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| '''o''' /o/ | | '''o''', '''õ''' /o/, /ɤ/ | ||
| '''o''' /oː/ | | '''o''', '''õ''' /oː/, /ɤ:/ | ||
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Revision as of 01:05, 11 February 2019
Kirkkaselhümb (/ˈkiɹkˌkaçˁəlˌhymb/ lit. "Kirkkasel language") is an L-Austronesian language spoken in the island of Kirkkasel in Lõis's Southeast Asia. It is inspired by Wiobian, Estonian, and Oceanic languages (particularly Pohnpeian and Iaai) and has lots of phonetically adapted Tamil and Sanskrit loanwords from antiquity.
Introduction
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
Labial | Dental/Alv. | Medial | Palatal | Velar | ||
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Nasal | m /m/ | n /n̪/ | ṇ /ɳ~ɲˁ/ | nj /ɲ/ | ng /ŋ/ | |
Plosive | p /p/ | t /t̪/ | z /ʈ~cˁ/ | k /k/ | ||
Fricative | f /f/ | þ /θ/, ß /s/ | s /ʂ~çˁ/, zs /ʈʂ~cçˁ/ | ch /x/ | ||
Trill | ŕ /r~ɾ/ | |||||
Approximant | central | w /w/ | r /ɹ~ɻ/ | j /j/ | ||
lateral | l /l̪/ |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | ||||||
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unrounded | rounded | |||||||
short | long | short | long | short | long | short | long | |
Close | i /i/ | i /iː/ | ü /y/ | ü /yː/ | u /u/ | u /uː/ | ||
Close-mid | e /e/ | e /eː/ | ö /ø/ | ö /øː/ | e /ə/ | o, õ /o/, /ɤ/ | o, õ /oː/, /ɤ:/ | |
Open-mid | ä /ɛ/ | ä /ɛː/ | ||||||
Open | a /a/ | a /aː/ |
Not all vowels really have phonemic length.
Diphthongs: ei ie uo üö /ɛɪ iə uə yə/