people use Latijöseŋi in everyday writing. For more information on one such other transliteration, see Kyrizhǎsengi.