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Kalish Rasanian
Kalyak-San yu tgiká / Kalyaká
[kɑ̀ʎɑ̀ʔsɑ̀n jù ɖ͡ʑìg̥ɑ́ kɑ̀ʎɑ̀g̥ɑ́]*
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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!


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

- analytical grammar, fluid-S, heavily zero-marking, with a bit more synthetic derivation
- SVO word order
- volition indicated by a patientive particle
- partial voicing of all voiceless consonants intervocalically (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 xí xí xil.

The light shines in the dark.
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Latest vocabulary
txiltxinpocket
Language family relationships
Language treeAltei-Sattayan
 ⤷ Proto-Altei-Sattayan
  ⤷ Late Proto-Alteian
   ⤷ Ancient Alteian
    ⤷  Standard Imperial Alteian
     ⤷ Southern dialects
      ⤷ Old Rasanian
       ⤷  Kalish Rasanian
[view] About Altei-SattayanBKE = before Keassa's Era
KE = Keassa's Era (lasted for 1095 years)
NE = New Era (followed Keassa's Era)
[edit] [view] Pay-Sáwaká (Pay-Sawian speech)Spoken in the Pay-Sawian oasis, influenced by a substrate language or languages, likely from the Kihi-Xeli language family.
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialAlveolarRetroflexAlveolo-
palatal
PalatalLabio-
velar
VelarGlottal
Nasal m n     ɲ   [ŋ]1  
Plosive p [b̥]2 t [d̥]3     c [ɟ̥]4   k [g̥]5 ʔ
Fricative   s [z̥]6 ʂ ʐ [ʐ̥]7 [ɕ]8 [ʑ]9 [ʑ̥]10       h11 [ɦ̥]12
Affricate     ʈ͡ʂ ɖ͡ʐ [ɖ͡ʐ̥]13 [t͡ɕ]14 [d͡ʑ]15 [d͡ʑ̥]16        
Lateral approximant   l     ʎ      
Approximant         j w    
Trill   r            
Flap   [ɾ]17            
  1. allophone of /n/
  2. intervocalically, allophone of /p/
  3. intervocalically, allophone of /t/
  4. intervocalically, allophone of /c/
  5. intervocalically, allophone of /k/
  6. intervocalically, allophone of /s/
  7. intervocalically, allophone of /ʂ/
  8. can be palatal
  9. can be palatal
  10. intervocalically, allophone of /ʂ/
  11. /h~x/
  12. intervocalically, [ɦ~ɣ~x], allophone of /h/
  13. intervocalically, allophone of /ʈ͡ʂ/
  14. can be palatal
  15. can be palatal
  16. intervocalically, allophone of /ʈ͡ʂ/
  17. can be voiceless, word-finally, allophone of /r/
VowelsFrontBack
Close í ì ú ù
Close-mid [é:] [è:] [ó]1 [ò]2
Open-mid ɛ́3 ɛ̀4  
Open   ɑ́5 ɑ̀
  1. allophone of /ú/
  2. allophone of /ù/
  3. /ɛ́~ǽ/
  4. /ɛ̀~æ̀/
  5. often pronounced [ɒ́], while /ɑ̀/ tends to be central
Syllable StructureCV(j)(L)
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/1Cc/c/, [ɟ̥]2Éé/ɛ́/3Ee/ɛ̀/4EY ey[è:]ÉY éy[é:]Gg/ʐ/, [ʑ]5Hh/h/6, [ɦ̥]7Íí/í/
Ii/ì/Kk/k/, [g̥]8, [ʔ]9Ll/l/LY ly/ʎ/Mm/m/Nn/n/, [ŋ]NY ny/ɲ/Pp/p/, [ʔ]10, [b̥]11Rr/r/, [ɾ]12Ss/s/, [z̥]13
Tt/t/, [ʔ]14, [d̥]15TG tg/ɖ͡ʐ/, [d͡ʑ]16TX tx/ʈ͡ʂ/, [ɖ͡ʐ̥]17, [d͡ʑ̥]18, [t͡ɕ]19Úú/ú/, [ó]Uu/ù/, [ò]Ww/w/Xx/ʂ/, [ʐ̥]20, [ɕ]21, [ʑ̥]22Yy/j/ʔ/ʔ/
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change]
  1. often pronounced [ɒ́], while /ɑ̀/ tends to be central
  2. intervocalically
  3. /ɛ́~ǽ/
  4. /ɛ̀~æ̀/
  5. can be palatal
  6. /h~x/
  7. intervocalically, [ɦ~ɣ~x]
  8. intervocalically
  9. coda
  10. coda
  11. intervocalically
  12. can be voiceless, word-finally
  13. intervocalically
  14. coda
  15. intervocalically
  16. can be palatal
  17. intervocalically
  18. intervocalically
  19. can be palatal
  20. intervocalically
  21. can be palatal
  22. intervocalically
Typological information for Kalish Rasanian

AlienabilityAlienable/inalienable
Morphosyntactic alignmentNeutral
Possessor-possessee orderPossessor first
Pronoun dropping?No
Reduplication formMultiple forms

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