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Kisaangan
Kisáoka
[kɪsáɔ̃ŋga]*
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 17 April 2015
Language type A priori
Species Human/humanoid
About Kisaangan A polysynthetic lang with a relatively small Iroquoian-based pseudo-Athabaskan phoneme inventory, notably lacking bilabial sounds and phonation contrasts, with nasalized and voiceless vowels and a pitch-accent system.

A short list of out-of-date orthograpy you might see:
  • /kʷ/ qv → qu, q
  • /ɣʷ/ ƿ → gu, g
  • /θ/ đ → ŧ
  • /o ó/ → u ú
  • /ɑ̃ ɑ̃́/ ɑ ɑ́ → o ó
  • /ɬ/ x → sl → ş
  • + /χ/ x
  • + /tɬ/ tl → ţ
  • + /t' k' tɬ' s' ts'/ ṫ ḳ ḷ ṡ ċ
  • /k' tɬ'/ c ç → ḳ ḷ
  • /ts/ ts → ç


Also possibly some inflectional forms here and there. Grammar tables should be most up-to-date resource.
Sample of Kisaangan[view] Hihotá n'nkíḳel-laúwiţ-nquit' yosaszáináiş j'núrik t'se kiw'ltal.

Then one of them pulled out a beautiful and very small book and gave it to me to read.
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Latest vocabulary
záináişvbring out
nyúşnexcrement
nyúşndung
Language family relationships
Language treeNitakit
 ⤷ Proto-Nitakihi
  ⤷ Eastern Nitakihi
   ⤷  Kisaangan
[view] About NitakitLanguage spoken in the far north-east of the north-eastern continent of Mygith.
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialDentalAlveolarPost-
Alveolar
PalatalLabio-
velar
VelarUvularGlottalOther
Nasal (m)   n   [ɲ]1   [ŋ]2      
Plosive     t tʼ [tʰ]3 [d]4       k kʼ kʼʷ kʷ [kʰ]5 [kʰʷ]6 [g] [gʷ]7 [q]8 [qʼ]9 ʔ  
Fricative   θ [ð]10 s sʼ [ʃ]11 ʒ [ç]12   x [xʷ]13 ɣʷ χ [ʁʷ]14 h  
Affricate     t͡s t͡sʼ             t͡ɬ t͡ɬʼ
Lateral approximant     l              
Lateral fricative     ɬ              
Approximant         j w        
Flap     ɾ              
  1. allophone of /j/ and /n/
  2. allophone of /n/
  3. allophone of /t/
  4. allophone of /t/
  5. allophone of /kʼʷ/
  6. allophone of /kʷ/
  7. allophone of /kʰʷ/
  8. allophone of /k/
  9. allophone of /kʼ/
  10. allophone of /θ/
  11. allophone of /ʒ/
  12. allophone of /x/
  13. allophone of /ɣʷ/
  14. free variation, allophone of /ɣʷ/
VowelsFrontNear-
front
CentralBack
Close       [u]1
Near-close   ɪ ɪ́    
Close-mid ẽ́     o ó
Mid     ə̥  
Open-mid ɛ̰̃̀ ɛ̃     [ɔ̰̃̀]2 [ɔ̃]3
Open a [ã:]4 á     ɑ̰̃̀ ɑ̃ ɑ̃́
  1. allophone of /o/
  2. allophone of /ɑ̰̃̀/
  3. allophone of /ɑ̃/
  4. /ɛ̃ɑ̃/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kisaangan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 KisaanganOrthography [edit]
'/ə̥/Aa/a/Áá/á/Àà/ɑ̰̃̀/Çç/t͡s/Ċċ/t͡sʼ/Èè/ɛ̰̃̀/Éé/ẽ́/Ee/ɛ̃/Gu gu/ɣʷ/
Hh/h/Íí/ɪ́/Ii/ɪ/Jj/x/Ḳḳ/kʼ/Kk/k/Ll/l/Ḷḷ/t͡ɬʼ/Mm/m/1Nn/n/
Óó/ɑ̃́/Oo/ɑ̃/Qu qu/kʷ/Q̇u q̇u/kʼʷ/Rr/ɾ/Ṡṡ/sʼ/Şş/ɬ/Ss/s/Ţţ/t͡ɬ/Tt/t/
Ṫṫ/tʼ/Úú/ó/Uu/o/, [u]Ww/w/Xx/χ/Yy/j/Zz/ʒ/Ŧŧ/θ/Ɂɂ/ʔ/
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change]
  1. loan words only
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Typological information for Kisaangan

GendersAnimate/Inanimate
Noun numbersNo numbers
Morphological typologyPolysynthetic
Verb agreementAll three (subject + objects)
Vowel phonationModal and creaky

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