Kantainese [KNTAI]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersKantainese is spoken by a population of around 15,000,000 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kantainese
Kantainese (Kantainese: Yoyang-on, IPA: [jojäŋꜛon], [joꜛjäŋon]) is a conlang for the fictional civilization of Kantai. It the my main conlang and the one I work on the most. It is part of the Kantic family tree.
A conscript called Hoku is currently being made for Kantainese and other Kantic languages, but currently it is written with Kangul (Hangul designed for Kantic languages), either standalone or mixed with Kanja (Chinese characters designed for Kantic languages).
A conscript called Hoku is currently being made for Kantainese and other Kantic languages, but currently it is written with Kangul (Hangul designed for Kantic languages), either standalone or mixed with Kanja (Chinese characters designed for Kantic languages).
Sample of KantaineseCan't find any yet.
Language family relationships
Language treePukwang
⤷ Proto Kantainese
⤷ Ancient Kantainese
⤷ Middle Kantainese
⤷ Classical Kantainese
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Kantainese
⤷ Proto Kantainese
⤷ Ancient Kantainese
⤷ Middle Kantainese
⤷ Classical Kantainese
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Kantainese[view] About PukwangThis family includes most languages spoken is the continent of Pukwang.
Most of these languages come from Proto Kantainese, Proto Guo Tram, and Proto Nürruk.
Most of these languages come from Proto Kantainese, Proto Guo Tram, and Proto Nürruk.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t tʰ | d | k kʰ | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | z | ɕ | h | |||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ | |||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | [ɾ]1 | |||||||||||||||
- allophone of /r/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | ɨ | u u: | |||
| Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ | ||||
| Open | ä ä: | |||||
| Polyphthongs | ʌi | äo | ui | äi | oɐ | iu |
Syllable StructureC - Consonant
V - Vowel
D - Diphthong
s - Possible semivowel in between two letters
V
VC
CsVC
D
CsD
CsDC
V - Vowel
D - Diphthong
s - Possible semivowel in between two letters
V
VC
CsVC
D
CsD
CsDC
Stress informationKantainese has no stress, only pitch accent.
Usually the pitch accent patterns go as:
1 syllable = no accent
2 syllables = accent on first or second
3 syllables = accent on first, second, or third
4 syllables = accent on third
5 syllables = accent or third
6 syllables = accent on third and fifth
These don't usually carry any lexical meaning, but are useful to keep in mind if you're trying to sound like a native speaker.
Usually the pitch accent patterns go as:
1 syllable = no accent
2 syllables = accent on first or second
3 syllables = accent on first, second, or third
4 syllables = accent on third
5 syllables = accent or third
6 syllables = accent on third and fifth
These don't usually carry any lexical meaning, but are useful to keep in mind if you're trying to sound like a native speaker.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kantainese. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| KantaineseOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa/ä/ | Āā/ä:/ | AE ae/ɛ/ | AI ai/äi/ | AO ao/äo/ | Bb/b/ | CH ch/t͡ɕ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Ēē/e:/ | EO eo/ʌ/ |
| EOI eoi/ʌi/ | EU eu/ɨ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Īī/i:/ | Ii/i/ | IU iu/iu/ | Jj/d͡ʑ/ | Kk/kʰ/ | Ll/l/ |
| Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | NY ny/ɲ/ | Oo/o/ | Ōō/o:/ | OA oa/oɐ/ | Pp/p/ | Rr[ɾ] | Ss/s/ | SH sh/ɕ/ |
| Tt/tʰ/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | Ūū/u:/ | Uu/u/ | UI ui/ui/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | |||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
