Qübün language
Qübün is a language isolate in Coburia and much of northern Alshar. It is the only recognised official language and majority language of Coburia. Qübün is classified as a language isolate with significant influences from neighboring Mongolic languages.
Coburian | |
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Qübün | |
Pronunciation | qʰʏpʏn |
Native to | Coburia |
Region | Alshar |
Native speakers | 16 million (2016) |
Proto-Coburian
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Official status | |
Official language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | qu |
ISO 639-2 | qub (B) qub (T) |
ISO 639-3 | qub |
Phonology
Qübün has 14 vowel phonemes and 30 consonant phonemes. The vowel phonemes come in pairs of long and short vowels, such as a and á. Long and short vowels differ in both length and value.
Bilabial | Alveolar | Alveolo-palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | |
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Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ɴ | |
Plosive | p pʰ | t tʰ | c cʰ | k kʰ | q qʰ | |
Affricate | t͡s t͡sʰ | t͡ɕ t͡ɕʰ | ||||
Fricative | ɸ | s | ɕ | ç | x | χ |
Trill | r | |||||
Approximant | (ɰ~w) | l | j | (ɰ~w) | ||
Lateral fricative | ɮ |