Cabot Creole
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| Cabot Creole | |
|---|---|
| Khąmu:tnų̀ | |
| Pronunciation | [kʰãmə̃ːtnə̃̀] |
| Created by | Dillon Hartwig |
| Date | 2026 |
| Setting | Cabot Island, United Kingdom |
Iroquoian
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Cabot Creole /ˈkæbət/ (Cabot Creole: Khąmu:tnų̀ [kʰãmə̃ːtnə̃̀]) is a North Iroquoian language (not a proper creole despite its name) spoken on the Cabot Island, a fictional island approximately 200 miles east-southeast from the coast of Newfoundland.
Etymology
Cabot Creole is named after Cabot Island, which is named after navigator John Cabot.
Orthography
Cabot Creole is written with the Latin script.
| A a | Ą ą | E e | Ę ę | H h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| /a/ | /ã/ | /e/ | /ẽ/ | /h/ |
| I i | Į į | K k | Kh kh | L l |
| /i/ | /ĩ/ | /k/ | /kʰ/ | /l/ |
| M m | N n | O o | Ǫ ǫ | Qu qu |
| [m] | [n,ŋ] | /o/ | /õ/ | /kʷ/ |
| Quh quh | R r | S s | T t | Th th |
| /kʷʰ/ | /ɹ/ | /s/ | /t/ | /tʰ/ |
| Ts ts | Tsh tsh | U u | Ų ų | W w |
| /t͡s/ | /t͡sʰ/ | /ə/ | /ə̃/ | [w] |
| Y y | ’ | á | à | : |
| /j/ | /ʔ/ | /à/ | /á/ | /ː/ |
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | Voiceless | kʷ | t t͡s | (t͡ʃ) | k | ʔ |
| Aspirated | kʷʰ | tʰ t͡sʰ | (t͡ʃʰ) | (g) | ||
| Voiced | (gʷ) | (ɾ d͡z) | (d͡ʒ) | kʰ | ||
| Fricative | s | (ʃ) | h | |||
| Approximant | w (m) | ɹ l (n) | j | (ŋ) | ||
- /l w/ are realized as [n m] adjacent to nasal vowels or other [n m].
- [n] assimilates in place to following velar consonants, including across word boundaries.
- Plain stops and affricates are voiced intervocalically, including across word boundaries; /t/ is voiced as [ɾ].
- Sibilants are realized as postalveolar before /j/ and front vowels, including across word boundaries.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u~o | |
| Mid | e | ə | |
| Low | a |
All vowels may be long and/or nasalized.
Pitch accent
| High | Low | |
|---|---|---|
| Short | á | à |
| Long | âː | ǎː |
Accent is always final.
Phonotactics
Cabot Creole maximal syllables are CCVCC; /kʷ kʷʰ ʔ h/ are disallowed in coda, and only /sk skʷ/ clusters may be word-intial.
Morphology
Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Negation
Numerals
Syntax
Constituent order
Cabot Creole word order is strictly SVO, not including incorporated objects.
Noun and verb phrases
Numerators precede their head, and adjectives and possessives follow. Verb modifiers follow their head, except numerators when used as adverbs.
Dependent clauses
Dependent clauses follow their phrase, generally directly, but may be disjointed if verb agreement provides enough context.
Example texts
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