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Iquis (Iquis: Ikʷīsyiz Tīaton [ɪˈkʷisjɪz ˈtiɐtɔn]; Ikʷīs [ɪˈkʷis]), officially Coalition Interstellar Iquis (Iquis: Ōyintānyiz Zīmoz Ikʷīsyiz Tīaton [ojɪnˈtɑnjɪz ˈzimɔz ɪˈkʷisjɪz ˈtiɐtɔn]), is a language spoken mainly in the Coalition of Allied Star Systems.
Phonology
| labial | dental | palatal | velar | velar (lab.) | uvular | uvular (lab.) | glottal | glottal (lab.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nasal | m | n | ŋ | ŋʷ | |||||
| plosive | p (b) | t (d) | k (g) | kʷ (gʷ) | q | qʷ | ʔ | ʔʷ | |
| fricative | (f) (v) | s z | ʃ (ʒ) | h | hʷ | ||||
| affricate | ts (dz) | tʃ (dʒ) | |||||||
| trill | r | ||||||||
| approximant | (l) | j | w |
Notes:
Phonemes in brackets are found in loanwords, learned borrowings from Old Iquis, and onomatopoeia.
| front | central | back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tense | lax | tense | lax | tense | lax | |
| close | ī /i/ | i /ɪ/ | (ū /u/) | (u /ʊ/) | ||
| mid | ē /e/ | e /ɛ/ | ə /ə/ | ō /o/ | o /ɔ/ | |
| open | ā /ɑ/ | a /ɐ/ | ||||