Kessik [EHK]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kessik
Kessik is a language spoken in the country of Maldria, a large empire on the lower half of the Eumeran continent. Many small communities in the countries nearby to it also speak Kessik, as they were previously controlled by Maldria.
Sample of Kessik[view] Kethema yon shai to? Ri'am Iske Kethun ri'ekin et skai iske.
We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.[view all texts]
We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeDerav-kogoroan
⤷ Proto-Daraveki
⤷ Ancient Kogoron
⤷ Old Kogoron
⤷ Middle kessik
⤷ Kessik
⤷ Proto-Daraveki
⤷ Ancient Kogoron
⤷ Old Kogoron
⤷ Middle kessik
⤷ Kessik
[view] About Derav-kogoroanThe Derav-Kogoroan family is an amalgamate of the Deravian family, and the Kogoroan family.
[edit] [view] Hekezi (Hesden)This dialect is spoken in the Hesden region of Maldria, mostly in the major port cities such as the capital of the region, Hesden itself. It is heavily influenced by the Doskari traders and other such merchants.
[edit] [view] Ratas (Ratas)Spoken on the western coast of Maldria, between the mountain ranges and ocean, by farmers and fisherman alike. It has been criticized for being very hard to understand, even as a dialect of Kessik, and sometimes called another language and banned from use. With a finely trained ear however, it can be told as Kessik. It has some influences from West-High Kessik, but has mostly evolved on its own.
[edit] [view] Rizman Malgo (Risma)Spoken in Risma, the capital city of Maldria, it has many shortenings of speech, but almost no foreign language influence. There is an honorific form that developed used nowhere else, which is specifically meant for the king, high lords, and sometimes for city guards.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | tʼ t̚ tʰ | d | kʼ k̚ kʰ | g | ʔ | |||||||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | θ | s | z | ʃ | [x] | [χ] | h | |||||||||||||
Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʼ | d͡ʒ | [k͡x] | [q͡χ] | |||||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | ɻ | j | ʍ | w | ||||||||||||||||||
Trill | r |
Blends | kʃ | kv |
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Back | |||
Close | i | u u: | ||||
Near-close | ɪ | |||||
Close-mid | o o: | |||||
Open-mid | ɛ | |||||
Open | ɑ ɑ: | [ɒ]1 |
Polyphthongs | ɑu | ɑo | ɛi | oɑ | ɛɪ |
- allophone of /ɑ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kessik. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
KessikOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
'/ʔ/ | Aa/ɑ/ | AE ae/ɛi/, /ɛɪ/ | AO ao/ɑo/ | AU au/ɑu/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/k̚/ | CH ch/tʼ/, /t͡ʃʼ/, /t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Ff/f/ |
Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | HW hw/ʍ/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Kk/kʰ/ | KSH ksh/kʃ/ | KV kv/kv/ | KX kx[q͡χ], [k͡x] | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ |
Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Oo/o/ | OA oa/oɑ/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/kʼ/ | Rr/ɻ/ | RR rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | SH sh/ʃ/ | Tt/tʰ/ |
TC tc/t̚/ | TH th/θ/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx[x], [χ] | Yy/j/, /ɪ/ | Zz/z/ | ||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |