Calusto
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| Calusto | |
|---|---|
| Kaloust | |
| 𐌊𐌀𐌋𐌏𐌖𐌔𐌕 | |
| Pronunciation | [ka'lu:sto] |
| Created by | Fox Saint-Just |
| Date | 2017 |
| Language codes | |
| CLCR | --- |
Calusto is an a posteriori language created by user Fox Saint-Just in 2017. It is based on Indo-European languages.
Introduction
Calusto was created for a literary project, as an Indo-European language that was lost during the Roman expansion and later artificially reconstructed. Thus, despite having an alphabet derived from Old Italic script and a grammar influenced by Latin, Calusto's vocabulary includes a large amount of words common to the languages of the Silk Road, including Chinese.
Its name derives from the word 𐌊𐌀𐌋𐌏𐌖 for "mist", making the meaning of Calusto close to "misty".
Phonology
Vowels
Calusto has long and short vowels.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː y yː1 | u uː | |
| Close-mid | e e: ø | o o: | |
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛː | ə2 | ɔ ɔː |
| Open | a aː |
1/y:/ is very rare. 2/ə/ is not related to a specific letter or combination of letters.