Kalyahekwe

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Kalyah language
Kalyahekwe
Pronunciation[/kal.ˈja.hɛ.kʷɛ/]
Created byRaistas
Settingplanet Liifam
EthnicityKalyaheen
Settameric languages
  • Western Plains languages
    • Kalyah language
Early form
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Kalyah (with four varieties, known as Möhkinis, Teimyois, Šonoowis and Eihtoomis) is a language, spoken in the western part of a vast flat region of the Northern continent, simply called the Plains. The most commonly spoken variety is Teimyois, it is referred to as an "ð-dialect", because the *θ is still distinct in most cases as a phoneme /ð/. The grammar and the examples used here are from Teimyois, but data on other dialects will be given as well.

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Dental Postalveolar Velar Glottal
plain labialized
Nasal m n
Stop p t k kw /kʷ/
Fricative θ s š /ʃ/ h
Affricate /t͡s/ /t͡ʃ/
Approximant w ð y /j/
Lateral Approximant l
Vowels
Front Back
long short long short
Close ii |[iː] i [ɪ] oo [oː~uː]
Near-Close i [ɪ]
o [o~ʊ]
Mid ee [eː]
Near-Open e [ɛ]
Open a [a] aa [ɑː]

Morphology