Abalonian
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| Abalonian | |
|---|---|
| Xaegita Icatra | |
Banner of Abalonia | |
| Pronunciation | [ˌlà.ˈt͡ʃà.kʰà‿n ˌì.ˈt͡ʃà.t͡ɬà] |
| Created by | DMAD |
| Date | 2023 |
| Setting | Fantasy |
| Native to | Abalonia |
Proto-Abalonic
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Abalonian (endonym: Xaegita Icatra) is a language isolate spoken in the Abalonian Isles.
Etymology
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Abalonian | English | Notes |
| 1 | omye | I | |
| 2 | amye | you (sg.) | |
| 3 | waemye | he | |
| 4 | homye | we | |
| 5 | hamye | you (pl.) | |
| 6 | whaemye | they | |
| 7 | omi | this | |
| 8 | waemi | that | |
| 9 | here | ||
| 10 | there | ||
| 11 | who? | ||