Pala [ESU]
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Language type
Mixed
Species
Human/humanoid
About Pala
Language whose structure is based upon pidgins, west-african (niger-congo) and native south-american laguages, as well as some minimalistic conlangs like toki pona. Vocabulary is mainly based on these same source languages, but heavily on portuguese (and galego), spanish, yoruba, bantu, tupi (nheengatu), english, patois and other pidgin/creole mixes.
Initially meant as an experiment on artlang for a comix zine, I'm trying to make it become an useful and speakable language, but I believe it's gonna be a little easier for speakers of some varieties of brazilian portuguese and native west-african languages, as phonology is very close to a broad scope of these languages.
Initially meant as an experiment on artlang for a comix zine, I'm trying to make it become an useful and speakable language, but I believe it's gonna be a little easier for speakers of some varieties of brazilian portuguese and native west-african languages, as phonology is very close to a broad scope of these languages.
Sample of Pala[view] :e va da zidɛ :a ki. o va ñ˜e pa si: o nbɔ-va ji ɛv˜ey. / / o ñẽ :i ˜ñ˜ega ti jẽzɛ :a PALA. / PALA, ji pɔhtuñ˜e ta “palavra”. / PALA ji brauñ˜é, ta-va kõ"ixkodá" u "da mɔly"… / / o sa... o ka liga ti se n˜u ta liga pa :i ñ˜ega / pala ta ñ˜ega ji ɛv˜ey. pa ki a:e, sek˜uzò ta nĩ ɛfoy… / nũt˜ey mɔ nã… / / SURGE N...[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ɲ]1 | [ŋ]2 | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d3 | k | g | ʔ4 | |||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ5 | ʒ | h | |||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | [ɾ]6 | |||||||||||||||
- When an 'y' /j/ comes after a nasal vowel it also becomes a /ɲ/: pãya (/'pãɲa/). , allophone of /j/
- in a VCV arrangement, 'g' may sound /ŋ/ , but only after a nasal vowel like kãga = /kãŋa/, allophone of /g/
- 'd' initial, may be pronounced /ŋd/ in "enfátxku" mode
- may be an etymological allophone of /k/, like in cabeça (/ka'besa/; port.) -> :abesa (/ʔa'besa/)
- 'x' is the default rendering of the phoneme. 'sh' is used in "international"(english friendly) mode
- when /d/ is written after consonant , allophone of /d/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i ĩ | u ũ | ||
| Close-mid | e ẽ | o õ | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||
| Open | a ã | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Pala. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 PalaOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| :/ʔ/1 | Aa/a/, /a/ | Ãã/ã/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/2, [ɾ]3 | Ee/e/, /e/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/, [ŋ]4 | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/, /i/ | Jj/ʒ/ |
| Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Ññ[ɲ]5 | Oo/o/, /o/ | Õõ/õ/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ |
| Uu/u/, /u/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ʃ/6 | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Ɔɔ/ɔ/, /ɔ/ | Ɛɛ/ɛ/, /ɛ/ | ˜E ˜e/ẽ/ | ˜I ˜i/ĩ/ | ˜U ˜u/ũ/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
- may be an etymological allophone of /k/, like in cabeça (/ka'besa/; port.) -> :abesa (/ʔa'besa/)
- 'd' initial, may be pronounced /ŋd/ in "enfátxku" mode
- when /d/ is written after consonant
- in a VCV arrangement, 'g' may sound /ŋ/ , but only after a nasal vowel like kãga = /kãŋa/
- When an 'y' /j/ comes after a nasal vowel it also becomes a /ɲ/: pãya (/'pãɲa/).
- 'x' is the default rendering of the phoneme. 'sh' is used in "international"(english friendly) mode
