Mokha language
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Mokha | |
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Khaskalhk'aa | |
Pronunciation | [xaskaɮk’aː] |
Native to | Mokhavia, Safjal |
Ethnicity | 977,864 Mokhas |
Native speakers | 962,380 (98.4%) |
Standard forms | Coastal (Mokhavia)
Inland (Safjal)
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Dialects |
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Official status | |
Official language in | Mokhavia |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | mk |
ISO 639-2 | mkh |
ISO 639-3 | mkh |
Mokha ([ˈmoʊhə, -kə], Mokha: Khaskalhk'aa [xaskaɮk’aː]) is a language spoken in northern central Argis. It is the official language in Mokhavia, and one of the working languages in Safjal. It is spoken by approximately 6 million native speakers in Mokhavia, Safjal and among the Mokha diaspora. It has tree dialects groups: Coastal, Inland and Highlands. The language is not related to any other language in the region, and is classified as a language isolate.
Writing system
Mokha is written in the Latin script, where it employs many polygraphs for the sounds that arent represented by the base script.
A.a | B.b | C.c | C'.c' | Ch.ch | Ch'.ch' | D.d | Dz.dz |
Dlh.dlh | E.e | F.f | G.g | H.h | I.i | J.j | K.k |
K'.k' | Kh.kh | L.l | Lh.lh | M.m | N.n | O.o | P.p |
P'.p' | Q.q | R.r | S.s | Sh.sh | T.t | T'.t' | Tlh.tlh |
Tlh'.tlh' | U.u | V.v | W.w | X.x | Y.y | Z.z | ' |
Detailed table of the Mokha alphabet with each letter's phoneme:
Order | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 |
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Latin upper case | A | B | C | C' | Ch | Ch' | D | Dz | Dlh | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | K' | Kh | L | Lh | M | N | O | P | P' | Q | R | S | Sh | T | T' | Tlh | Tlh' | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | ' |
Latin lower case | a | b | c | c' | ch | ch' | d | dz | dlh | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | k' | kh | l | lh | m | n | o | p | p' | q | r | s | sh | t | t' | tlh | tlh' | u | v | w | x | y | z | ' |
IPA sound | a | b | t͡s | t͡s’ | t͡ʃ | t͡ʃ’ | d | d͡z | d͡ɮ | e | f | ɡ | - | i | d͡ʒ | k | k’ | x | l | ɬ~ɮ | m | n | o | p | p’ | k | ɾ | s | ʃ | t | t’ | t͡ɬ | t͡ɬ’ | u | w | w | ks | j | t͡s | ʔ, ᵊ◌ |