Ałánžuqhatéñgin

Ałánžuqhatéñgin means language of Ałán.

Žuqháń (dialects)

There are several dialects. The most important dialect is Ranínžon (from Ranín žuqhatéñgin, real language) which is also the standard language. The following table demonstrates the differences between the dialects.

Language	I	you	we	to eat	to work	animal	house	grave
Ranínžon	čá	xlu	čáń	glaˀibhíč	umáx	báđin	xláwin	žaˀumín
Xlu'íban	čí	ẋlu	číń	ẋliwíč	umíx	biḋín	ẋwín	jámin
Šúrań	šə	łə	šəń	łáwiš	ˀəmáš	ḋəń	ġəżláwən	žaˀəmín
Xás	čén	ĝlun	čéń	xlewˀíwič	ˀuméĝ	beˀəđín	ĝiłéˀewin	jéˀumíń
Thán	can	xlun	cann/cań	glawíc	humáx	badín	xiłáwin	jamínn/jamíń

Łunín qha iñgˀín (alphabet and pronunciation)

The orthography is rather simple and most of the time matches the pronunciation.

		Bilabial		Dental	Alveolar		Postalveolar / palatal	Velar		Uvular		Glottal
		aspirated	unaspirated		aspirated	unaspirated		aspirated	unaspirated	aspirated	unaspirated
Nasal		m [m]			n [n]			ŋ [ñ]
Plosives	voiced	bʰ [bh]	b [b]		dʰ [dh]	d [d]	gʰ [gh]	g [g]			ʔ [ˀ]¹
	voiceless	pʰ [ph]	p [p]		tʰ [th]	t [t]		kʰ [kh]	k [k]	qʰ [qh]		q [q]
Affricatives	voiced				ʣʰ [ċh]	ʣ [ċ]	ʤ [ġ]
	voiceless				ʦʰ [ch]	ʦ [c]	ʧ [č]
Fricatives	voiced			ð [đ]	z [z]		ʒ [ž]	ɣ [ẋ]
	voiceless				s [s]		ʃ [š]	xʰ [xh]	x [x]	χ [ĝ]		h [h]
Trills					r [r]
Lateral fricatives	voiced				ɮ [ż]
	voiceless				ɬ [ł]
Lateral approximant					l/ɫ [l]		j [j]	w [w]
Lateral affricatives					tɬ [ŀ]

1. ['] is mostly used instead of [ˀ]. [ˀ] remains the only official way to write down this sound.
2. Some sounds namely /l n r s x z ð ʃ ʦ ʧ/ can be pronunced long too, like /lː nː rː sː xː zː ðː ʃː ʦː ʧː/. Then they are written like [ĺ ń ŕ ś ẍ ź ḋ ṥ ć ṡ] respectively.

Qháḋin wáłinžuqhatéñgin (basic grammar)

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Baĝínxhóŀin (dictionary)

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Čhibléń (examples)

• Gu čá ˀú glaˀibhíč xáĺ.
• Then I <stress> to eat <past>.
• I am the one that was eating then.

• Čá uˀgámi łaqhúnˀi łal.
• I to walk door <the> to.
• I am walking to the door.