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| speakers2 = ~31,850 K’wa<br>~21,980 Kokosi<br>~15,890 Kikiñ<br>~280 other | | speakers2 = ~31,850 K’wa<br>~21,980 Kokosi<br>~15,890 Kikiñ<br>~280 other | ||
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! colspan=2 | Nasal | ! colspan=2 | Nasal | ||
| m || n || ŋ || ɲ | | m̥ m || n̥ n || (ŋ) || ɲ | ||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 | Trill | |||
| || r || || | |||
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan=2 | Fricative | ! rowspan=2 | Fricative | ||
! pulmonic | ! pulmonic | ||
| ɸ || s z || || ç | | ɸ~f || s z || || rowspan=2 | ç | ||
|- | |||
! palatalised | |||
| || sʲ zʲ || | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 | (Lateral) Approximant | |||
| || l || w̥ w || j̥ j | |||
|} | |} | ||
====Voiceless consonants==== | |||
Kivatu has more voiceless consonants than other languages. In particular, voiceless nasals(/m̥/ and /n̥/) and voiceless approximants(/w̥/ and /j̥/) are common in the language. Of these abnormal voiceless consonants, /w̥/ is the most common across most vocabulary, and thus has its own letter, ⟨v⟩, while the other voiceless consonants simply use the letter for their more common voiced counterpart, with a ⟨’⟩ added, e.g. ''j'' [j] and ''j’'' [j̥]. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | |||
! !! Front !! Central !! Back | |||
|- | |||
! Close | |||
| i || colspan=2 | ʉ~u | |||
|- | |||
! Close-mid | |||
| e || || o~o̞ | |||
|- | |||
! Open | |||
| a || || ɑ | |||
|} | |||
===Phonotactics=== | |||
All CV and V syllables are possible in Kivatu, though VC syllables do appear sometimes in some loanwords, like ''b’at'''aŋ''''', "baseball bat", from Indonesian ''batang'', or ''rob'''ok''''', "robot", from English ''robot''. | |||
[[Category:Kivatu]] | [[Category:Kivatu]] | ||
[[Category:Languages]] | [[Category:Languages]] | ||
[[Category:Conlangs]] | [[Category:Conlangs]] | ||
[[Category:A priori]] | [[Category:A priori]] | ||
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| Kivatu | |
|---|---|
| Kiuatou | |
| vatu k’vatu | |
| Pronunciation | [w̥atu kʼw̥atu] |
| Created by | Jukethatbox |
| Date | 2024 |
| Native to | Kivatu Archipelago |
| Ethnicity | K’wa, Kokosi and Kikiñ peoples |
| Native speakers | ~70,000 (2024) ~31,850 K’wa ~21,980 Kokosi ~15,890 Kikiñ ~280 other |
language isolate
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Kivatu(vatu k’vatu, pronounced: [w̥atu kʼw̥atu]), also called Kiuatou, is a language isolate spoken natively in the Kivatu Archipelago by the K’wa, Kokosi and Kikiñ people in order of population. There are a total of about 70,000 native speakers of Kivatu, with 45.5% being ethnically K’wa, 31.4% being Kokosi, 22.7% being Kikiñ and the remaining 0.4% being other unspecified ethnicities.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Coronal | Velar | Palatal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pulmonic | p b | t d | k g | |
| ejective | pʼ bʼ | tʼ dʼ | kʼ | ||
| Nasal | m̥ m | n̥ n | (ŋ) | ɲ | |
| Trill | r | ||||
| Fricative | pulmonic | ɸ~f | s z | ç | |
| palatalised | sʲ zʲ | ||||
| (Lateral) Approximant | l | w̥ w | j̥ j | ||
Voiceless consonants
Kivatu has more voiceless consonants than other languages. In particular, voiceless nasals(/m̥/ and /n̥/) and voiceless approximants(/w̥/ and /j̥/) are common in the language. Of these abnormal voiceless consonants, /w̥/ is the most common across most vocabulary, and thus has its own letter, ⟨v⟩, while the other voiceless consonants simply use the letter for their more common voiced counterpart, with a ⟨’⟩ added, e.g. j [j] and j’ [j̥].
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ʉ~u | |
| Close-mid | e | o~o̞ | |
| Open | a | ɑ | |
Phonotactics
All CV and V syllables are possible in Kivatu, though VC syllables do appear sometimes in some loanwords, like b’ataŋ, "baseball bat", from Indonesian batang, or robok, "robot", from English robot.