Xadwg

Xadwg
Language family	Sesjan
Writing system	Xadwg Script, Nahan Script (in Pozhazh)
Official status
Spoken in	North Amuj
Regulated by	Gepach Iris
Speaker
Endonym	Xadwg [ˈʒa.duɡ]
Exonym	Zhadugan
Number of speakers	37
Technical information
Usage	Recordkeeping and signage
Language code	CDG

Zhadugan, also known as Xadwg (Natively: Xadwg Od [ʒa.duɡ od]), was a Sesjan language spoken on the northern coast of the Amujan Sea and was an official language of The City State of Amuj.

Phonology

Consonants

Xadwg had 19-20 phonemic consonants:

Consonants		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		/m/	/n/		([ŋ] ⟨ŋ⟩)
Plosive	Voiceless	/p/	/t/		/k/
	Voiced	/b/	/d/		/ɡ/
Fricative	Voiceless	/f/	/s/	/ʃ/ ⟨c⟩	/x/ ⟨q⟩
	Voiced	/v/		/ʒ/ ⟨x⟩	/ɣ/ ⟨h⟩
Liquid		/β̞/ ⟨ł⟩	/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

Xadwg had 7 phonemic vowels:

Vowels		Front	Central	Back
High		/i/	/ɨ/ ⟨u⟩	/u/ ⟨w⟩
Mid		/e/	/ə/ ⟨y⟩	/o/
Low			/a/

Orthography

Xadwg, along with most Sesjan languages except for Zanchulese, uses the Xadwg Script. However, Xadwg speakers in southern Pozhazh may instead use an adapted form of the Nahan Script due to contact with Mosici speakers at Ymécopaltarrévein.

Consonants

Xadwg Letter	Romanization	X-Nahan Letter
m	m	m
n	n	n
ŋ	ŋ
p	p	p
t	t	t
k	k	c
b	b
d	d
g	g
f	f	f
s	s	s
c	c	si
q	q	h
v	v	v
x	x	zi
h	h	r
ł	ł	u
r	r
l	l	l
j	j	i

Vowels

Xadwg Letter	Romanization	X-Nahan Letter
i	i	é
u	u	éo
w	w	ó
e	e	e
y	y	eo
o	o	o
a	a	a