Calusto

Calusto
Kaloust
𐌊𐌀𐌋𐌏𐌖𐌔𐌕
Pronunciation	[ka'lu:sto]
Created by	Fox Saint-Just
Date	2017
Writing systems	Old Italic Latin
Language codes
CLCR	---

Calusto is an a posteriori language created by user Fox Saint-Just in 2017. It is based on Indo-European languages.

Introduction

Calusto was created for a literary project, as an Indo-European language that was lost during the Roman expansion and later artificially reconstructed. Thus, despite having an alphabet derived from Old Italic script and a grammar influenced by Latin, Calusto's vocabulary includes a large amount of words common to the languages of the Silk Road, including Chinese.

Its name derives from the word 𐌊𐌀𐌋𐌏𐌖 for "mist", making the meaning of Calusto close to "misty".

Phonology

Vowels

Calusto has long and short vowels.

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i iː y yː1		u uː
Close-mid	e e: ø		o o:
Open-mid	ɛ ɛː	ə2	ɔ ɔː
Open	a aː

¹/y:/ is very rare.
²/ə/ is not related to a specific letter or combination of letters.

Consonants

→ PoA ↓ Manner		Labial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasals		𐌌 m		𐌍 n		𐌍𐌝 ɲ1
Plosives	Voiceless	𐌐 p		𐌕 t			𐌊 k 𐌒 kʷ
	Voiced	𐌁 b		𐌃 d			𐌂 ɡ
Affricates				𐌕𐌆 ts 𐌆 dz	𐌙 t̠ʃ 𐌃𐌚 d̠ʒ1
Fricatives	Voiceless	𐌘 ɸ		𐌔 s	𐌑 ʃ 𐌚 ʒ		𐌗 x	𐌇 h
	Voiced		𐌅 v 𐌈 θ	𐌔 z			𐌂𐌇 ɣ1
Liquids				𐌓 r 𐌋 l		𐌋𐌝 ʎ1
Approximants						𐌝 j

¹ Used only in loanwords.

Stress

Generally, words ending in consonant are stressed on the third to last syllable, while words ending in vowels are stressed on the penultimate.