Thaaka
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| Thuv | |
|---|---|
| T̆uv | |
| Native to | Thuv |
| Ethnicity | Thuva |
Native speakers | 886 milion (2009) |
Proto-Yaha-Umaaran
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| Dialects |
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | tka |
| ISO 639-2 | tka |
| ISO 639-3 | tka |
 Distribution of the language:
Native Speakers Foreigner Speakers | |
Thuv (/θuv/, formerly Thaaka) is a Yaha-Umaaran language mainly spoken in the rainforests of Thuv. It is the most spoken of the Yaha-Umaaran languages, with about 886 million speakers worldwide.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
| Affricate | ts | tʃ | ||||
| Fricative | v | θ | s | ʃ | h | |
| Tap | ɾ | |||||
| Approximant | l | j | w |
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | ɛ | ə | o |
| Open | a |
Grammar
Nouns
thuv - person tsan - water vin - fire win - wind/air ngal - land nim - tree tang - tongue chev - animal pap - paper lang - light ber -morning disin - noon bur - afternoon sip - evening geer - midnight dăshur - stranger fret -friend