Koi [KOI]
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[Deactivated User] on 4 March 2017
Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Koi
A language based entirely upon what I think sounds nice. Has nothing almost nothing to do with the fish.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | Other | ||||||||
Nasal | m m: | n n: | ŋ ŋ: | |||||||||||||
Plosive | p ᵐp | t ⁿt | d ⁿd1 | k kʷ ᵑkʷ ᵑk | g gʷ ᵑgʷ ᵑg2 | ʔ ʔʷ | ||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | x xʷ | h hʷ | |||||||||||
Affricate | p̪͡f3 ⁿp̪͡f4 | t͡s5 ⁿt͡s6 | t͡ɬ7 ⁿt͡ɬ8 | |||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ9 | |||||||||||||||
Lateral flap | ɺ | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | j j: | w w: |
- With some speakers, in free variation with word-initial [n]
- With some speakers, in free variation with word-initial [ŋ]
- Often (especially intervocalically or word-finally) voiced [b̪͡v]
- Often (especially intervocalically or word-finally) voiced [ᵐb̪͡v]
- Often (especially intervocalically or word-finally) voiced [d͡z]
- Often (especially intervocalically or word-finally) voiced [ⁿd͡z]
- Often (especially intervocalically or word-finally) voiced [d͡ɮ]
- Often (especially intervocalically or word-finally) voiced [ⁿd͡ɮ]
- Occasionally, particularly intervocalically and by children, surfaces as voiceless lateral flap [ɺ̥]
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
Close | í: í | ý: ý | ʉ́: ʉ́ | ɯ̽: ɯ̽ | ú: ú | |||||
Near-close | ɪ̟̀: ɪ̟̀ | ʏ̟̀: ʏ̟̀ | ʊ̈̀: ʊ̈̀ | ʊ̠̀: ʊ̠̀ | ||||||
Close-mid | é̞: é̞ | ǿ̞: ǿ̞ | ɵ ɵ: | ó̞: ó̞ | ||||||
Open-mid | ɛ̀: ɛ̀ | œ̀: œ̀ | ɔ̀: ɔ̀ | |||||||
Open | ä ä: |
Polyphthongs | iɯ̯̽ | oɯ̯̽ | aɯ̯̽ | øɯ̯̽ | eɯ̯̽ | uo̯ | øe̯ | oi̯ | ea̯ | iɵ̯ |
ui̯ | aɵ̯ | øɵ̯ | oa̯ | uɵ̯ | øa̯ | ie̯ | oɵ̯ | eɵ̯ | eo̯ | |
ao̯ | ue̯ | øi̯ | io̯ | ia̯ | oe̯ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Koi. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
KoiOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
7/ʔ/ | 7W 7w/ʔʷ/ | Āā/ä:/ | Aa/ä/ | AỌ aọ/aɵ̯/ | AO ao/ao̯/ | AŨ aũ/aɯ̯̽/ | Dd/d/ | Ḗḗ/é̞:/ | Ệệ/ǿ̞:/ |
Éé/é̞/ | Ee/ɛ̀/ | Ẹẹ/œ̀/ | Ēē/ɛ̀:/ | EA ea/ea̯/ | ẸA ẹa/øa̯/ | ẸE ẹe/øe̯/ | ẸI ẹi/øi̯/ | ẸỌ ẹọ/øɵ̯/ | EÕ eõ/eɵ̯/ |
EO eo/eo̯/ | ẸŨ ẹũ/øɯ̯̽/ | EŨ eũ/eɯ̯̽/ | Ẹ̄ ẹ̄/œ̀:/ | É̩ é̩/ǿ̞/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | GW gw/gʷ/ | Hh/h/ | HW hw/hʷ/ |
Īī/ɪ̟̀:/ | Íí/í/ | Ii/ɪ̟̀/ | IA ia/ia̯/ | IE ie/ie̯/ | IỌ iọ/iɵ̯/ | IO io/io̯/ | IŨ iũ/iɯ̯̽/ | Ī́ ī́/í:/ | Jj/j/ |
JJ jj/j:/ | Kk/k/ | KW kw/kʷ/ | Ll/ɺ/ | Mm/m/ | MM mm/m:/ | MP mp/ᵐp/ | MPF mpf/ⁿp̪͡f/1 | Nn/n/ | ND nd/ⁿd/2 |
NG ng/ᵑg/3 | NGW ngw/ᵑgʷ/ | NK nk/ᵑk/ | NKW nkw/ᵑkʷ/ | NN nn/n:/ | NT nt/ⁿt/ | NTS nts/ⁿt͡s/4 | NTŁ ntł/ⁿt͡ɬ/5 | Õõ/ɵ:/ | Ṓṓ/ó̞:/ |
Ọọ/ɵ/ | Oo/ɔ̀/ | Ōō/ɔ̀:/ | Óó/ó̞/ | OA oa/oa̯/ | OE oe/oe̯/ | OI oi/oi̯/ | OỌ oọ/oɵ̯/ | OŨ oũ/oɯ̯̽/ | Pp/p/ |
PF pf/p̪͡f/6 | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | TS ts/t͡s/7 | TŁ tł/t͡ɬ/8 | Uu/ʊ̠̀/ | Ūū/ʊ̠̀:/ | Ũũ/ɯ̽:/ | Úú/ú/ | Ụụ/ɯ̽/ |
ÚE úe/ue̯/ | ÚI úi/ui̯/ | ÚO úo/uo̯/ | ÚU úu/uɵ̯/ | Ū́ ū́/ú:/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | WW ww/w:/ | Xx/x/ | XW xw/xʷ/ |
Ȳȳ/ʏ̟̀:/ | Ýý/ý/ | Yy/ʏ̟̀/ | Ȳ́ ȳ́/ý:/ | Łł/ɬ/9 | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | ŊŊ ŋŋ/ŋ:/ | |||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
- Often (especially intervocalically or word-finally) voiced [ᵐb̪͡v]
- With some speakers, in free variation with word-initial [n]
- With some speakers, in free variation with word-initial [ŋ]
- Often (especially intervocalically or word-finally) voiced [ⁿd͡z]
- Often (especially intervocalically or word-finally) voiced [ⁿd͡ɮ]
- Often (especially intervocalically or word-finally) voiced [b̪͡v]
- Often (especially intervocalically or word-finally) voiced [d͡z]
- Often (especially intervocalically or word-finally) voiced [d͡ɮ]
- Occasionally, particularly intervocalically and by children, surfaces as voiceless lateral flap [ɺ̥]