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
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
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
See Also
- Hirgunya, writing system used for Kalaman
- Kalaman Language:Lexicon
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