Xânčʻəl Language

Xânčʻəl (pronounced [χɑːn.tʃʰəl]; which also uses the exonym Yakhathi or Yakhathian from the Xânčʻəl word Yâxâtʻ "people") is the language of the Yakhathi people of Qərə.

Phonology

Consonants

Xânčʻəl has a medium-sized consonant inventory comprising 31 segments. Its plosives and affricates exist in three forms (voiceless, voiced, and aspirated) and its fricatives in two (voiceless and voiced). It has five series of consonants plus one glottal sound, [h].

Consonants of High Xânčʻəl

		Labial	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Plosive	Voiceless	[p] p	[t] t		[k] k	[q] q
	Voiced	[b] b	[d] d		[g] g
	Aspirated	[pʰ] pʻ	[tʰ] tʻ		[kʰ] kʻ	[qʰ] qʻ
Affricate	Voiceless		[ts] c	[tʃ] č
	Voiced		[dz] ç	[dʒ] ç̌
	Aspirated		[tsʰ] cʻ	[tʃʰ] čʻ
Fricative	Voiceless	[f] f	[s] s	[ʃ] š	[x ~ χ] x		[h] h
	Voiced	[v] v	[z] z	[ʒ] ž	[ɣ ~ ʁ] ğ
Nasal		[m] m	[n] n		[ŋ] ng
Approximant			[l] l	[j] y

Vowels

Xânčʻəl has seven vowel qualities, three of which have long versions, bringing the total to ten.

Consonants of High Xânčʻəl

	Front		Central	Back
	Short	Long		Short	Long
Close	[i] i		[ɨ] ı	[ɯ] u
Mid	[e] e	[eː] ê	[ə] ə	[o] o	[oː] ô
Open				[ɑ] a	[ɑː] â