Kuparan [KUP]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersSpoken in:
AtamengRegional
AtamengRegionalSpecies
Human/humanoid
Sample of KuparanCan't find any yet.
Language family relationships
Language treeAsuranesian
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Early-Proto-Asuranesian
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Proto-Asuranesian
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Proto-Littoro-Marianic
⤷ Littoro-Marianic
⤷ Central-Western Littoro-Marianic
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Proto-Marianic
⤷ Marianic
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Proto-Central-Eastern-Marianic
⤷ Central-Eastern Marianic
⤷ Upper Eastern Marianic
⤷ Proto-Karasian
⤷ Karasian Proper
⤷ Western Karasian
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Kuparan
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Early-Proto-Asuranesian⤷
Proto-Asuranesian⤷
Proto-Littoro-Marianic⤷ Littoro-Marianic
⤷ Central-Western Littoro-Marianic
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Proto-Marianic⤷ Marianic
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Proto-Central-Eastern-Marianic⤷ Central-Eastern Marianic
⤷ Upper Eastern Marianic
⤷ Proto-Karasian
⤷ Karasian Proper
⤷ Western Karasian
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Kuparan[view] About AsuranesianAsuranesian is a family of languages spoken across the Asura Ocean, Nagu (where the family is believed to have originated) and around the edge of Upper Boroso.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p p: ʰp: pʰ | t t: ʰt: tʰ | c c: ʰc: cʰ | k k: ʰk: kʰ | ʔ | |||||||||||
| Fricative | s | ʃ | x | h | ||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | [ɻ]1 | j | w | ||||||||||||
- In coda, allophone of /ɹ/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e [e̞]1 | o | ||
| Open-mid | [ɛ]2 | |||
| Open | a [ä]3 | |||
| Polyphthongs | [ɐʊ̯]4 | oi̯ | ou̯ | [ɐɪ̯]5 | [eʊ̯]6 | [ʌɪ̯]7 | au̯ | [ae̯]8 | ai̯ | ei̯ |
| [aɪ̯]9 | [oɪ̯]10 | [oʊ̯]11 | [ʌo̯]12 | eu̯ | [eɪ̯]13 | [əo̯]14 |
- allophone of /e/
- allophone of /e/
- allophone of /a/
- allophone of /au̯/
- allophone of /ai̯/
- allophone of /eu̯/
- allophone of /ai̯/
- allophone of /ai̯/
- allophone of /ai̯/
- allophone of /oi̯/
- allophone of /ou̯/
- allophone of /ou̯/
- allophone of /ei̯/
- allophone of /eu̯/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kuparan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| KuparanOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| '/ʔ/ | Aa/a/, [ä] | Ai ai/ai̯/, [ɐɪ̯], [ʌɪ̯], [ae̯], [aɪ̯] | Au au/au̯/, [ɐʊ̯] | Ee/e/, [e̞], [ɛ] | Ei ei/ei̯/, [eɪ̯] | Eu eu/eu̯/, [eʊ̯], [əo̯] | Gg/ŋ/ | Hh/h/ | Hkk hkk/ʰk:/ | Hpp hpp/ʰp:/ |
| Hqq hqq/ʰc:/ | Htt htt/ʰt:/ | Ii/i/ | Kk/k/ | Kh kh/kʰ/ | Kk kk/k:/ | Ll/l/ | Ly ly/ʎ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Ñ ñ/ɲ/ |
| Oo/o/ | Oi oi/oi̯/, [oɪ̯] | Ou ou/ou̯/, [oʊ̯], [ʌo̯] | Pp/p/ | Ph ph/pʰ/ | Pp pp/p:/ | Qq/c/ | Qh qh/cʰ/ | Qq qq/c:/ | Rr/ɹ/, [ɻ]1 | Ss/s/ |
| Sh sh/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Th th/tʰ/ | Tt tt/t:/ | Uu/u/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/x/ | Yy/j/ | |||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
- In coda
