Kalaman Language

Kalaman Language is a very ancient, pre-Gwenyan language that originates from the Kathya-Dhumi culture.

Phonological Inventory

Consonants

Kalaman Consonants

	Bilabial		Dental		Alveolar		Palatal		Velar		Glottal
Nasal		m				n		ɲ		ŋ
Stop	p	p			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, 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
• Kalaman Language:Lexicon