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ahʷa: son
 
ahʷa: son
aidaspar: Aidaspar, god of bards
 
ɑːrʊθkaʊpʃaz: Orion Pharaonicus, planet
 
aʃwa
 
aʊkʃa
 
 
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kʃandIguːha: Land of Kalaman, Corundy
 
  
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pah!: exclamation of disdain
 
  
 
==Kalaman Place-Names==
 
==Kalaman Place-Names==

Revision as of 03:30, 12 January 2015

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

Kalaman Consonants
Bilabial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Stop p b t d c ɟ k g
Aspirated t̪ʰ d̪ʱ ɟʱ
Labialized
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
Labial ʊ
Lingual r̩ː
Dental
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

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  • םלך
  • घङछझखसधरयमब
  • KAUMARI
  • KAUMARI

syllables

Post-Kalaman changes (Midringir)

  • ç → ʃ
  • ʝ → j


Lexicon

See Kalaman Language:Lexicon

ahʷa: son


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