Calusto
| 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.
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.