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==Phonology==
==Phonology==


=Consonants=
===Consonants===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! colspan="2"|Consonants !! Labial !! Alveolar !! Lateral !! Palatal !! Guttural
|-
! colspan="2"|Nasals
| m || n || || /ɲ/ n ng || /ŋ/ ng
|-
! rowspan="3"|Plosives
! Voiced
| b || d || || /d͡ʒ/ j || /ʝ ~ ɣ/ g
|-
! Unvoiced
| /pʰ/ p || /tʰ/ t || /t͡ɬ ~ c͡ʎ̥̝/ tr || /t͡ʃ/ c || /kʰ/ k
|-
! Preglottalized
| /ʔpʰ/ pp || /ʔtʰ/ tt || /ʔt͡ɬ ~ ʔc͡ʎ̥̝/ ttr || /ʔt͡ʃ/ cc || /ʔkʰ/ kk
|-
! colspan="2"|Fricatives
| || s || /ɬ ~ ʎ̥̝/ r || /ʃ/ x || h
|-
! rowspan="2"|Approximants
! Voiced
| w || || /l ~ ʎ/ l || /j/ y || (w)
|-
! Unvoiced
| /ʍ/ wh || || || /ç/ yh || (/ʍ/ wh)
|}


=Vowels=
===Vowels===
 
==Vocabulary==
The following are Lacaka translations of the 207 entries listed in the [[Swadesh_list#Swadesh_207_list|revised Swadesh List]].
 
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan="3" | Swadesh List
|-
! English !! Lacaka !! Notes
|-
|}

Latest revision as of 04:39, 8 January 2025

Lacaka
Lacaka n Icattra
Lacakabanner.png
Banner of Lacaka
Pronunciationˌlà.ˈt͡ʃà.kʰà‿n ˌì.ˈt͡ʃàʔ.t͡ɬà
Created byDMAD
Date2023
SettingFantasy
Native toLacaka
Proto-Lacakan
  • Lacaka
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Lacaka (endonym: Lacaka n Icattra) is a language isolate spoken in the Lacakan Isles.

Etymology

The term Lacaka comes from the phrase Unang ng Lacakka, a phrase meaning “Pearl of the Sea,” alluding to the value its denizens place on their homeland.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants Labial Alveolar Lateral Palatal Guttural
Nasals m n /ɲ/ n ng /ŋ/ ng
Plosives Voiced b d /d͡ʒ/ j /ʝ ~ ɣ/ g
Unvoiced /pʰ/ p /tʰ/ t /t͡ɬ ~ c͡ʎ̥̝/ tr /t͡ʃ/ c /kʰ/ k
Preglottalized /ʔpʰ/ pp /ʔtʰ/ tt /ʔt͡ɬ ~ ʔc͡ʎ̥̝/ ttr /ʔt͡ʃ/ cc /ʔkʰ/ kk
Fricatives s /ɬ ~ ʎ̥̝/ r /ʃ/ x h
Approximants Voiced w /l ~ ʎ/ l /j/ y (w)
Unvoiced /ʍ/ wh /ç/ yh (/ʍ/ wh)

Vowels

Vocabulary

The following are Lacaka translations of the 207 entries listed in the revised Swadesh List.

Swadesh List
English Lacaka Notes