Balak [JZG]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersSpoken in:
KunjutOfficial
HodekOfficial
Ebo NganagamOfficial
GushliaOfficial
ThuyoOfficial
BalakiaOfficial
MilhidiaOfficial
XálassaOfficial
SonkaOfficial
West Puzimmese RepublicOfficial
KaiyyoMinority
KalamzaMinority
KunjutOfficial HodekOfficial Ebo NganagamOfficial GushliaOfficial ThuyoOfficial BalakiaOfficial MilhidiaOfficial XálassaOfficial SonkaOfficial West Puzimmese RepublicOfficial KaiyyoMinority KalamzaMinoritySpecies
Human/humanoid
About Balak
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Balâçik yuşazamşar!
Balak is a Vaniuan language mainly spoken in Balakia, where it is the official language. It has been considerably influenced by the 
Amaian language and its various stages throughout history, as can be seen from certain grammatical features and the presence of whistled sibilants, among other aspects, though it preserves a sizeable amount of native Vaniuan vocabulary. It is one standard variety of the pluricentric Jazaghan language, with 
Gushli being the other main variety.
Balak is notable among Vaniuan languages for its phonemic whistled sibilants and moderately complex stress rules, as well as its use of stative verbs as opposed to true adjectives, a feature shared by the Amaian languages, as well as other languages of the Kashisan subbranch such as
Rasha and 
Western Kaatian. Another notable feature specific to Balak is its qumta vowel system, wherein some words have an alternate stem with an additional (lexically determined) word-final vowel or other alteration, which appears in some forms of a word but not others. Balak has also re-innovated a system of split-ergativity distinct from that of Proto-Vaniuan, which was lost in Eastern Vaniuan languages.
Balâçik yuşazamşar!
Balak is a Vaniuan language mainly spoken in
Balakia, where it is the official language. It has been considerably influenced by the Amaian language and its various stages throughout history, as can be seen from certain grammatical features and the presence of whistled sibilants, among other aspects, though it preserves a sizeable amount of native Vaniuan vocabulary. It is one standard variety of the pluricentric Jazaghan language, with Gushli being the other main variety.Balak is notable among Vaniuan languages for its phonemic whistled sibilants and moderately complex stress rules, as well as its use of stative verbs as opposed to true adjectives, a feature shared by the Amaian languages, as well as other languages of the Kashisan subbranch such as
Rasha and Western Kaatian. Another notable feature specific to Balak is its qumta vowel system, wherein some words have an alternate stem with an additional (lexically determined) word-final vowel or other alteration, which appears in some forms of a word but not others. Balak has also re-innovated a system of split-ergativity distinct from that of Proto-Vaniuan, which was lost in Eastern Vaniuan languages.
Sample of Balak[view] Başhana! Bevpirek cvâneh çera er haser beşiğ.
Caution! Tanks crossing and dust clouds.[view all texts]
Caution! Tanks crossing and dust clouds.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeVaniuan
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Proto-Vaniu
⤷ Proto-Eastern Vaniuan
⤷ Proto-Kashisan
⤷ Old Kothlenic
⤷ Middle Jazaghan
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Balak
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Proto-Vaniu⤷ Proto-Eastern Vaniuan
⤷ Proto-Kashisan
⤷ Old Kothlenic
⤷ Middle Jazaghan
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Balak[view] About VaniuanThe Vaniuan language is a family of languages originating from a disputed urheimat of either Western Parshita or around Lake Melkanchuta. Its descendant languages consist of around an estimated 400-700 Million speakers with varying phonologies, vocab...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ŋ]1 | [ɴ]2 | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | (f) | v | s sʷ3 | z zʷ4 | ʃ | [ʒ]5 | [χ]6 | ʁ [ʁ̞]7 | h | [ɦ]8 | ||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʷ9 | [d͡z]10 [d͡zʷ]11 | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | [ɾ]12 | |||||||||||||||
- Before velar consonants, allophone of /n/
- Before uvular consonants, sometimes realised as nasalisation of the previous vowel, allophone of /n/
- Typically realised as [sᶲ]
- Typically realised as [zᵝ]
- After voiced consonants, allophone of /ʃ/
- After voiceless consonants, allophone of /ʁ/
- In syllable codas, sole realisation in certain dialects, allophone of /ʁ/
- After voiced consonants, allophone of /h/
- Typically realised as [t͡sᶲ]
- After voiced consonants, allophone of /t͡s/
- After voiced consonants, allophone of /t͡sʷ/
- Syllable-initially and intervocalically, allophone of /r/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Near- back | Back | ||||
| Close | i: | u: | ||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||
| Close-mid | e: | o: | ||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||||
| Near-open | æ: | |||||||
| Open | ɑ | |||||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Balak. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| BalakOrthography | ||||||||
| Ll Ll le /l/ | Bb Bb be /b/ | Pp Pp pe /p/ | Vv Vv ve /v/ | Ff Ff fe /f/1 | Ss Ss se /s/ | SV sv SV sv se ve /sʷ/2 | Zz Zz ze /z/ | ZV zv ZV zv ze ve /zʷ/3 |
| Dd Dd de /d/ | Ḑḑ Jj yuh de /d͡ʒ/ | Tt Tt te /t/ | Rr Rr re /r/ | Kk Kk ke /k/ | Gg Gg ge /g/ | Mm Mm me /m/ | Jj Cc ce /t͡s/ | JV jv CV cv ce ve /t͡sʷ/4 |
| Çç Çç yuh ce /t͡ʃ/ | Cc Şş şe /ʃ/ | Qq Qq qamanqe /h/ | Ğğ Ğğ ğe /ʁ/ | Nn Nn ne /n/ | Yy Yy ye /j/ | Hh Hh he /h/ | Aa Aa a /ɑ/ | Āā Ââ bêh a /æ:/ |
| Ii Ii i /ɪ/ | Īī Îî bêh i /i:/ | Ee Ee e /ɛ/ | Ēē Êê bêh e /e:/ | Oo Oo o /ɔ/ | Ōō Ôô bêh o /o:/ | Uu Uu u /ʊ/ | Ūū Ûû bêh u /u:/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order | ||||||||
- loan words only
- Typically realised as [sᶲ]
- Typically realised as [zᵝ]
- Typically realised as [t͡sᶲ]
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