Kilīmos-sāîl

Kilīmos-sāîl
Kilīmos-sāîl
Pronunciation	[kiˈliːmos̻ s̻aːˈil]
Created by	Fyorr
Date	2022
Setting	Pollasena
Native to	Kilīmos
Ethnicity	Kilimossu
Era	-1000 to 300 MT (natively) 300 MT onward (lingua franca)
Language family	Wasc Kilīmos-sāîl
Official status
Official language in	Kilīmos
Approximate range map for Kilīmos-sāîl (red, 0 MT)

Kilīmos-sāîl is a Wasc language spoken in the west of the continent of Ternium, largely along the banks of the Vinajkâm River and Sea. It is the native language of the Kingdom of Kilīmos and, after the fall of this kingdom and of the Itśenāzam Empire, grows to become the lingua franca of West Ternium as a whole.

Etymology

The name Kilīmos-sāîl derives from the Wascotl *quįli-mos scaqu-ila, "the language of the land of royalty". Likewise, the name of the Kingdom of Kilīmos, the state in which Kilīmos-sāîl is mostly spoken, is derived from *quįli-mos, "the land of royalty".

Phonology

Consonants

Phonology	Labial	Coronal		Dorsal
Nasal	m	n [n ~ ŋ]*
Plosive	p b	t d		k g
Fricative	f v	s̻ z̻	ʃ ʒ	x ɣ
Approximant		l		j
Tap		ɾ

*/n/ is realized as [ŋ] before velars.

Romanization	Labial	Coronal		Dorsal
Nasal	m	n
Plosive	p b	t d		k g
Fricative	f v	s z	š ž	x ǧ
Approximant		l		j
Tap		r

Vowels

Phonology	Front	Back
Close	i iː	u
Mid	e eː	o oː
Open	ä äː

Romanization	Front	Back
Close	i ī	u
Mid	e ē	o ō
Open	a ā

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