Kihuapimikoa [KOA]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kihuapimikoa
This language is spoken as the lingua franca of an unspecified area. Due to its relative unambiguity in written form, it is also used as the primary language for legal documents. The language is known for its extremely specific deixis, and for its wealth of pronouns. The verb thoroughly agrees with every object in the sentence. The language's inventory of voices allow for even tritransitive verbs to occur. Conversely, the nouns of the language are relatively simple, with a fluid-S alignment.
Sample of Kihuapimikoa[view] šahaméḥme kuasšosmo maasmau; maišiá'su
Logic is the beginning of wisdom; not the end.[view all texts]
Logic is the beginning of wisdom; not the end.[view all texts]
Sound samples in Kihuapimikoa
Some sound samples of Kihuapimikoa. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
yéhéshahome kihuapimikoasau
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | t | k | ʔ | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | θ | s [s:]1 | ʃ | h | ||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
- allophone of /ss/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||||
| Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open | a a: | ɒ ɒ: | ||||
| Polyphthongs | ei | əae | əai | əia | io | oa | eɒ | əie | ao | iɒ |
| eo | aɒ | ai | eu | au | ea | əei | ia | ae | ɒa | |
| ie | iu | ua | əea |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kihuapimikoa. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 KihuapimikoaOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| '/ʔ/ | Aa/a/ | Áá/ɒ/ | AÁ aá/aɒ/ | ÁÁ áá/ɒ:/ | ÁA áa/ɒa/ | AA aa/a:/ | AÉ aé/ae/ | AI ai/ai/ | AO ao/ao/ |
| AU au/au/ | Éé/e/ | Ee/ə/ | ÉÁ éá/eɒ/ | ÉA éa/ea/ | EAÉ eaé/əae/ | EAI eai/əai/ | ÉÉ éé/e:/ | EÉA eéa/əea/ | EÉI eéi/əei/ |
| ÉI éi/ei/ | EIA eia/əia/ | EIÉ eié/əie/ | ÉO éo/eo/ | ÉU éu/eu/ | Ḥḥ/θ/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | IÁ iá/iɒ/ | IA ia/ia/ |
| IÉ ié/ie/ | II ii/i:/ | IO io/io/ | IU iu/iu/ | Kk/k/ | Mm/m/ | Oo/o/ | OA oa/oa/ | OO oo/o:/ | Pp/p/ |
| Ṣṣ/t͡s/ | Ss/s/ | Šš/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | UA ua/ua/ | UU uu/u:/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
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