Calcoradish

Calcoradish is a constructed language created in Japan, and the conlanger is a native speaker of Japanese. This language is called "Calcoradetár[kalkoradeta:r]" in Calcoradish.

Phonology

Consonants

Calcoradish has about twenty consonants.

• p [p]
• b [b]
• c [k](This sound is always spelled "c". "k" is never used.)
• g [g]
• t [t]
• d [d]
• s [s]
• z [z]
• f [f]
• v [v]
• ch [x]
• gh [ɣ]
• th [θ]
• dh [ð]
• h [h]
• n [n]
• m [m]
• r [r]
• l [l]
• ts [ts]

Vowel

Calcoradish has nine vowels. The vowel length is distinctive. But /ɔ/ always appear as a long vowel. And the distinction between the long vowel /i:/ and /e:/ is not clear in many dialect.

Long vowels are spelled with acute accent(For example, the spell "á" is pronounced [a:]).

• i [i]
• í [i:](seldom used)
• e [e]
• é [e:]
• æ [ε(æ)]
• ǽ [ε:]
• y [y]
• ý [y:]
• ø [œ]
• ǿ [œ:]
• u [u]
• ú [u:]
• o [o]
• ó [o:]
• â [ɔ:]
• a [a]
• á [a:]

Some combination of two vowels are pronounced as diphthong.

• ei, ai, æi [εi]
• øi [œi]
• yi [ɥi]
• oi [ɔi]
• ui [ui]
• ae [aε]
• oe [ɔε]
• ue [uε]

Writing system

Calcoradish is written in segmental script called Ádian. In Calcoradish, 29 letters are used.

Grammar

Noun

Any nouns in Calcoradish are classified into two noun classes. There are "material noun" and "non-material noun" in Calcoradish.

Examples of material noun: nór (a person), vór (a car), vedh (water), geth (a house) Examples of non-material noun: vønge (spirit, heart), vadúr (law), chradhem (goodness), vorde (power)

External link

[1](Written in Japanese)