Pntek | |
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Պնտէկ Pnték | |
Region | Pontesi |
Ethnicity | Pntek people |
Native speakers | 58 million (3789) |
Language family |
Jelbo-Tukaric
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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 |
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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" |