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Latest revision as of 07:50, 11 September 2024

Tselsanthe (Standard Tselsanthe: Ɂokʷ-cʼəlsɂãtᶿeɂ, literally 'the way we speak'), or Chŭrsangtxê, historically known as Northern Ru, is a Ruic language spoken in the Qonklese Northeast by the Three Tribes

Names

Standard Tselsanthe is an artificial dialect constructed as a lingua franca between various nations in the Northeast.

Tselsanthe

Nekora: Ɂokʷ-cʼersɂãtᶿiɂ

Hangabatan: Ɂogʷ-cəlsɂãdᶿeɂ

Orbin: Ɂʷəkʷ-cʼərsɂãtᶿyəɂ

Phonology

Vowels

Front Central Back
-nas +nas -nas +nas -nas +nas
High i ĩ u ũ
Mid e ə ə̃ o õ
Low a ã

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
central sibilant lateral plain labial plain labial plain labial
Plosive/Affricate voiceless p tᶿ t ts k kʷ q qʷ Ɂ Ɂʷ
ejective pʼ tᶿʼ tʼ tsʼ ʼ kʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ
Fricative voiceless s ɬ x xʷ
Sonorant voiced m n l ŋ ŋʷ
Approximant voiced j w