Kalaman Language
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 | ||||||||||
Approximant | w | j | ||||||||||
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