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Thaaka

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Thuv
T̆uv
Native toThuv
EthnicityThuva
Native speakers
886 milion (2009)
Proto-Yaha-Umaaran
  • Old Thuv
    • Intermediate Thuv
      • Thuv
Dialects
  • Standard
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-1tka
ISO 639-2tka
ISO 639-3tka
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Distribution of the language:
  Native Speakers

  Foreigner Speakers
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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
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

Adjectives

Verbs