Lemyeshi language

Lêmjëši
Lēmëjhï
Spoken in	Samarkainia
Total speakers	—
Language family	Samar-Kōladian Samarkainian North-West West Lêmjëši; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Samarkainia
Regulated by	Samarkainian Linguistic Centre, Esolténnea
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	–
ISO 639-3	–
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Lēmëjhï (Anglicized Lemyeshi) or Lêmjëši in Laefêvëši, is a language spoken in Samarkainia where it's the official language in the province of Wallîn (island). Lêmjäši belongs to the Samarkainian language family and it's closely related to other languages of the same family.

Geographic distribution

Dialects

History

Phonology

Lêmjëši vowels
	Unrounded		Rounded		Central		Near-back		Back
	Front				Central		Near-back		Back
	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long
Close	i	i:	y		ɨ	ɨ:			u	u:
Near-close							ʊ
Close-mid	e	e:				ɵ			o	o:
Mid					ə
Open-mid	ɛ									ɔ:
Open					a	a:

Lêmjëši consonants
		Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	Plain	m			n		ɲ
Nasal	Gemiante	m:			n:
Plosive	Plain	p b			t d			k
	Geminate	p: b:			t: d:
	Palatalised	pʲ			dʲ
Fricative	Plain		f v	θ ð	s z	ʃ ʒ		x ɣ
Fricative	Palatalised				sʲ zʲ
Affricate						ʧ
Approximant							j	w
Flap or tap					ɾ
Lateral approximant					l

Writing system

Lêmjëši vowels
	Unrounded		Rounded		Central		Near-back		Back
	Front				Central		Near-back		Back
	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long
Close	i	ii	y		ï	ïï			u	uu
Near-close							ū
Close-mid	e	ee				ȯ			o	oo
Mid					ë
Open-mid	ē									ōō
Open					a	aa

Lêmjëši consonants
		Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	Plain	m			n		ṅ
Nasal	Gemiante	mm			nn
Plosive	Plain	p b			t d			k
	Geminate	pp bb			tt dd
	Palatalised	ṗ			ḋ
Fricative	Plain		f v	þ ð	s z	š ž		h x
Fricative	Palatalised				ṡ ż
Affricate						č
Approximant							j	w
Flap or tap					r
Lateral approximant					l

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