Proto-Akali-Emisian [PKE]
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Language type
Proto-Conlang
Species
Human/humanoid
About Proto-Akali-Emisian
The ancestral proto-language of all the Akali-Emisian languages, including Akalix (of the Akali Empire), Pasati (of the Pasan tribes in the northern forests), and Emisian (of the Emisi, the great northern warriors). It is named after the most historically important languages in each of its branches, Akalix and Emisi. It is polysynthetic, and features a particularly large consonant inventory.
It had 56 consonant phonemes, split into 28 glottalized sounds and 28 non-glottalized sounds (note that the phonetic realizations of *h and *hʼ are unclear).
It had 56 consonant phonemes, split into 28 glottalized sounds and 28 non-glottalized sounds (note that the phonetic realizations of *h and *hʼ are unclear).
Sample of Proto-Akali-Emisian[view] hʼeɲʼagsʼáukenaçoq çlʼéheŋʷ siçʼcaxmólemoq kasŋíþɲʼaglʼehem goçelmæilaq
Death is only the end if you assume the story is about you.[view all texts]
Death is only the end if you assume the story is about you.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeAkali-Emisian
⤷ Proto-Akali-Emisian
⤷ Proto-Akali-Emisian
[view] About Akali-EmisianAkali-Emisian is a widespread language family, to which almost all the languages of the North (all save TSL and KNO ) belong. Despite this dominance in the north, however, the most notable member of this family is AKL<...
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m mˀ mˀ: m: | n nˀ nˀ: n: | ɲ ɲˀ ɲˀ: ɲ: | ŋ ŋˀ ŋˀʷ ŋˀʷ: ŋˀ: ŋʷ ŋʷ: ŋ: | ||||||||||||
Plosive | p pʼ pʼ: p: | b b: | t tʼ tʼ: t: | d d: | c cʼ cʼ: c: | ɟ ɟ: | k kʼ kʼʷ kʼʷ: kʼ: kʷ kʷ: k: | g gʷ gʷ: g: | q qʼ qʼʷ qʼʷ: qʼ: qʷ qʷ: q: | |||||||
Fricative | f fʼ fˀ: f: | θ θʼ θʼ: θ: | s sʼ sʼ: s: | ç çʼ çʼ: ç: | x xʼ xʼʷ xʼʷ: xʼ: xʷ xʷ: x: | χ χʼ χʼʷ χʼʷ: χʼ: χʷ χʷ: χ: | h hʼ hʼ: h: | |||||||||
Lateral approximant | l lˀ lˀ: l: | |||||||||||||||
Implosive | ɓ ɓ: | ɗ ɗ: | ʄ ʄ: | ɠ ɠʷ ɠʷ: ɠ: |
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i i: | u u: | ||
Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||
Open | a a: | ɑ ɑ: |
Polyphthongs | ei ei: | eu eu: | au au: | ou ou: | ɑu ɑu: | ai ai: | oi oi: | ɑi ɑi: |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Proto-Akali-Emisian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Proto-Akali-EmisianOrthography | ||||||||||
Áá/ɑ:/ | Aa/ɑ/ | ÁI ái/ɑi:/ | AI ai/ɑi/ | AU au/ɑu/ | ÁU áu/ɑu:/ | Bb/b/ | Bʼ bʼ/ɓ/ | Çç/ç/ | Cc/c/ | Çʼ çʼ/çʼ/ |
Cʼ cʼ/cʼ/ | Dd/d/ | Dʼ dʼ/ɗ/ | Éé/e:/ | Ee/e/ | EI ei/ei/ | ÉI éi/ei:/ | ÉU éu/eu:/ | EU eu/eu/ | Ff/f/ | Fʼ fʼ/fʼ/ |
Gg/g/ | Gʷ gʷ/gʷ/ | Gʼʷ gʼʷ/ɠʷ/ | Hh/h/ | Hʼ hʼ/hʼ/ | Ii/i/ | Íí/i:/ | Jj/ɟ/ | Jʼ jʼ/ʄ/ | Kk/k/ | Kʷ kʷ/kʷ/ |
Kʼ kʼ/kʼ/ | Kʼʷ kʼʷ/kʼʷ/ | Ll/l/ | Lʼ lʼ/lˀ/ | Mm/m/ | Mʼ mʼ/mˀ/ | Nn/n/ | Nʼ nʼ/nˀ/ | Óó/o:/ | Oo/o/ | ÓI ói/oi:/ |
OI oi/oi/ | ÓU óu/ou:/ | OU ou/ou/ | Pp/p/ | Pʼ pʼ/pʼ/ | Qq/q/ | Qʷ qʷ/qʷ/ | Qʼ qʼ/qʼ/ | Qʼʷ qʼʷ/qʼʷ/ | Ss/s/ | Sʼ sʼ/sʼ/ |
Tt/t/ | Tʼ tʼ/tʼ/ | Úú/u:/ | Uu/u/ | Xx/x/ | Xʷ xʷ/xʷ/ | Xʼ xʼ/xʼ/ | Xʼʷ xʼʷ/xʼʷ/ | Ǽǽ/a:/ | Ææ/a/ | ǼI ǽi/ai:/ |
ÆI æi/ai/ | ÆU æu/au/ | ǼU ǽu/au:/ | Þþ/θ/ | Þʼ þʼ/θʼ/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | Ŋʷ ŋʷ/ŋʷ/ | Ŋʼ ŋʼ/ŋˀ/ | Ŋʼʷ ŋʼʷ/ŋˀʷ/ | Ɠɠ/ɠ/ | Ɲɲ/ɲ/ |
Ɲʼ ɲʼ/ɲˀ/ | Χχ/χ/ | Χʷ χʷ/χʷ/ | Χʼ χʼ/χʼ/ | Χʼʷ χʼʷ/χʼʷ/ | ||||||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |
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