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Revision as of 00:46, 11 February 2019
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/