Xhí' language

Xhí'  (Xhí' Má'é, meaingn "human language") is a Xi macrolanguage spoken in West Noco by the Xhí' people. Old Xhí' was spoken from around the 64th to 67th century.

Consonants

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! colspan=2 | ! Bilabial ! Alveolar ! Palatal ! Velar ! Uvuular ! Glottal ! colspan=2 | Nasal ! colspan=2 | Plosive ! rowspan=2 | Fricative ! central ! lateral ! colspan=2 | Approximant ! rowspan=2 | Trill ! voiceless ! voiced
 * + Consonant phonemes of Xhí'
 * m || n || || || ||
 * p || t || || k || q || ʔ ⟨'⟩
 * || s || ç ⟨xh⟩ || || χ ⟨kh⟩ || h
 * || ɬ ⟨ł⟩ || || || ||
 * || || j ⟨i⟩ || w ⟨u⟩ || ||
 * || r̥ ⟨rh⟩ || || || ||
 * || r || || || ||
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Vowels

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! rowspan=2 | ! colspan=2 | Front ! colspan=2 | Central ! colspan=2 | Back ! short ! long ! short ! long ! short ! long ! Close ! Mid ! Open
 * + Vowel phonemes of Xhí'
 * i || iː ⟨í⟩ || || || u || uː ⟨ú⟩
 * e || eː ⟨é⟩ || || || ɔ ⟨o⟩ || ɔː ⟨ó⟩
 * || || a || aː ⟨á⟩ || ||
 * }

Gender
Nouns in Xhí' belong to either three genders: human, animal and animate. The animate and inanimate genders of Ancient Xi merged into the animate gender. Plurals become unproductive. Nouns are only inflected for 7 case: