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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, it was considered having it be a secondary language for regular use by theirself.


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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, it was considered having it be a secondary language for regular use by theirself.


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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Orthography===
===Consonants===
===Consonants===



Revision as of 07:19, 19 September 2020

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, it was considered having it be a secondary language for regular use by theirself.



Phonology

Consonants

Stops
b /b/ as in ‘bee’
p /p/ as in ‘pea’
d /d/ as in ‘deed’
t /t/ as in ‘tea’
g /ɡ/ as in ‘get’
k /k/ as in ‘key’
q /q/ as in ‘Quran’
/ʔ/ as in the ‘-’ in ‘uh-oh’
Fricatives
f /f/ as in ‘fee’
s /s/ as in ‘see’
ll /ł/ as in welsh ‘llall’
th /θ/ /ð/ as in ‘thin’ or ‘the’
z /z/ as in ‘zed’
sh /ʃ/ as in ‘she’
ż, zh /ʒ/ as in ‘viSion’
x /x/ as ch in Irish ‘Loch’
h /h/ as in ‘he’
Affricates
ch /t͡ʃ/ as in ‘cheek’
j /dʒ/ as in ‘John’
Nasals and Liquids
m /m/ as in ‘me’
n /n/ as in ‘need’
ng /ŋ/ as in ‘ring’
/mː/ a longer version of "m" as in ‘me’
ñ /nː/ a longer version of "n" as in ‘need’
ñg /ŋː/ a longer version of "ng" as in ‘ring’
l /l/ as in ‘leaf’
r /ɹ~r~ɾ/ as in ‘reed’, or whatever rhotic sound is preferred.
Semi-Vowels / Glides
w /w/ as in ‘we’
ʍ /ʍ/ as in ‘what’ (General American)
y /j/ as in ‘yea’

Vowels

i /ɪ/ as i in ‘bit’
i, e /i/ as ee in ‘bee'n’
e, ay /ei/ as ay in ‘bay
e /ɛ/ as e in ‘bet’
a, ā /a/ as a in ‘bad’
Back
au, a /ɑ/ as a in ‘father’
uh, ə, ö /ʌ/ as u in ‘but’
o /o/ as oa in ‘boat’
u /u/ as oo in ‘boot’
ə, ö /ə/ as "a" in about
Diphthongs
ai /ai/ as i in ‘bite’
au, ow /au/ as ow in ‘cow
/Ø/ when a vowel has a ring above it it is silent.

Example texts

Hush now, my baby. Be still love, don't cry. Sleep as you're rocked by the stream. Sleep and remember my last lullaby So I'll be with you when you dream.

-- Kwentall, 'ahe brallki. Tezůka estrus 'ərai, n'trest. Rest numen kezůka kirvenje ov əte lakn. rest and ersevpo 'ahe fimalar lullaby Osay xe tezůka akven kehe tezůka kehe bramen.