Ròşè Koçè

== History ==
After Teńku's period of isolation following Ndentoku ku Jieluansu, a group of Ndeńǵo traders settled in the Imanlhasge region. The traders remained in constant contact with speakers of Njinzo dialects between the region and Nvonde, but their families established a pidgin with the local dialect, which was just emerging from Middle Grasslandish. Later, this pidgin diminished in use until all Teńǵo children spoke the proper Middle Grasslandish dialect or, in the West and South where the concentration of Duràçæm was lower, dialects of Njinzo. Since the Imanlhasge region acted as the border region between Teńku and Durankkhem, the regional dialect was constantly exposed to the languages that would develop into Njinzo and Râşduranŷn. While the dialect in Imanlhasge descended from Middle Grasslandish, it adapted many words and some grammar Njinzo. Eventually, it became the language of Ròşè Koçè.
== Phonology ==
Consonants 	Consonants	Consonants	Consonants 	Consonants	Consonants
Place → 	Labial 	Alveolar 	Post-Alveolar/ Palatal	Velar 	Labiovelar
Manner ↓ 	Labial 	Alveolar 	Post-Alveolar/ Palatal	Velar 	Labiovelar
Nasal 	m 	n 	ɲ 	(ŋ) 	
Plosive 	p b 	t d 	 	k g 	kʷ ɡʷ
Affricate 	pf 	ts 	tʃ dʒ 	kx 	
Fricative 	f 	s z 	ʃ 	x ɣ 	
Approximant	 	l (ɫ) 	(j) 	 	w
Trill 	 	r 	 	 	
* /n/ assimilates to [ŋ] when preceding velars
* /l/ is realized as /ɫ/ before back vowels
* /j/ only occurs in late borrowings from Njinzo, Râşduranŷn, and Tade Taadži
Vowels 	Vowels 	Vowels 	Vowels 	Vowels
Backness →	Front 	Front 	Central	Back
Height ↓ 	Unrounded	Rounded	Central	Back
Close 	i, i: 	y, y: 	ɨ, ʉ 	u, u:
Close-mid 	e, e: 	ø, ø: 	ə, ə: 	o, o:
Open-mid 	ɛ 	 	ə, ə: 	ɑ, ɑ:
Open 	a, a: 	 	 	ɑ, ɑ:
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