Central Isles Creole

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Central Isles Creole
lonxwìŋooo
Pronunciation[lõ̞˥xʷi˩ŋo̞ːː˥]
Created byDillon Hartwig
Date2022
SettingPollasena
Native toKnrawi Isles, Kilimossu states
Era-900 to -600 MT
Creole
  • Central Isles Creole
Early form
Knrawi, Soc'ul', Kilīmos-sāîl, Pre-Knrawi languages
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Central Isles Creole (Central Isles Creole: lonxwìŋooo [lõ̞˥xʷi˩ŋo̞ːː˥]) is a Knrawi-based creole spoken in the central Knrawi Isles and western Ternium.

Orthography

Central Isles Creole is generally not written, but may be written in Wacag. Its romanization is as follows.

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

Prosody

Central Isles Creole stress position and realization varies by area and speaker.

Morphology

Nouns

Pronouns

Verbs

Adjectives

Negation

Numerals

Syntax

Constituent order

Word order is strictly SOV.

Noun and verb phrases

All modifiers follow their head noun or verb if not affixed. Modifiers follow their head, numerators follow adjectives, possessors follow all other modifiers.

Dependent clauses

Dependent clauses follow the head they modify after all other dependents, and their head noun is often backed to the end of its clause.

Example texts

Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 1

Linguifex-hosted translations

Conlang Atlas of Language Structures-hosted translations

Other resources

CALS