Łaakehau’a language

Łaakehau'a /kǁaː.cə.hau̯.ʔa/ is a language used by the native inhabitants of Mpaikewuu’akehau’a. It is notable for it's inclusion of click consonants. The language is agglutinative and has a relatively simple phonology. No written form of Łaakehau’a currently exists, small samples of the language were written down by ASF explorers, but the samples are seldom accurate.

Phonology

Consonants

	labial	dental	alveolar	velar	palatal	glottal
nasal	m		n
stop	p ᵐp		t ⁿt		c ᶮc	ʔ
fricative			s ɬ	xʷ		h
click		kǀ ŋǀ	kǁ ŋǁ		kǂ ŋǂ

Syllables follow a C(V)V(V) format, with the exception of monosyllabic particles and onomatopoeia, which can be formed of solely one nasal or one click. The vowels i and u can form digraphs in which they are pronounced as semivowels. Long vowels are treated as a digraph of two of the same letter.

Vowels

	front	central	back
closed	i iː		u uː
mid		ə ɛː
open	a aː

Vowel combinations

-a-	∅- a- i- u- -∅ a aː i̯a u̯a -a i̯aː u̯aː -i ai̯ aːi̯ i̯ai̯ u̯ai̯ -u au̯ aːu̯ i̯au̯ u̯au̯
-e-	∅- e- i- u- -∅ ə ɛː i̯ə u̯ə -e i̯ɛː u̯ɛː -i əi̯ ɛːi̯ i̯əi̯ u̯əi̯ -u əu̯ ɛːu̯ i̯əu̯ u̯əu̯
-i-	∅- i- u- -∅ i iː u̯i -i u̯iː -u iu̯ iːu̯ u̯iu̯
-u-	∅- i- u- -∅ u i̯u uː -i ui̯ i̯ui̯ uːi̯ -u i̯uː

Romanization

This system, or any system reflecting it does not exist in universe.

romanized	a	c	e	h	i	k	l	ł	m	n	p	q	s	t	u	w	’		mp	nc	nł	nk	nq	nt
IPA	a	kǀ	ə	h	i	c	ɬ	kǁ	m	n	p	kǂ	s	t	u	xʷ	ʔ		ᵐp	ŋǀ	ŋǁ	ᶮc	ŋǂ	ⁿt

In vowel digraphs semivowels are assumed to be the initial vowel, final semivowels are marked with a grave accent (`) when ambiguous, for example: iu /i̯u/ but iù /iu̯/.