Calcoradish

Calcoradish is a constructed language created in Japan, and the conlanger is a native speaker of Japanese. This language is called "Calcoradetâr[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 vowel is spelled with circumflex(For example, the spell "â" is pronounced [a:]).

• i [i]
• î [i:](seldom used)
• e [e]
• ê [e:]
• æ [ε(æ)]
• aî [ε:]
• y [y]
• ŷ [y:]
• œ [œ]
• œˆ [œ:]
• u [u]
• û [u:]
• o [o]
• ô [o:]
• aû [ɔ:]
• a [a]
• â [a:]

Some combination of two or three vowel are pronounced as diphthong. Diphthongs are spelled with diaeresis(trema), like French spelling(For example "oï", "oë" etc.).

• eï, aï, æï [εi]
• œï [œi]
• yï [ɥi]
• oï [ɔi]
• uï [ui]
• aë [aε]
• oë [ɔε]
• uë [uε]

Sample text

• Yïl chœs ne narynôr. (I am a student.)
• Edor chœs ne stydh. (This is a pen.)
• Hor stâr stredyïs e ne vôr.　(My father is driving a car.)
• Yïl tol teraîl calcoradetâr. (I can speak Calcoradish.)