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
Like Kyawcenni, Yakkanogi uses the Tanswaiy script. But due to the phonotactics of Yakkanogibeing much less restrictive than the one of Kyawcenni, the coda consonant letters are not only used for the coda, but for any consonant not followed by a vowel.
Consonant letters
| Tanswaiy | Latin | Phoneme |
|---|---|---|
| | b | b |
| | c | s |
| | d | d |
| | f | f |
| | g | c (onset)
ç (coda) |
| | h | h |
| | k | k |
| | kk | kː |
| | l | l |
| | m | m |
| | n | n |
| | ng | ŋ |
| | p | p |
| | pp | pː |
| | q | ʔ |
| | r | ɾ |
| | s | θ |
| | t | t |
| | tt | tː |
| | ts | ts |
| | v | v |
| | x | ç (onset only) |
| | y | j |
| | z | ð |
Vowel diacritics
| Tanswaiy | Latin | Phoneme |
|---|---|---|
| | a | a |
| | au | au |
| | e | e |
| | ea | ea |
| | ei | ɛi |
| | i | i |
| | ia | iɘ |
| | iy | ɘi |
| | o | o |
| | u | u |
| | ua | uə |
| | y | ɘ |
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 |