Kafθn Naaxi

Kafθn Naaxi
Type
Alignment
Head direction
Tonal	No
Declensions	Yes
Conjugations	No
Genders
Nouns decline according to...
Case	Number
Definiteness	Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice	Mood
Person	Number
Tense	Aspect
Meta-information
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Statistics Nouns 0% Verbs 0% Adjectives 0% Syntax 0% Words of 1500
Creator	[[User:|]]

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal	Labial-velar
Nasal	m			n			ŋ
Plosive	p' p b		t̪' t̪ d̪	t' t d			k' k	ʔ
Fricative	φ	f v	θ ð	s' s z	ʃ' ʃ ʒ	ç
Affricate		pf	tθ dð	ts' ts dz	tʃ' tʃ dʒ
Approximant									w
Flap or tap				r
Lateral fric.
Clicks	ʘ				!	ǂ

Vowels

	Front	Near-front	Central	Near-back	Back
High	i y
Near-high
High-mid
Mid	ɛ
Low-mid
Near-low
Low	a

Phonotactics

Aspirated and voiced plosives cannot be final, nor can /r/. If there is a situation where an aspirated or voiced plosive would normally be final, aspirated plosives become ejective and voiced either is left out or become ejective. Glottal stops can only be medial or final. /w/ only occurs when it replaces /ya/ as /wa/. /k/ --> /c/ when before /ç/ or /cç/.

Writing System

Letter	a	i	u	e	b	p	t	d	k	m	n	N
Sound	a	i	y	ɛ	b	p	t	d	k	m	n	ŋ
Letter	-	'	O	f	v	s	z	x	r	l	!	:
Sound	ʔ	Ejective	φ	f	v	s	z	ç	r	ɬ	!	ǂ
Letter	θ	δ	σ	j	F	T	S	Z	Σ	J	X
Sound	θ	ð	ʃ	ʒ	pf	tθ	ts	dz	tʃ	dʒ	cç

Lexicon

Plain	Formal	Humble	Provocative	English Meaning
!	!aara-			I
ki	θθe			you
ki!!	θe!a-ara			we (inclusive plural)
!!				we (exclusive)
ki!	θe!ara			we (inclusive dual)
kiOe				you (dual, one addressee)
kOe				you (dual, one addressee, alt)
k'ki				you (dual, two addressees)
Xxi				you (dual, two addressees, alt)
Xi				you (dual, two addressees, alt)
k'da			Nna	you (plural, one addressee)
gda				you (plural, one addressee, alt)
	θeθθe			you (plural, 2 or more addressees)
Oe				animate singular 3rd person pronoun
O				animate singular 3rd person pronoun, alt
da				animate plural 3rd person pronoun
mau				it
lau				they (inanimate dual)
:au				they (inanimate plural)