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{{Infobox language | {{Infobox language | ||
|name = Calusto | |name = Calusto | ||
|altname = | |altname = Kalust | ||
|nativename = | |nativename = 𐌊𐌀𐌋𐌞𐌔𐌕 | ||
|pronunciation = ka'lu:sto | |pronunciation = ka'lu:sto | ||
|familycolor = Conlang | |familycolor = Conlang | ||
|script1 = Ital | |script1 = Ital | ||
|script2 = Latn | |script2 = Copt | ||
|script3 = Latn | |||
|creator = User:Fox Saint-Just | |creator = User:Fox Saint-Just | ||
|created = 2017 | |created = 2017 | ||
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==Introduction== | ==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. | 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. It can be also written with Coptic alphabet. | ||
Its name derives from the word | Its name derives from the word 𐌊𐌀𐌋𐌞 for "mist", making the meaning of Calusto close to "misty". | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||