Hwōrtiþen
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Hwōrtiþen ([xʷoːr.tɪ.θɛn]; "the speech", occasionally Sreþon-Hwōrtiþe "the Sredhic speech") is a Sredhic language that evolved from Proto-Chikwarian.
Phonology[edit | edit source]
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
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Plain | Labialized | ||||||
Plosive | p b | t d | k g | kw gw | |||
Fricative | f | þ | s z | sh zh | h | hw | |
Affricate | ts dz | tsh dzh | |||||
Nasal | m | n | |||||
Approximant | l | j | w | ||||
Trill | r |
Front | Central | Back | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Short | Long | Short | Short | Long | |
Close | ī ȳ | ū | |||
Near-Close | i y | u | |||
Close-Mid | ē | ō | |||
Mid | ä | ||||
Open-Mid | e | o | |||
Open | a | ā |