Kalaman Language

Kalaman Language is a very ancient, pre-Gwenyan language that originates from the Kathya-Dhumi culture (Compare Drameginite). The Kalaman Language is the source language for Kushiri and Jaithan.

Phonological Inventory

Consonants

Kalaman Consonants

	Bilabial		Dental		Alveolar		Palatal		Velar		Glottal
Nasal		m				n		ɲ		ŋ
Stop	p	b			t	d	c	ɟ	k	g
Aspirated	pʰ	bʱ	t̪ʰ	d̪ʱ			cʰ	ɟʱ	kʰ	gʱ
Labialized									kʷ	gʷ
Aspirated & Labialized									kʰʷ	gʱʷ
Sibilant Fricative					s
Non-Sibilant Fricative							ç	ʝ			h
Continuant		w
Approximant								j
Trill						r
Lateral Approximant						l

Vowels

Kalaman Vowels

	Short	Long
Default	a	ɑː
Palatal	I	iː
Labial	ʊ	uː
Lingual	r̩	r̩ː
Dental	l̩
P. Diphthong		eː ai
L. Diphthong		oː aʊ

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

Font Support Exercises

• םלך
• घङछझखसधरयमब
• KAUMARI
• KAUMARI

syllables

Post-Kalaman changes (Midringir)

• ç → ʃ
• ʝ → j

Lexicon

Main article: Kalaman Language:Lexicon

A

ahʷa: son aidaspar: Aidaspar, god of bards ɑːrʊθkaʊpʃaz: Orion Pharaonicus, planet aʃwa aʊkʃa

K

Ksh

kʃandIguːha: Land of Kalaman, Corundy

P

pah!: exclamation of disdain

Brainstorming

Kalaman confortification, confortified consonant is always a stop

pehema → pamu behema → bamu

tehema → tamu dehema → damu

shehema → shamu zhehema → zhamu

chehema → chamu jehema → jamu

kehema → kamu gehema → gamu

Kalaman word classes no ‘genders,’ but classes some of which have gender meaning

-um: sentient non-living creature, but in fact in Kalaman thought, all creation is living -ut: changing energy, changing state, temporary; daihut -ik: (-ik, -arik, -irik) -a: human, humanlike [-a, -asya, -ahya] -ya: place

kumarikissa antya chambo

kw, tw, pw (py, b)

satrima culcava, Saturima Kalkubha krmana, plshasa,

See Also

• Hirgunya, writing system used for Kalaman
• Kalaman Language:Lexicon
• List of Kalaman Personal Names