Kalkali [YEE]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kalkali
Kalkali, the language of the forefathers of the implacable yet merciful Komans.
Historically spoken in the great Kalkali khanate across northern Vaniua
Historically spoken in the great Kalkali khanate across northern Vaniua
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Language family relationships
Language treeVaniuan
⤷ Proto-Vaniu
⤷ Proto-Eastern Vaniuan
⤷ Kalkali
⤷ Proto-Vaniu
⤷ Proto-Eastern Vaniuan
⤷ Kalkali
[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 | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||||
Plosive | b | t | d | k | g | |||||||||||||||||
Fricative | β | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ ʒʷ | ʂ | ɣ | χ | h | ||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||||
Trill | r |
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Back | |||
Close | i | ɯ | ||||
Near-close | ʏ | |||||
Close-mid | e | ø | o | |||
Near-open | æ | |||||
Open | a | ɒ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kalkali. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
KalkaliOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
Aa/a/, /æ/ | Ââ/ɒ/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/ð/, /d/ | Ee/e/ | Êê/ø/, /ʏ/ | Gg/g/ | Ğğ/ɣ/ | Hh/h/ |
Ii/i/ | Jj/ʒ/, /ʒʷ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Ṇṇ/ŋ/ | Oo/o/ | Qq/χ/ |
Rr/r/ | Şş/ʂ/ | Ss/s/, /θ/ | SH sh/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/ɯ/ | Ww/v/, /β/, /w/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |