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'''Note from the creator: this is very old, and very terrible, please ignore.''' | |||
Kəthaulə is a the product of a young conlanger created as an experiment with the idea of conlanging, it was designed to be familiar to home and strange enough to be more interesting than English (their native language), it was inspired by many of the European languages, it was considered having it be a secondary language for regular use by the creator. | |||
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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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|colspan=3| '''''Stops''''' | |colspan=3| '''''Stops''''' | ||
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| '''b''' || /b/ || as in | | '''b''' || /b/ || as in ‘bat’ | ||
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| '''p''' || /p/ || as in | | '''p''' || /p/ || as in ‘pat’ | ||
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| '''d''' || /d/ || as in ‘deed’ | | '''d''' || /d/ || as in ‘deed’ | ||
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| '''k''' || /k/ || as in ‘key’ | | '''k''' || /k/ || as in ‘key’ | ||
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| '''q''' || /q/ || as in ‘Quran’ | | '''q''' || /q/ || as in the traditional pronounciation of ‘Quran’ | ||
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| '''’''' || /ʔ/ || as in the ‘-’ in ‘uh-oh’ | | '''’''' || /ʔ/ || as in the break (‘-’) in ‘uh-oh’ | ||
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|colspan=3| '''''Fricatives''''' | |colspan=3| '''''Fricatives''''' | ||
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| '''ll''' || /ł/ || as in welsh ‘llall’ | | '''ll''' || /ł/ || as in welsh ‘llall’ | ||
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| '''th''' || /θ/ /ð/ || as in ‘thin’ or ‘the’ | | '''th''' || /θ/, /ð/ || as in ‘thin’ or ‘the’ | ||
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| '''z''' || /z/ || as in ‘zed’ | | '''z''' || /z/ || as in ‘zed’ | ||
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|colspan=3| '''''Affricates''''' | |colspan=3| '''''Affricates''''' | ||
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| '''ch''' || /t͡ʃ/ || as in | | '''ch''' || /t͡ʃ/ || as in ‘cheese’ | ||
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| '''j''' || /dʒ/ || as in ‘John’ | | '''j''' || /dʒ/ || as in ‘John’ | ||
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| '''n''' || /n/ || as in ‘need’ | | '''n''' || /n/ || as in ‘need’ | ||
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| '''ng''' || /ŋ/ || as in ‘ring’ | | '''ng''' || /ŋ/ || as in the ‘ng’ in ‘ring’ | ||
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| '''m̃''' || /mː/ || a longer version of "m" as in ‘me’ | | '''m̃''' || /mː/ || a longer version of "m" as in ‘me’ | ||
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| '''i''' || /ɪ/ || as ''i'' in ‘b'''i'''t’ | | '''i''' || /ɪ/ || as ''i'' in ‘b'''i'''t’ | ||
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| '''i, e''' || /i/ || as ''ee'' in ‘b''ee'''n’ | | '''i, e''' || /i/ || as ''ee'' in ‘b'''ee'''n’ | ||
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| '''e, ay''' || /ei/ || as ''ay'' in ‘b'''ay'''’ | | '''e, ay''' || /ei/ || as ''ay'' in ‘b'''ay'''’ | ||