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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (/ˈkiɹkˌkaçˁəlˌhymb/ lit. "Kirkkasel language") is an L-Austronesian language spoken in the island of Kirkkaselstef in Lõis's Southeast Asia. It is inspired by Wiobian, and has lots of phonetically adapted Tamil loanwords. | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (/ˈkiɹkˌkaçˁəlˌhymb/ lit. "Kirkkasel language") is an L-Austronesian language spoken in the island of Kirkkaselstef in Lõis's Southeast Asia. It is inspired by Wiobian and Estonian, and has lots of phonetically adapted Tamil loanwords. | ||
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Kirkkaselhümb (/ˈkiɹkˌkaçˁəlˌhymb/ lit. "Kirkkasel language") is an L-Austronesian language spoken in the island of Kirkkaselstef in Lõis's Southeast Asia. It is inspired by Wiobian and Estonian, and has lots of phonetically adapted Tamil loanwords.
Introduction
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
| Labial | Dental/Alv. | Medial | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n̪/ | ṇ /ɳ~ɲˁ/ | nj /ɲ/ | ng /ŋ/ | |
| Plosive | p /p/ | t /t̪/ | z /ʈ~cˁ/ | k /k/ | ||
| Fricative | f /f/ | þ /θ/, ß /s/ | s /ʂ~çˁ/, zs /ʈʂ~cçˁ/ | ch /x/ | ||
| Trill | ŕ /r~ɾ/ | |||||
| Approximant | central | w /w/ | r /ɹ~ɻ/ | j /j/ | ||
| lateral | l /l̪/ | |||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | |||||||
| short | long | short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i /i/ | i /iː/ | ü /y/ | ü /yː/ | u /u/ | u /uː/ | ||
| Close-mid | e /e/ | e /eː/ | ö /ø/ | ö /øː/ | e /ə/ | o /o/ | o /oː/ | |
| Open-mid | ä /ɛ/ | ä /ɛː/ | ||||||
| Open | a /a/ | a /aː/ | ||||||
Not all vowels really have phonemic length.
Diphthongs: ei ie uo üö /ɛɪ iə uə yə/