Kálima [KMA]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kálima
Kálima
An artlang for the purpose of being interesting.
Features
- No fricatives (other than the optional /h/),
- Distinctions between /r/ and /ɹ/, and /a/ and /ə/,
- Five cases,
- Three tenses,
- SOV word order,
- No gender,
- And nine delightful personal pronouns!
Language family relationships
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | [ʔ]1 | |||||
Fricative | h | |||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||
Approximant | ɹ | j | w | |||||||||
Trill | r | |||||||||||
Flap | [ɾ]2 |
Blends | kɹ | kr |
- In some dialects, allophone of /h/
- In some dialects, allophone of /r/
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i | u | ||||
Close-mid | e | |||||
Mid | ə | |||||
Open | a | ɒ |
Polyphthongs | ei | ai |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kálima. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
KálimaOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
Áá/a/ | Aa/ə/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/kr/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ |
Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/ɒ/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/kɹ/ | Rr/r/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/ɹ/ | Ww/w/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
Subordinate Clauses: the Use of 'pe' and 'e'
A description of how to use subordinate clauses in Kálima us...
29-Aug-18 19:37Word Endings
A short overview of the different word endings in Kálima.
01-Jul-18 12:15Names
Name style in Kálima
01-Jul-18 11:12Plurality
A short description of how plurality works in Kálima.
30-Jun-18 16:36Inflectional Morphology
A guide to (some) of the possible inflections in Kálima.
30-Jun-18 16:36Grammar
Possible structures of Kálima grammar.
30-Jun-18 16:36Example Kálima Text
A collection of text for showing off Kálima. Contains Englis...
17-Apr-18 19:12