Lumak language

Lumak
Kaphua Lu Mak
Pronunciation	[kəˈpʰua lu mak̚]
Native to	Lumakia
Ethnicity	Lumak
Native speakers	26.3 million (2020)
Language family	Language isolate
Early form	Proto-Lumak
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Lumakia
Language codes
ISO 639-1	lu
ISO 639-2	lum
ISO 639-3	lum

Lumak (Lumak: Kaphua Lu Mak [kəˈpʰua lu mak̚] or simply Lu Mak [lu mak̚]) is a language isolate and the official language of Lumakia. It is written in the Latin script, and is the native language of Lumaks. It is spoken by approximately 26.3 million speakers, the majority of which live in Lumakia.

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Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m [m]	n [n]	ny [ɲ]	ng [ŋ]
Stop	aspirated	mb [ᵐb]	nd [ⁿd]	nj [ᶮɟ]	mg [ᵑɡ]
	aspirated	b [b]	d [d]	j [ɟ]	g [g]
	tenuis	p [p]	t [t]	c [c]	k [k]	x [ʔ]
	aspirated	ph [pʰ]	th [tʰ]	ch [tɕʰ]	kh [kʰ]
Fricative			s [s]			h [h]
Approximant			l [l]	y [j]	w [w]
Rhotic			r [r]

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i [i]		u [u]
Mid	e [e]	*([ə])	eo [ɤ] o [o]
Open	ae [ɛ]	a [a]	ao [ɔ]

Lumak syllable structure permits C(r)V(C), where only labial and velar stops may cluster with /r/. Lumak words must begin with a consonant, but initial glottal stops are unwritten in the orthography. The vast majority of native words are monosyllabic or sequisyllabic. Sequisyllables are always Cə, with /ə/ assimilating to [u] after labials and [i] after palatals. Lumak has four diphthongs, /ua oa ia ea/.