Kalish Rasanian [KALRA]
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[view flag info] Kalish Rasanian
Kalyak-San yu tgiká / Kalyaká [kɑ̀ʎɑ̀ʔsɑ̀n jù ɖ͡ʑìgɑ́ kɑ̀ʎɑ̀gɑ́]*
[view flag info] Kalish Rasanian
Kalyak-San yu tgiká / Kalyaká [kɑ̀ʎɑ̀ʔsɑ̀n jù ɖ͡ʑìgɑ́ kɑ̀ʎɑ̀gɑ́]*
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Place & SpeakersKalish Rasanian is spoken by a population of around 2,000,000 in Rasan.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kalish Rasanian
TXIWÁ WAWAN!
[ˈt͡ɕìwɑ́ ˈwɑ̀wɑ̀n]
good IMPImperative (mood)
command~come
Welcome!
Sister language to
Sennic Rasanian. Its name originates from 
Standard Imperial Alteian galhak or galahak meaning "shining, glittering" and likely links to Kalish people's usage of crimson steel made from Pay-Sáwian iron for jewelry and other components of their traditional clothing. Serves as lingua franca of Rasan. Native and L2 speakers of fluent or semi-fluent proficiency combined may reach numbers as high as 3 million.
- active-stative alignment, fluid-S, indirective language (agent, patient and indirect object are each marked with their own particle)
- analytical grammar, a bit more synthetic derivation
- SVO word order
- intervocalic voicing of all voiceless consonants (most of western varieties lack this feature)
- mixed base-5 and base-10
- top to bottom, left to right hangul-like writing system
- a lot of x, do you want some
- yes we have <tg> /d͡ʒ/ because we hate <j> /ʒ d͡ʒ/ in this household what you gonna do about it
command~come
Language of Rasan, the Crimson Desert
Sister language to
Sennic Rasanian. Its name originates from Standard Imperial Alteian galhak or galahak meaning "shining, glittering" and likely links to Kalish people's usage of crimson steel made from Pay-Sáwian iron for jewelry and other components of their traditional clothing. Serves as lingua franca of Rasan. Native and L2 speakers of fluent or semi-fluent proficiency combined may reach numbers as high as 3 million.Features
- active-stative alignment, fluid-S, indirective language (agent, patient and indirect object are each marked with their own particle)
- analytical grammar, a bit more synthetic derivation
- SVO word order
- intervocalic voicing of all voiceless consonants (most of western varieties lack this feature)
- mixed base-5 and base-10
- top to bottom, left to right hangul-like writing system
- a lot of x, do you want some
- yes we have <tg> /d͡ʒ/ because we hate <j> /ʒ d͡ʒ/ in this household what you gonna do about it
Sample of Kalish Rasanian[view] Txil yaríyem at xí xí xil.
The light shines in the dark.[view all texts]
The light shines in the dark.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeAlteian
⤷ Proto-Alteian
⤷ Late Proto-Alteian
⤷ Ancient Alteian
⤷ Standard Imperial Alteian
⤷ Lower Alteian Register
⤷ Southern dialects
⤷ Old Rasanian
⤷
Kalish Rasanian
⤷ Proto-Alteian
⤷ Late Proto-Alteian
⤷ Ancient Alteian
⤷
Standard Imperial Alteian⤷ Lower Alteian Register
⤷ Southern dialects
⤷ Old Rasanian
⤷
Kalish Rasanian[view] About AlteianBKE = before Keassa's Era
KE = Keassa's Era (lasted for 1258 years)
NE = New Era (followed Keassa's Era)
KE = Keassa's Era (lasted for 1258 years)
NE = New Era (followed Keassa's Era)
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | [ŋ]1 | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | [b]2 | t | [d]3 | c | [ɟ]4 | k | [g]5 | ʔ | |||||||
| Fricative | s | [z]6 | ʂ | ʐ | [ɕ]7 | [ʑ]8 | h9 | [ɦ]10 | ||||||||
| Affricate | ʈ͡ʂ | ɖ͡ʐ | [t͡ɕ]11 | [d͡ʑ]12 | ||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | [ɾ]13 | |||||||||||||||
- allophone of /n/
- intervocalically, allophone of /p/
- intervocalically, allophone of /t/
- intervocalically, allophone of /c/
- intervocalically, allophone of /k/
- intervocalically, allophone of /s/
- can be palatal
- can be palatal
- /h~x/
- intervocalically, [ɦ~ɣ], allophone of /h/
- can be palatal
- can be palatal
- can be voiceless, word-finally, allophone of /r/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | í ì | ú ù | ||
| Close-mid | [é:] [è:] | [ó]1 [ò]2 | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ́3 ɛ̀4 | |||
| Open | ɑ́5 ɑ̀ | |||
- allophone of /ú/
- allophone of /ù/
- /ɛ́~ǽ/
- /ɛ̀~æ̀/
- often pronounced [ɒ́], while /ɑ̀/ tends to be central
Syllable StructureCV(L)
where L = /n m w j l r ʔ/
where L = /n m w j l r ʔ/
Stress informationFixed stress on the initial syllable.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kalish Rasanian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Kalish RasanianOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/ɑ̀/ | Áá/ɑ́/1 | Cc/c/, [ɟ]2 | Éé/ɛ́/3 | Ee/ɛ̀/4 | EY ey[è:] | ÉY éy[é:] | Gg/ʐ/, [ʑ]5 | Hh/h/6, [ɦ]7 | Íí/í/ |
| Ii/ì/ | Kk/k/, [g]8, [ʔ]9 | Ll/l/ | LY ly/ʎ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/, [ŋ] | NY ny/ɲ/ | Pp/p/, [ʔ]10, [b]11 | Rr/r/, [ɾ]12 | Ss/s/, [z]13 |
| Tt/t/, [ʔ]14, [d]15 | TG tg/ɖ͡ʐ/, [d͡ʑ]16 | TX tx/ʈ͡ʂ/, [t͡ɕ]17 | Úú/ú/, [ó] | Uu/ù/, [ò] | Ww/w/ | Xx/ʂ/, [ɕ]18 | Yy/j/ | ʔ/ʔ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- often pronounced [ɒ́], while /ɑ̀/ tends to be central
- intervocalically
- /ɛ́~ǽ/
- /ɛ̀~æ̀/
- can be palatal
- /h~x/
- intervocalically, [ɦ~ɣ]
- intervocalically
- coda
- coda
- intervocalically
- can be voiceless, word-finally
- intervocalically
- coda
- intervocalically
- can be palatal
- can be palatal
- can be palatal
