Kirkkaselhümb
Kirkkaselhümb (/ˈkiɹkˌkaçˁəlˌhymb/ lit. "Kirkkasel language") is an L-Austronesian language spoken in the island of Kirkkaselstef 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 loanwords.
Introduction
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
| Labial | Dental/Alv. | Medial | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 /o/ | o /oː/ | |
| 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/