Kahaz [NOG]
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Language type
Mixed
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kahaz
Kahaz (natively: Kahazh, IPA: kahad͡ʑ)is a Darathian language spoken mainly in the island of Saladaria (also known as "Kahaz Yiräl"), a large island with several climates. It is the only surviving language of the Eastern branch of the Darathian languages and it demonstrates poor mutual intelligibility in various degrees, as it has diverged considerably due to its location and isolation from other related languages of the family. Kahaz is only agglutinative and follows mainly a svo order.
The language is written only with the Thevonic script which is considered as an alphabet that can simultaneously be used as an abugida and has a variety of archaic features.
The language is written only with the Thevonic script which is considered as an alphabet that can simultaneously be used as an abugida and has a variety of archaic features.
Sample of Kahaz[view] Akalda khêrêz il-jalardal pelerej yedge kharvançai cemgei sarain taintai qelne Irkayan.
King Akalda and his army were defeated at the third season of the moon under the will of Irkaya.[view all texts]
King Akalda and his army were defeated at the third season of the moon under the will of Irkaya.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[edit] [view] Kahazh Pögä (Common Kahaz)Common Kahaz or also known as Lower Kahaz, is the name designated to the groups of dialects spoken by the common folks, the main difference resides on the phonology and lexicon.
[edit] [view] Maraz-Khërëzäm Kahazha (Imperial Kahaz)Imperial Kahazan or Upper Kahazan is the dialect spoken by the nobilities and elites of the Kahazan empire, used as the standard version of the language and the most spoken in the court. It presents a certain amount of loanwords, most of them of archaic origin.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | q | |||||||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʐ | ɕ | x | ɣ | χ | h | |||||||||
Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ | |||||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||||||||
Trill | r |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i | y | u | |||
Close-mid | e | ɘ | ||||
Open-mid | œ | ɔ | ||||
Near-open | æ æ: | |||||
Open | a a: |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kahaz. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
KahazOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
Aa/a/, /a/ | Ää/æ/, /æ:/ | Áá/a:/ | AI ai/æ/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡s/ | CH ch/t͡ɕ/, /t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | DZ dz/d͡z/ | Ee/e/ | Ëë/ɘ/ |
EI ei/æ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/, /g/ | GH gh/ɣ/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/ʐ/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/x/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ |
Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Öö/œ/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/q/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Śś/ɕ/ | SH sh/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ |
TH th/θ/ | Uu/u/ | Üü/y/ | Vv/v/ | Xx/χ/ | Yy/j/ | Źź/ð/ | Zz/z/ | ZH zh/d͡ʑ/ | ||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |