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Lacaka
Lacaka n Icatra
Lacakabanner.png
Banner of Lacaka
Pronunciation[ˌlà.ˈt͡ʃà.kʰà‿n ˌì.ˈt͡ʃà.t͡ɬà]
Created byDMAD
Date2023
SettingFantasy
Native toLacaka
Proto-Lacakan
  • Lacaka
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Lacaka (endonym: Lacaka n Icatra) is a language isolate spoken in the Lacakan Isles.

Etymology

The term Lacaka comes from the phrase Ung ng Lacaka, a phrase meaning “Pearl of the Sea,” alluding to the value its denizens place on their homeland.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants
Consonants Labial Alveolar Lateral Palatal Guttural
Nasals m n /ɲ/ n ng /ŋ/ ng
Plosives Voiced b d /d͡ʒ/ j /ʝ ~ ɣ/ g
Unvoiced /pʰ/ p /tʰ/ t /t͡ɬ ~ c͡ʎ̥̝/ tr /t͡ʃ/ c /kʰ/ k
Preglottalized /ʔpʰ/ pp /ʔtʰ/ tt /ʔt͡ɬ ~ ʔc͡ʎ̥̝/ ttr /ʔt͡ʃ/ cc /ʔkʰ/ kk
Fricatives s /ɬ ~ ʎ̥̝/ r /ʃ/ x h
Approximants Voiced w /l ~ ʎ/ l /j/ y (w)
Unvoiced /ʍ/ wh /ç/ yh (/ʍ/ wh)

Vowels

Pronouns

Demonstratives

The following is a chart of Lacaka demonstrative pronouns.

Abalonian Demonstratives
AFF NEG
AN INAN AN INAN
PROX SG omi yeki ottomi yetteki
PL homi yheki
Q oyhomi yewheki oppomi yeppeki
DIST SG waemi waeki wettemi wetteki
PL whaemi whaeki
Q whemi wheki weppemi

Personal Pronouns

Abalonian Personal Pronouns
AFF NEG
AN INAN AN.POL AN INAN AN.POL
1 SG omye yekki ____ ottomye yettekki ____
DU oyomye yewekki okyomye yekwekki
PL homye yhekki
Q oyhomye yewhekki oppomye yeppekki
2 SG amye ____ ame attamye ____ attame
DU emye eme akemye akeme
PL hamye hame
Q hemye heme appamye appame
3 SG waemye waekki waeme wettemye wettekki wetteme
DU wemye wekki weme wekwemye wekwekki wekweme
PL whaemye whaekki whaeme
Q whemye whekki wheme weppemye weppekki weppeme

Morphology

Vocabulary

The following are Lacaka translations of the 207 entries listed in the revised Swadesh List.

Swadesh List
English Lacaka Notes