Kalaman Language

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

Kalaman Consonants

	Bilabial		Dental		Alveolar		Post-Alveolar		Palatal		Velar
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