Qymish language

Qymish is a Sukatic language of the LANG FAMILY. It is the native language of the Qymish people. Standard Qymish is the official language of Qym.

Geographic distribution

• Qym: L1 145.8 million (89.8%), L2 16.07 million (9.9%)

• 145,798,903 Meran L1
• 16,073,598 Meran L2
• Total Meran: 161,872,501

• Elsewhere? TBD

Writing system

Alphabet and IPA

Qymish is written with 38 letters of the Sukatic script.

Consonants IPA Letter Latin English approximation b Ⰱⰱ Bb boat ts Ⱚⱚ Cc bats d Ⰴⰴ Dd do f Ⱇⱇ Ff festival ɡ Ⰳⰳ Gg gain ɣ Ⱝⱝ Hh hat ʒ Ⰶⰶ ZHzh pleasure k Ⰽⰽ Kk sky q Ⱒⱒ Qq Kazakh қазақша; sort of like Qatar l Ⰾⰾ Ll lean m Ⰿⰿ Mm moon n Ⱀⱀ Nn note ɲ Ⱓⱓ Ññ Spanish ñ, French gn p Ⱂⱂ Pp Paper r Ⱃⱃ Rr Spanish río; Ukrainian ранок ʁ Ⱈⱈ RHrh French r ɹ̠ Ⱊⱊ WRwr English r s Ⱄⱄ Ss six ʃ Ⱋⱋ SHsh shoe t Ⱅⱅ Tt tank θ Ⱉⱉ THth Think tʃ Ⱍⱍ CHch itchy, cheat v Ⰲⰲ Vv vision z Ⰸⰸ Zz zero

Vowels IPA Letter Latin English approximation a Ⰰⰰ Aa father ɑ̃ Ⱛⱛ Ãã French an, en, etc. ɛ Ⰵⰵ Ee bet ə Ⱔⱔ Ëë above; French demain ɛ̃ Ⰷⰷ Ẽẽ French in, ein, ain, etc. i Ⰹⰹ Ii see ɪ Ⰺⰺ Yy California English bit; New Zealand English bed; Ukrainian виправити o Ⱁⱁ Oo story ø Ⱘⱘ Öö French eu, German ö ɔ̃ Ⱑⱑ Õõ French on u Ⱆⱆ Uu cool y Ⱖⱖ Üü French flute; German über œ̃ Ⱗⱗ Ũũ French un j Ⱜⱜ Jj Yogurt