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Kivatu is one of few languages that features voiceless approximants, specifically a voiceless labial-velar approximant | Kivatu is one of few languages that features voiceless approximants, specifically a voiceless labial-velar approximant, [w̥] and a voiceless palatal approximant, [j̥]. | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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! !! Front !! Central !! Back | |||
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! Close | |||
| i || colspan=2 | ʉ~u | |||
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! Close-mid | |||
| e || || o~o̞ | |||
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! Open | |||
| a || || ɑ | |||
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[[Category:Kivatu]] | [[Category:Kivatu]] | ||
[[Category:Languages]] | [[Category:Languages]] | ||
[[Category:Conlangs]] | [[Category:Conlangs]] | ||
[[Category:A priori]] | [[Category:A priori]] | ||
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| Kivatu | |
|---|---|
| Kiuatou | |
| vatu k’vatu | |
| Pronunciation | [w̥atu kʼw̥atu] |
| Created by | Jukethatbox |
| Date | 2024 |
| Native to | Kivatu Archipelago |
| Ethnicity | K’wa, Kokosi and Kikiñ peoples |
| Native speakers | ~70,000 (2024) ~31,850 K’wa ~21,980 Kokosi ~15,890 Kikiñ ~280 other |
language isolate
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Kivatu(vatu k’vatu, pronounced: [w̥atu kʼw̥atu]), also called Kiuatou, is a language isolate spoken natively in the Kivatu Archipelago by the K’wa, Kokosi and Kikiñ people in order of population. There are a total of about 70,000 native speakers of Kivatu, with 45.5% being ethnically K’wa, 31.4% being Kokosi, 22.7% being Kikiñ and the remaining 0.4% being other unspecified ethnicities.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Coronal | Velar | Palatal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pulmonic | p b | t d | k g | |
| ejective | pʼ bʼ | tʼ dʼ | kʼ | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ɲ | |
| Fricative | pulmonic | ɸ | s z | ç | |
| palatalised | sʲ zʲ | ||||
| (Lateral) Approximant | l | w̥ w | j̥ j | ||
Kivatu is one of few languages that features voiceless approximants, specifically a voiceless labial-velar approximant, [w̥] and a voiceless palatal approximant, [j̥].
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ʉ~u | |
| Close-mid | e | o~o̞ | |
| Open | a | ɑ | |