| Pntek | |
|---|---|
| Պնտէկ Pnték | |
| Region | Pontesi |
| Ethnicity | Pntek people |
| Native speakers | 58 million (3789) |
| Language family |
Jelbo-Tukaric
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Pnt |
Pntek or Pnték is the dominant language in Pontesi and the native language of the Pntek people. As a North Jelbic language, Pntek is closely related to Brmek and Jelbek, to the point of mutual intelligibility, the main difference consisting in the adstratum: whereas Jelbek primarily uses Deltarian for its source of loanwords and Brmek uses Qedarite (Semitic) languages, Pntek is mostly influenced by Nrktek in its vocabulary.
Alphabet and Phonology[]
| Nrakti | Selucian | IPA | Phonology |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ը ը | a | ǣ | like a in "pad" |
| Ա ա | á | ɑː | like ar in "far" |
| Ը ը | à | æ | like a in "pad" but very short |
| Բ բ | b | b | like b in "burn" |
| Ջ ջ | c | d͡ʒ | like j in "jam" |
| Դ դ | d | d | like d in "dirt" |
| Ե ե | e | ə | like e in "tell" |
| Է է | é | eɪ | like ay in "bay" |
| Թ թ | f | 'f | like f in "fester". Aspirated. |
| Գ գ | g | ɡʱ | like g in "gurn". Breathily voiced. |
| Հ հ | h | ɦ | voiced glottal fricative. No English Equivalent |
| Ի ի | i | ɪ | like i in "instead" |
| Իյ իյ | í | iː | like ee in "bee" |
| Յ յ | j | j | like y in "yell" |
| Կ կ | k | k | like ch in "mechanism". Aspirated if start of word. |
| Լ լ | l | ɫ | like l in "milk" |
| Մ մ | m | m | like m in "met" |
| Ն ն | n | n | like n in "burn" |
| Ո ո | o | o̞ | like o in Spanish "todo" |
| Պ պ | p | p | like p in "printer". Aspirated if start of word. |
| Ր ր | r | r̩ | like r in Czech "krk" |
| Ս ս | s | s | like s in "sit" |
| Շ շ | sh | ʃ | like sh in "shoe". |
| Տ տ | t | t | like t in "tape" |
| Ու ու | u | u | like u in "mural" |
| Ֆ ֆ | v | f | like f in "influence". Not aspirated. |
| Վ վ | w | v | like w in German "Werken" |
| Ւ ւ | y | ɪ | like y in "synchronised" |
| Զ զ | z | z̪ | like z in German "zoo" |