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== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
One notable item missing from Islhenti is labial consonants, with the exception of /w/.  I decided that /w/ would be retained due to its similarity to /u/, and that all other labials would have fallen out.  This was inspired by Tsalagi.
=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width="60%"
! colspan="2" | !! Labial !! Coronal !! Dorsal !! Laryngeal
|-
! width="100px" colspan="2" | Nasal
| '''m''' [m] || '''n''' [n] || colspan="2" |  
|-
! rowspan="2" | Plosive
! width="30px" | {{small|Plain }}
| '''p''' [p] || '''t''' [t] || '''k''' [k] ||
|-
! {{small|Strong}}
| '''ṗ''' [pʰ] || '''ṭ''' [tʰ] || '''ḳ''' [kʰ] ||
|-
! colspan="2" | Fricative
| || '''s''' [s] || colspan="2" |'''h''' [x~h]
|-
! colspan="2" | Lateral
| || || '''λ''' [ɬ] ||
|-
! colspan="2" | Affricate
| || '''z''' [t͜s] and '''tλ''' [t͜ɬ] || ||
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width="60%"
! width="136px" | Approximant
| colspan="3" | '''l''' [l] and '''w''' [w]
|}
=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width="30%"
! !! Front !! Central !! Back
|-
! width="100px" | High
| '''i''' [i] || || '''u''' [ɯ]
|-
! Middle
| || '''ë''' [ə] ||
|-
! Low
| || colspan="2" | '''a''' [a~ɑ]
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! width="100px" | Diphthong
| colspan="3" | '''æ''' or '''aî''' [ɑɪ̯] and '''œ''' or '''aû''' [ɑʊ̯]
|}


== Script ==
== Script ==

Revision as of 23:54, 27 September 2014


File:Flag-Kheng.png
Khengallese
Ḳënaal ṭël Tuu
Pronounced: /kʰəŋ.ɑːɭ tʰəɭ tɯː/
Timeline and Universe: Alternate Earth
Species: Human
Spoken: Island of Kheng
Writing system: Cujaam, abugida
Genealogy: Khengallese is an isolate
Typology
Morphological type: Somewhat Isolating
Morphosyntactic alignment: Ergative-Absolutive
Basic word order: Typically VSO
Credits
Creator: D. Matthew Mikalowsky
Created: January 2014

Background

I have worked on many different conlangs in the past, and all have died a slow painful death. This one was meant to be one I could focus on for the long haul and finally move from being a "scrapper" (i.e. someone who creates the skeleton of a language and then immediately stops working on it in favor of a new language) into being more of a "completist." I have had some success, but my attention has wandered still.

What I aim to do here, is create a mostly naturalistic language that integrates features from some of my scrapped languages over the years, as well as develop a language that is pleasing to me. This page will likely be slow to update, but rest assured that the script, at the very least, will be described fully here! (Scripts tend to be the feature of languages that I work on the hardest and enjoy creating the most.)

Phonology

One notable item missing from Islhenti is labial consonants, with the exception of /w/. I decided that /w/ would be retained due to its similarity to /u/, and that all other labials would have fallen out. This was inspired by Tsalagi.

Consonants

Labial Coronal Dorsal Laryngeal
Nasal m [m] n [n]  
Plosive Plain p [p] t [t] k [k]
Strong ṗ [pʰ] ṭ [tʰ] ḳ [kʰ]
Fricative s [s] h [x~h]
Lateral λ [ɬ]
Affricate z [t͜s] and tλ [t͜ɬ]
Approximant l [l] and w [w]

Vowels

Front Central Back
High i [i] u [ɯ]
Middle ë [ə]
Low a [a~ɑ]
Diphthong æ or aî [ɑɪ̯] and œ or aû [ɑʊ̯]

Script

Script testing with tables:

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Ṗaajët kuwi.
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