Telqash, or Teoqash, is the westernmost language of the K’aavjo family, and thought to be the most divergent of the family. It is divided into multiple mutually intelligible dialects, the speakers of which are generally agreed to belong to the same ethnicity.

The term ‘Telqash K’aavjo’ is sometimes used to refer to this language, but most Telqash speakers disprefer this.

Phonology

Telqash has three phonemic vowels.

Telqash vowels

	Front	Back
Close	e	o
Open	a (ː)

Telqash consonants

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular
Plosive	p b	t d			k k' g	q q' ɢ
Nasal	m	n			ŋ
Affricate		t͡s t͡s’ d͡z		t͡ɕ d͡ʑ
Fricative	ɸ β	s z	ʃ ʒ		x
Lateral fricative		ɮ
Approximant				l	j	w

Orthography

Teoqash is traditionally written in the K’aavjo script, but in the past century, it has adopted a modified version of the Kerav script for political reasons.