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 |