Kalayesh [CKY]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kalayesh
Kalayesh is a Hedretic language, sister to 
Kavajagh, spoken by the Kalaya people in the country of Margaya.
Kavajagh, spoken by the Kalaya people in the country of Margaya.
Sample of KalayeshCan't find any yet.
Language family relationships
Language treeHedretic
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Proto-Elipo-Hedretic
⤷ Proto-Hedretic
⤷ Kaluatic
⤷ Old Kalayesh
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Kalayesh
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Proto-Elipo-Hedretic⤷ Proto-Hedretic
⤷ Kaluatic
⤷ Old Kalayesh
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Kalayesh[view] About HedreticThe Hedretic Language Family is a collection of languages that are spoken in and around the Miralayan Plateau, most notably in the countries of Margaya and Urzotia.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | pʼ pʰ | tʼ tʰ | (cʼ) cʰ | kʼ kʰ | qʼ qʰ | |||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | ʁ | h | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃʼ t͡ʃʰ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Blends | dr |
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i | y | u | |||||||
| Near-close | [ɪ̯] | [ʊ̯] | ||||||||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||||||
| Open-mid | œ | |||||||||
| Near-open | ɐ | |||||||||
| Open | ɑ | |||||||||
| Polyphthongs | øʏ̯ | aɪ̯ | oʊ̯ | ɑʏ̯ | ɑʊ̯ | ɛʊ̯ | eɪ̯ |
Syllable StructureCCVVC
Stress informationInitial, unless a prefix was added, in which case stress falls on the first syllable of the root
OtherEjective plosives are in free variation with and may be pronounced as modal plosives
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kalayesh. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| KalayeshOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa/ɐ/ | AA aa/ɑʊ̯/ | Ââ/ɑ/ | ÂÂ ââ/ɑʊ̯/ | Bb/pʼ/ | Cc/t͡ʃʰ/ | CC cc/t͡ʃʼ/ | Ćć/cʰ/ | Dd/tʼ/ | Ee/e/ | EE ee/eɪ̯/ |
| Ff/ɸ/ | Gg/kʼ/ | GH gh/ʁ/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/, [ɪ̯] | II ii/aɪ̯/ | Jj/ʒ/ | Kk/kʰ/ | KH kh/x/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ |
| Nn/n/ | Ññ/ɲ/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Oo/o/ | OO oo/oʊ̯/ | Öö/œ/ | ÖÖ öö/øʏ̯/ | Pp/pʰ/ | Qq/qʰ/ | QQ qq/qʼ/ | Rr/r/ |
| Ss/s/ | Tt/tʰ/ | Uu/u/, [ʊ̯] | UU uu/ɛʊ̯/ | Üü/y/ | ÜÜ üü/ɑʏ̯/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ʃ/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | ĆĆ ćć/cʼ/1 |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
- loan words only
