Kilīmos-sāîl
| Kilīmos-sāîl | |
|---|---|
| Kilīmos-sāîl | |
| Pronunciation | [kiˈliːmos̺ s̺aːˈil] |
| Created by | Fyorr |
| Date | 2022 |
| Setting | Pollasena |
| Native to | Kilīmos |
| Ethnicity | Kilimossu |
| Era | -1000 to 300 MT (natively) 300 MT onward (lingua franca) |
Wasc
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| Official status | |
Official language in | Kilīmos |
 Approximate range map for Kilīmos-sāîl (red, 0 MT) | |
Kilīmos-sāîl is a Wasc language spoken in the west of the continent of Ternium, largely along the banks of the Vinajkâm River and Sea. It is the native language of the Kingdom of Kilīmos and, after the fall of this kingdom and of the Itśenāzam Empire, grows to become the lingua franca of West Ternium as a whole.
Etymology
The name Kilīmos-sāîl derives from the Wascotl *quįli-mos scaqu-ila, "the language of the land of royalty". Likewise, the name of the Kingdom of Kilīmos, the state in which Kilīmos-sāîl is mostly spoken, is derived from *quįli-mos, "the land of royalty".
Phonology
Consonants
| Phonology | Labial | Coronal | Dorsal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n [n ~ ŋ]* | ||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | |
| Fricative | f v | s̺ z̺ | ʃ ʒ | x ɣ |
| Approximant | l | j | ||
| Tap | ɾ | |||
*/n/ is realized as [ŋ] before velars.
| Romanization | Labial | Coronal | Dorsal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | |
| Fricative | f v | s z | š ž | x ǧ |
| Approximant | l | j | ||
| Tap | r | |||
Vowels
| Phonology | Front | Back |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | u |
| Mid | e eː | o oː |
| Open | ä äː | |
| Romanization | Front | Back |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i ī | u |
| Mid | e ē | o ō |
| Open | a ā | |
Stress
Kilīmos-sāîl has strict lexical stress, though this is often unpredictable. As a logography, the Kilimossu writing system does not represent this, but in the romanization, this is reflected through a series of diacritics.
| Diacritics | Default Unstressed | Default Stressed |
|---|---|---|
| Short | a | â |
| Long | á | ā |
The general rule of thumb is that, if a word has a long vowel, this vowel is stressed. If it has multiple long vowels, the order of priority for stress is penultimate > antepenultimate > other last vowel. If no long vowel is present, this same order is applied to the short vowels of the word (so that any such multisyllabic word will have penultimate stress). Any word whose stress pattern can be explained through this series of rules will use no diacritic (a) for a short vowel and a macron (ā) for a long vowel.
| Example | Stress |
|---|---|
| aspatsu "scholarly" | aspatsu |
| pānossil "salt" | pānossil |
| ēankajdā "king" | ēankajdā |
For any exceptions to the above rules, two other diacritics are used. A circumflex (â) represents a short vowel which is irregularly stressed, whereas an acute (á) represents a long vowel which is irregularly unstressed. If an irregularity is expressed through a circumflex, then the use of an acute is not necessary for any other long vowels.
| Example | Stress | |
|---|---|---|
| âvzize "to stop" | âvzize | |
| ēânsos "tight" | ēânsos | |
| rēváan "purity" | rēváan | |
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