Kirkkaselhümb

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Kirkkaselhümb (/ˈkiɹkˌkaçˁəlˌhymb/ lit. "Kirkkasel language") is an L-Austronesian language spoken in Lõis's Malaysia. It is inspired by Wiobian, and has lots of phonetically adapted Tamil loanwords.


Introduction

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

  Labial Dental/Alv. Medial Palatal Velar
Nasal m /m/ n /n̪/ /ɳ~ɲˁ/ nj /ɲ/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive p /p/ t /t̪/ z /ʈ~cˁ/ k /k/
Fricative f /f/ þ /θ/, ß /s/ s /ʂ~çˁ/, zs /ʈʂ~cçˁ/ ch /x/
Trill ŕ /r~ɾ/
Approximant central w /w/ r /ɹ~ɻ/ j /j/
lateral l /l̪/

Vowels

Front Central Back
unrounded rounded
short long short long short long short long
Close i /i/ i /iː/ ü /y/ ü /yː/ u /u/ u /uː/
Close-mid e /e/ e /eː/ ö /ø/ ö /øː/ e /ə/ o /o/ o /oː/
Open-mid ä /ɛ/ ä /ɛː/
Open a /a/ a /aː/

Not all vowels really have phonemic length.

Diphthongs: ei ie uo üö /ɛɪ iə uə yə/

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources