Focalese [FCL]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Focalese
Focalese is the official language of the nation of Focalor, a nation occupying the southern edge of the Sea of Lehrud and bordered mostly by Strod. It is an ergative-absolutive language.
Sound samples in Focalese
Some sound samples of Focalese. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Sug atrsėrůr.
Know Thyself
Know Thyself
Můkama. Kåfıs san fåkådes?
Hello. Do you speak [your conlang]?
Hello. Do you speak [your conlang]?
Pıkabsůre ıkedamas a gı tendırın.
A moose once bit my sister.
A moose once bit my sister.
S ↊ns brb
U wot, m8
U wot, m8
ÅNEAR A SI PĖİF KUKA!
YOUR MOTHER SAW NOTHING
YOUR MOTHER SAW NOTHING
Je fıjas pases fer.
I am this man.
I am this man.
Language family relationships
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | [ŋ]1 | |||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | [t̪]2 | [d̪]3 | t | d | k | g | ||||||
Fricative | f | s | [ʃ]4 | |||||||||||
Lateral approximant | (l)5 | |||||||||||||
Approximant | [ɹ]6 | j | ||||||||||||
Trill | r |
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /d/
- allophone of /s/
- allophone of /r/
- allophone of /r/
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i | y | ɯ | u |
Close-mid | e | ø | ||
Open-mid | [ɛ]1 | |||
Open | a | ɑ |
- allophone of /e/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Focalese. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
FocaleseOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
Aa a /a/ | Åå bůdakåtre a /ɑ/ | Bb bů /b/ | Dd dů /d/, [d̪] | Ėė bůdakåtre e /ø/ | Ee e /e/, [ɛ] | Ff ıf /f/ | Gg gů /g/ | Iı ı /i/ | Ii bůdakåtre ı /y/ | Jj åj /j/ |
Kk ke /k/ | Ll[l]1 | Mm ım /m/ | Nn ne /n/ | Pp pe /p/ | Rr ır /r/, [ɹ] | Ss ıs /s/ | Tt te /t/, [t̪] | Uu u /ɯ/ | Ůů bůdakåtre u /u/ | |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
- loan words only