Ałánžuqhatéñgin means language of Ałán.
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Žuqháń (dialects)[edit | edit source]
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 |
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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)[edit | edit source]
The orthography is rather simple and most of the time matches the pronunciation.
Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar / palatal |
Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||
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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] |
- ['] is mostly used instead of [ˀ]. [ˀ] remains the only official way to write down this sound.
- 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)[edit | edit source]
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Baĝínxhóŀin (dictionary)[edit | edit source]
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Čhibléń (examples)[edit | edit source]
- 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.
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