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Kalaman Language is a very ancient, pre-Gwenyan language that originates from the Kathya-Dhumi culture. | Kalaman Language is a very ancient, pre-Gwenyan language that originates from the Kathya-Dhumi culture. | ||
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| + | |+ style="text-align:center; background:green; color:white;"|<big>'''Kalaman Consonants'''</big> | ||
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| + | !width="120" colspan="2"|Bilabial | ||
| + | !width="120" colspan="2"|Dental | ||
| + | !width="120" colspan="2"|Alveolar | ||
| + | !width="120" colspan="2"|Post-Alveolar | ||
| + | !width="120" colspan="2"|Palatal | ||
| + | !width="120" colspan="2"|Velar | ||
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| + | |Nasal|| ||m|| || || ||n|| || || || || ||ɲ| | ||
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| + | |Stop||p||p|| || ||t||d|| || ||c||ɟ||k||g | ||
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| + | |style="text-align:right"|''Aspirated''||pʰ||bʱ|||t̪ʰ||d̪ʱ|| || || || || || ||kʰ||gʱ | ||
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| + | |Sibilant Fricative|| || || || ||s|| ||ʃ||ʒ|| || || | ||
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| + | |Non-Sibilant Fricative|| || | || || || ||ç||ʝ||x||x|| | ||
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| + | |Approximant|| ||w||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||x|| | ||
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| + | |Nasal||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||x|| | ||
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| + | |Trill||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||x|| | ||
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| + | |Lateral Approximant||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||x||x|| | ||
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Revision as of 19:28, 4 November 2013
Kalaman Language is a very ancient, pre-Gwenyan language that originates from the Kathya-Dhumi culture.
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post-Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||||||
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| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||
| Stop | p | p | t | d | c | ɟ | k | g | ||||
| Aspirated | pʰ | bʱ | t̪ʰ | d̪ʱ | kʰ | gʱ | ||||||
| Sibilant Fricative | s | ʃ | ʒ | |||||||||
| Non-Sibilant Fricative | ç | ʝ | x | x | ||||||||
| Approximant | w | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| Nasal | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Trill | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Lateral Approximant | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
Phonological Inventory
consonants
p b pʰ bʱ m w
tʰ dʱ
t d s z n
tʷ dʷ sʷ zʷ nʷ
r l
c ɟ cʰ ɟʱ
cʷ ɟʷ cʷʰ ɟʷʱ
j ɲ
ʃ ʒ
ʃw ʒw
k g kʰ gʱ ŋ
kʷ gʷ kʰʷ gʱʷ
h hʷ
Orthographic considerations nullset (for syllables that begin with vowels) s+ (blend prefix) +r (for consonant blends) +l (for consonant blends) +j (for consonant/vowel blends)
Consonant Blends
Vowels
ɑː a
eː ɛ
iː I
oː ɔ
uː ʊ
ai ɛ aʊ ɔ
syllables
Lexicon, Sample
kʃandIguːha: Land of Kalaman, Corundy ahʷa: son aidaspar: Aidaspar, god of bards ɑːrʊθkaʊpʃaz: Orion Pharaonicus, planet aʃwa aʊkʃa
See Also
- Hirgunya, writing system used for Kalaman