Kalaman Language
Kalaman Language is a very ancient, pre-Gwenyan language that originates from the Jathya-Dhumi culture (Compare Drameginite). The Kalaman Language is the source language for Kushiri and Jaithan. Among scholars and Jaithans, it is properly called the Jathya-Dhumi Language.
Phonological Inventory
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
| 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
Kalaman Place-Names
- Bakyahumya: Thyria
- Bhimalaphuna: Lake Vimal
- Baughurah: Adamantine Mountains
- Dhamalya: Deliops
- Dhamat, Dhamat-hirathu: Thybdis, Thybdis River
- Goshamya, Goshamihirathu: Shadew, Shadevan River
- Jakubya: Throvy
- Jalukhrá: Shelekhumbia
- Kaspatya: Ebinóë, Ebinóëse Highlands
- Kimbugottha: Jaggudorns
- Kshandiguha: Corundy
- Maulaskaya: Shadevan Delta
- Pamubharttha: Memnosian Sea
- Prakruthyattha: Pallathantic Sea
- Saumakya: Thykomos
- Sayatha: Pytharnia
- Tawaddha: Desthor
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
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