Kkhalonan language
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| Kkhalonan | |
|---|---|
| Khămano Kkhalonăn | |
| Pronunciation | [/kʰəmano kkʰalonən/] |
| Created by | Siddartha Ong |
| Setting | Crimson Dekada |
| Native to | Republic of Kkhalonan |
| Native speakers | approx. 30 million (2020) |
Early form | Old Kkhalonan
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Kkhalonan (khămano Kkhalonăn) is an Austronesian-based constructed fictional language in the Crimson Dekada universe, created by Siddartha Ong.
Introduction
Inspiration
Kkhalonan is based on Proto-Malayo-Polynesian with influences from Hokkien, Sanskrit, Japanese and to some extent Korean.
Phonology
The phonology of Kkhalonan is heavily influenced by Malay, Kapampangan, Kawi (Old Javanese) and East Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar/ Palatal |
Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Stop/ Affricate |
voiceless | p pʰ | t tʰ | t͡ɕ | k kʰ* | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | d͡ʑ | ɡ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | (f) | s | ɕ | x* | (h) | |
| voiced | (v) | ||||||
| Approximant | central | j | w | ||||
| lateral | l | ||||||
| Tap/Trill | ɾ ~ r | ||||||
- /kh/ is pronounced as /x/ in some Eastern dialects.