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Kəthaulə is a the product of a young conlanger created as an experiment with the idea of conlanging, it was designed to be familiar to home and strange enough to be more interesting than English (their native language), it was inspired by many of the European languages, it was considered having it be a secondary language for regular use by the creator. | |||
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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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|colspan=3| '''''Stops''''' | |colspan=3| '''''Stops''''' | ||
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| '''b''' || /b/ || as in | | '''b''' || /b/ || as in ‘bat’ | ||
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| '''p''' || /p/ || as in | | '''p''' || /p/ || as in ‘pat’ | ||
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| '''d''' || /d/ || as in ‘deed’ | | '''d''' || /d/ || as in ‘deed’ | ||
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| '''k''' || /k/ || as in ‘key’ | | '''k''' || /k/ || as in ‘key’ | ||
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| '''q''' || /q/ || as in ‘Quran’ | | '''q''' || /q/ || as in the traditional pronounciation of ‘Quran’ | ||
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| '''’''' || /ʔ/ || as in the ‘-’ in ‘uh-oh’ | | '''’''' || /ʔ/ || as in the break (‘-’) in ‘uh-oh’ | ||
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|colspan=3| '''''Fricatives''''' | |colspan=3| '''''Fricatives''''' | ||
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| '''ll''' || /ł/ || as in welsh ‘llall’ | | '''ll''' || /ł/ || as in welsh ‘llall’ | ||
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| '''th''' || /θ/ /ð/ || as in ‘thin’ or ‘the’ | | '''th''' || /θ/, /ð/ || as in ‘thin’ or ‘the’ | ||
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| '''z''' || /z/ || as in ‘zed’ | | '''z''' || /z/ || as in ‘zed’ | ||
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|colspan=3| '''''Affricates''''' | |colspan=3| '''''Affricates''''' | ||
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| '''ch''' || /t͡ʃ/ || as in | | '''ch''' || /t͡ʃ/ || as in ‘cheese’ | ||
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| '''j''' || /dʒ/ || as in ‘John’ | | '''j''' || /dʒ/ || as in ‘John’ | ||
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| '''n''' || /n/ || as in ‘need’ | | '''n''' || /n/ || as in ‘need’ | ||
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| '''ng''' || /ŋ/ || as in ‘ring’ | | '''ng''' || /ŋ/ || as in the ‘ng’ in ‘ring’ | ||
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| '''m̃''' || /mː/ || a longer version of "m" as in ‘me’ | | '''m̃''' || /mː/ || a longer version of "m" as in ‘me’ | ||
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| '''l''' || /l/ || as in ‘leaf’ | | '''l''' || /l/ || as in ‘leaf’ | ||
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| '''r''' || /ɹ~r~ɾ/ || as in ‘reed’ | | '''r''' || /ɹ~r~ɾ/ || as in ‘reed’, or whatever rhotic sound is preferred. | ||
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|colspan=3| '''''Semi-Vowels / Glides''''' | |colspan=3| '''''Semi-Vowels / Glides''''' | ||
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| '''i''' || /ɪ/ || as ''i'' in ‘b'''i'''t’ | | '''i''' || /ɪ/ || as ''i'' in ‘b'''i'''t’ | ||
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| '''i, e''' || /i/ || as ''ee'' in | | '''i, e''' || /i/ || as ''ee'' in ‘b'''ee'''n’ | ||
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| '''e, ay''' || / | | '''e, ay''' || /ei/ || as ''ay'' in ‘b'''ay'''’ | ||
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| '''e''' || /ɛ/ || as ''e'' in ‘b'''e'''t’ | | '''e''' || /ɛ/ || as ''e'' in ‘b'''e'''t’ | ||
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| '''a, ā''' || /a/ || as ''a'' in ‘b'''a''' | | '''a, ā''' || /a/ || as ''a'' in ‘b'''a'''d’ | ||
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|colspan=3| '''''Back''''' | |colspan=3| '''''Back''''' | ||
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| '''uh, ə, ö''' || /ʌ/ || as ''u'' in ‘b'''u'''t’ | | '''uh, ə, ö''' || /ʌ/ || as ''u'' in ‘b'''u'''t’ | ||
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| '''o''' || /o/ || as ''oa'' in ‘b'''oa'''t’ | | '''o''' || /o/ || as ''oa'' in ‘b'''oa'''t’ | ||
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| '''u''' || /u/ || as ''oo'' in ‘b'''oo'''t’ | | '''u''' || /u/ || as ''oo'' in ‘b'''oo'''t’ | ||
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| '''ö''' || /ə/ || as "a" in about | | '''ə, ö''' || /ə/ || as "a" in about | ||
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|colspan=3| '''''Diphthongs''''' | |colspan=3| '''''Diphthongs''''' | ||
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| '''ai''' || / | | '''ai''' || /ai/ || as ''i'' in ‘b'''i'''te’ | ||
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| '''au, ow''' || / | | '''au, ow''' || /au/ || as ''ow'' in ‘c'''ow'''’ | ||
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| ''V̊'' || /Ø/ || when a vowel has a ring above it it is silent. | | '''V̊''' || /Ø/ || when a vowel has a ring above it it is silent. | ||
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