Qlarochai [LAR]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Qlarochai
Spoken on the northernmost tip of the Tengokai. In English, pronounce it with a silent 'q' (I've always wanted a reason to write those words!!)
Basic stuff about the langauge:
-no fricatives
-stops at 4 places of articulation
-4 types of plosives
-plus nasals
-plus implosives
-clicks!
-clicks are at 5 places of articulation
-4 types of clicks
-6 vowels (basic 5 plus schwa, which can never be in the initial syllable), no length
-Austronesian alignment
-largely free word order
So the Qlarochai people live on the far north of Tengokai. They're one of the most notably anti-Katiin groups, and very few of the cultures on Tengokai have any positive feelings towards the Katiinian cultures. Although fully capable of operating independently, the choose to interact with the rest of Tengokai, and have a large amount of resources from breeding and trading off Qcenokai (see the flag info page), as their Qcenokai are known to be some of the best.
Basic stuff about the langauge:
-no fricatives
-stops at 4 places of articulation
-4 types of plosives
-plus nasals
-plus implosives
-clicks!
-clicks are at 5 places of articulation
-4 types of clicks
-6 vowels (basic 5 plus schwa, which can never be in the initial syllable), no length
-Austronesian alignment
-largely free word order
So the Qlarochai people live on the far north of Tengokai. They're one of the most notably anti-Katiin groups, and very few of the cultures on Tengokai have any positive feelings towards the Katiinian cultures. Although fully capable of operating independently, the choose to interact with the rest of Tengokai, and have a large amount of resources from breeding and trading off Qcenokai (see the flag info page), as their Qcenokai are known to be some of the best.
Language family relationships
[view] About XdorianOne of the more widespread families on the north of the Great Island, the Xdorian languages are believed to be where clicks originated, and clicks are common throughout almost all of these languages. They also have an alignment system that appears to...
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||
Plosive | p pʰ | b bʱ | t tʰ | d dʱ | c cʰ | ɟ ɟʱ | k kʰ | g gʱ | ||||||
Lateral approximant | l l̩ | |||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
Flap | ɽ | |||||||||||||
Click | ʘ ʘ̃ˀ ʘ̬̃ ʘ̬ | ǃ ǃ̃ˀ ǃ̬̃ ǃ̬ | ‼ ‼̃ˀ ‼̬̃ ‼̬ | ǁ ǁ̃ˀ ǁ̬̃ ǁ̬ | ǂ ǂ̃ˀ ǂ̬̃ ǂ̬ | |||||||||
Implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ʄ | ɠ |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i | u | ||||
Close-mid | e | o | ||||
Mid | ə | |||||
Open | ɑ |
Polyphthongs | uə | oə | aʊ | aɪ | eə | iə |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Qlarochai. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
QlarochaiOrthography | |||||||||
Aa/ɑ/ | AI ai/aɪ/ | AU au/aʊ/ | Bb/b/ | BH bh/bʱ/ | Cc/c/ | CH ch/cʰ/ | Dd/d/ | DH dh/dʱ/ | Ee/e/ |
EV ev/eə/ | Gg/g/ | GH gh/gʱ/ | Ii/i/ | IV iv/iə/ | Jj/ɟ/ | JH jh/ɟʱ/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/kʰ/ | Ll/l/, /l̩/ |
Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | NJ nj/ɲ/ | Oo/o/ | OV ov/oə/ | Pp/p/ | PH ph/pʰ/ | QC qc/ǂ/ | QL ql/ǁ/ |
QM qm/ʘ̃ˀ/ | QN qn/ǃ̃ˀ/ | QNC qnc/ǂ̃ˀ/ | QNL qnl/ǁ̃ˀ/ | QNR qnr/‼̃ˀ/ | QP qp/ʘ/ | QR qr/‼/ | QT qt/ǃ/ | Rr/ɽ/ | Tt/t/ |
TH th/tʰ/ | Uu/u/ | UV uv/uə/ | Vv/ə/ | Ww/w/ | XB xb/ʘ̬/ | XD xd/ǃ̬/ | XJ xj/ǂ̬/ | XL xl/ǁ̬/ | XM xm/ʘ̬̃/ |
XN xn/ǃ̬̃/ | XNJ xnj/ǂ̬̃/ | XNL xnl/ǁ̬̃/ | XNR xnr/‼̬̃/ | XR xr/‼̬/ | Yy/j/ | `B `b/ɓ/ | `D `d/ɗ/ | `G `g/ɠ/ | `J `j/ʄ/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |
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