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|name              = Central Isles Creole
|name              = Central Isles Creole
|nativename        = lonxwìŋooo
|nativename        = lonxwìŋooo
|pronunciation    = lõ̞˥xʷi˩ŋo̞ːː˥
|pronunciation    = lõ̞˥xʷɪ˩ŋo̞ːː˥
|pronunciation_key = IPA for Central Isles Creole
|pronunciation_key = IPA for Central Isles Creole
|state            = [https://pollasena.fandom.com/wiki/Knrawi_Isles Knrawi Isles], Kilimossu states
|state            = [https://pollasena.fandom.com/wiki/Knrawi_Isles Knrawi Isles], Kilimossu states
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'''Central Isles Creole''' (<small>Central Isles Creole:&nbsp;</small><span class="nowrap" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" style="font-family:Gentium,'DejaVu Sans','Segoe UI',sans-serif">lonxwìŋooo [[IPA for Central Isles Creole|[lõ̞˥xʷi˩ŋo̞ːː˥]]]</span>) is a Knrawi-based creole spoken in the central Knrawi Isles and western Ternium.
'''Central Isles Creole''' (<small>Central Isles Creole:&nbsp;</small><span class="nowrap" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" style="font-family:Gentium,'DejaVu Sans','Segoe UI',sans-serif">lonxwìŋooo [[IPA for Central Isles Creole|[lõ̞˥xʷɪ˩ŋo̞ːː˥]]]</span>) is a Knrawi-based creole spoken in the central Knrawi Isles and western Ternium.


==Orthography==
==Orthography==
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|-
|-
!  
!  
! colspan="4" | [[w:Labial consonant|Labial]] !! colspan="4" | [[w:Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]] !! [[w:Postalveolar consonant|Post-<br>alveolar]] !! colspan="4" | [[w:Palatal consonant|palatal]] !! colspan="4" | [[w:Velar consonant|Velar]] !! colspan="4" | [[w:Labialization|Labialized velar]] !! [[w:Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
! colspan="5" | [[w:Labial consonant|Labial]] !! colspan="5" | [[w:Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]] !! colspan="3" | [[w:Palatal consonant|palatal]] !! colspan="5" | [[w:Velar consonant|Velar]] !! colspan="3" | [[w:Labialization|Labialized dorsal]] !! colspan="3" | [[w:Uvular consonant|Uvular]] !! [[w:Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
|-
! [[w:Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
! [[w:Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| [[w:Voiced bilabial nasal|m]] || [[w:Glottalization|mˀ]] [[w:Voiced alveolar nasal|n]] || [[w:Glottalization|nˀ]] || [[w:Voiced velar nasal|ŋ]] || [[w:Glottalization|ŋˀ]]
| colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced bilabial nasal|m]] || colspan="3" | [[w:Glottalization|mˀ]] || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced alveolar nasal|n]] || colspan="3" | [[w:Glottalization|nˀ]] || colspan="3" | || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced velar nasal|ŋ]] || colspan="3" | [[w:Glottalization|ŋˀ]]
|-
|-
! [[w:stop consonant|Stop]]
! [[w:stop consonant|Stop]]
| [[w:Voiceless bilabial stop|p]] || [[w:Voiced bilabial stop|b]] || [[w:Aspirated consonant|pʰ]] || [[w:Glottalization|bˀ]] || [[w:Voiceless alveolar stop|t]] || [[w:Voiced alveolar stop|d]] || [[w:Aspirated consonant|tʰ]] || [[w:Glottalization|dˀ]] || || || [[w:Voiceless velar stop|k]] || || [[w:Aspirated consonant|kʰ]] || || [[w:Labialization|kʷ]] || || [[w:Aspirated consonant|kʷʰ]]
| [[w:Voiceless bilabial stop|p]] || [[w:Voiced bilabial stop|b]] || [[w:Aspirated consonant|pʰ]] || pˣ || [[w:Glottalization|bˀ]] || [[w:Voiceless alveolar stop|t]] || [[w:Voiced alveolar stop|d]] || [[w:Aspirated consonant|tʰ]] || tˣ || [[w:Glottalization|dˀ]] || colspan="3" | || [[w:Voiceless velar stop|k]] || || [[w:Aspirated consonant|kʰ]] || kˣ || || [[w:Labialization|kʷ]] || [[w:Aspirated consonant|kʷʰ]] || kʷˣ || [[w:Voiceless uvular stop|q]] || [[w:Aspirated consonant|qʰ]] || qˣ
|-
|-
! [[w:Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
! [[w:Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
| colspan="3" | || [[w:Voiceless dental affricate|t͡θ]] || colspan="3" | || [[w:Voiceless palato-alveolar affricate|t͡ʃ]]
| colspan="5" | || [[w:Voiceless dental affricate|t͡θ]] || colspan="4" | || [[w:Voiceless palato-alveolar affricate|t͡ʃ]]
|-
|-
! [[w:fricative consonant|Fricative]]
! [[w:fricative consonant|Fricative]]
| || [[w:Voiced labiodental fricative|v]] || || [[w:Glottalization|vˀ]] || [[w:Voiceless dental fricative|θ]] || || [[w:Voiced dental fricative|ð]] || [[w:Glottalization|ðˀ]] || [[w:Voiceless postalveolar fricative|ʃ]] || [[w:Voiced postalveolar fricative|ʒ]] || [[w:Glottalization|ʒˀ]] || [[w:Voiceless velar fricative|x]] || [[w:Voiced velar fricative|ɣ]] || || [[w:Glottalization|ɣˀ]] || [[w:Labialization|xʷ]]
| [[w:Voiceless labiodental fricative|f]] || [[w:Voiced labiodental fricative|v]] || colspan="2" | || [[w:Glottalization|vˀ]] || [[w:Voiceless dental fricative|θ]] || [[w:Voiced dental fricative|ð]] || colspan="2" | || [[w:Glottalization|ðˀ]] || [[w:Voiceless postalveolar fricative|ʃ]] || [[w:Voiced postalveolar fricative|ʒ]] || [[w:Glottalization|ʒˀ]] || [[w:Voiceless velar fricative|x]] || [[w:Voiced velar fricative|ɣ]] || colspan="2" | || [[w:Glottalization|ɣˀ]] || [[w:Labialization|xʷ]] [[w:Labialization|χʷ]] || colspan="2" | || [[w:Voiceless uvular fricative|χ]] || colspan="2" | || [[w:Voiceless glottal fricative|h]]
|-
|-
! [[w:Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
! [[w:Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
| colspan="5" | || [[w:Voiced alveolar approximant|ɹ]] [[w:Voiced alveolar lateral approximant|l]] || || [[w:Glottalization|ɹˀ]] [[w:Glottalization|lˀ]] || colspan="2" | || [[w:Voiced palatal approximant|j]] || || [[w:Glottalization|jˀ]] || || [[w:Voiced labial–velar approximant|w]] || || [[w:Glottalization|wˀ]]
| colspan="5" | || || [[w:Voiced alveolar approximant|ɹ]] [[w:Voiced alveolar lateral approximant|l]] || colspan="2" | || [[w:Glottalization|ɹˀ]] [[w:Glottalization|lˀ]] || || [[w:Voiced palatal approximant|j]] || [[w:Glottalization|jˀ]] || colspan="5" | || [[w:Voiced labial–velar approximant|w]] || [[w:Glottalization|wˀ]]
|}
|}
*Voiced fricatives and sonorants (except /j(ˀ) w(ˀ)/) can be syllabic.
===Vowels===
===Vowels===
===Vowels===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Vowels
|-
! !! colspan="3" | [[w:Front vowel|Front]] !! colspan="3" | [[w:Central vowel|Central]] !! colspan="3" | [[w:Back vowel|Back]]
|-
! [[w:Close vowel|High]]
| [[w:Near-close near-front unrounded vowel|ɪ]] || [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|iː]] || iːː || colspan="3" | || [[w:Near-close near-back rounded vowel|ʊ]] || [[w:Close back rounded vowel|uː]] || uːː
|-
! [[w:Mid vowel|Mid]]
| [[w:Mid front unrounded vowel|e̞]] || e̞ː || e̞ːː || colspan="3" | || [[w:Mid back rounded vowel|o̞]] || o̞ː || o̞ːː
|-
! [[w:Open vowel|Low]]
| colspan="3" | || [[w:Open front unrounded vowel|a]] || aː || aːː
|}
*All vowels can be oral or nasal.
===Tones===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Tones
|-
! High !! Low
|-
| ˥ || ˩
|}
===Prosody===
===Prosody===
Central Isles Creole stress position and realization varies by area and speaker.
Central Isles Creole stress position and realization varies by area and speaker.
===Phonotactics===
Syllables are at most (C(C₁))V((C₁)C), with C₁ being more sonorous than C.


==Morphology==
==Morphology==
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==Other resources==
==Other resources==
[https://cals.info/language/central-isles-creole/ CALS]
*[https://cals.info/language/central-isles-creole/ CALS]
*[[Central Isles Creole/Swadesh]]


[[Category:Central Isles Creole language]]
[[Category:Central Isles Creole language]]
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Creole languages]]
[[Category:Wasc languages]]
[[Category:Wasc languages]]
[[Category:Sekhulla languages]]
[[Category:Languages of Pollasena]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]

Latest revision as of 01:40, 30 September 2025

Central Isles Creole
lonxwìŋooo
Pronunciation[lõ̞˥xʷɪ˩ŋo̞ːː˥]
Created byDillon Hartwig
Date2022
SettingPollasena
Native toKnrawi Isles, Kilimossu states
Era-900 to -600 MT
Creole
  • Central Isles Creole
Early form
Knrawi, Soc'ul', Kilīmos-sāîl, Pre-Knrawi languages
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Central Isles Creole (Central Isles Creole: lonxwìŋooo [lõ̞˥xʷɪ˩ŋo̞ːː˥]) is a Knrawi-based creole spoken in the central Knrawi Isles and western Ternium.

Orthography

Central Isles Creole is generally not written, but may be written in Wacag. Its romanization is as follows.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants
Labial Alveolar palatal Velar Labialized dorsal Uvular Glottal
Nasal m mˀ n nˀ ŋ ŋˀ
Stop p b pʰ pˣ bˀ t d tʰ tˣ dˀ k kʰ kˣ kʷ kʷʰ kʷˣ q qʰ qˣ
Affricate t͡θ t͡ʃ
Fricative f v vˀ θ ð ðˀ ʃ ʒ ʒˀ x ɣ ɣˀ xʷ χʷ χ h
Approximant ɹ l ɹˀ lˀ j jˀ w wˀ
  • Voiced fricatives and sonorants (except /j(ˀ) w(ˀ)/) can be syllabic.

Vowels

Vowels

Vowels
Front Central Back
High ɪ iː iːː ʊ uː uːː
Mid e̞ e̞ː e̞ːː o̞ o̞ː o̞ːː
Low a aː aːː
  • All vowels can be oral or nasal.

Tones

Tones
High Low
˥ ˩

Prosody

Central Isles Creole stress position and realization varies by area and speaker.

Phonotactics

Syllables are at most (C(C₁))V((C₁)C), with C₁ being more sonorous than C.

Morphology

Nouns

Pronouns

Verbs

Adjectives

Negation

Numerals

Syntax

Constituent order

Word order is strictly SOV.

Noun and verb phrases

All modifiers follow their head noun or verb if not affixed. Modifiers follow their head, numerators follow adjectives, possessors follow all other modifiers.

Dependent clauses

Dependent clauses follow the head they modify after all other dependents, and their head noun is often backed to the end of its clause.

Example texts

Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 1

Linguifex-hosted translations

Conlang Atlas of Language Structures-hosted translations

Other resources

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