Kalish Rasanian [KALRA]
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Ra-Sanyá yë jiká / Ra-Sanyáká [ˈrɑ̀ˌz̥ɑ̀ɲɑ́ ˈìd͡ʒìg̥ɑ́ | ˈrɑ̀z̥ɑ̀ˌɲɑ́g̥ɑ́]

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Ra-Sanyá yë jiká / Ra-Sanyáká [ˈrɑ̀ˌz̥ɑ̀ɲɑ́ ˈìd͡ʒìg̥ɑ́ | ˈrɑ̀z̥ɑ̀ˌɲɑ́g̥ɑ́]
Registered by
Lav on 29 July 2021
Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Place & SpeakersKalish Rasanian is spoken by a population of around 1,800,000 in the Kingdom of Rasan.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kalish Rasanian
Note: the devoiced allophones are only partially devoiced; can be fully voiced or fully devoiced in some dialects.
Sample of Kalish Rasanian[view] Riy itxi aká say sa walë sá natxi aká say sa.
He is eating one egg and you are eating two eggs.[view all texts]
He is eating one egg and you are eating two eggs.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeAlteian
⤷ Proto-Alteian
⤷ Late Proto-Alteian
⤷ Ancient Alteian
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Alteian
⤷ Rasanian dialects
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Kalish Rasanian
⤷ Proto-Alteian
⤷ Late Proto-Alteian
⤷ Ancient Alteian
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⤷ Rasanian dialects
⤷

[view] About AlteianAustronesian aesthetics I guess? Who knows. Something like that.
BKE = before Keassa's Era
KE = Keassa's Era (lasted for 1258 years)
NE = New Era (followed Keassa's Era)
BKE = before Keassa's Era
KE = Keassa's Era (lasted for 1258 years)
NE = New Era (followed Keassa's Era)
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||||||||
Plosive | p | [b̥]1 | t | [d̥]2 | c | [ɟ̥]3 | k | [g̥]4 | ʔ | |||||
Fricative | s | [z̥]5 | ç6 | ʝ7 [ʝ̥]8 | h | [ɦ̥]9 | ||||||||
Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ [d͡ʒ̥]10 | ||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
Trill | r |
- intervocalically, allophone of /p/
- intervocalically, allophone of /t/
- intervocalically, allophone of /c/
- intervocalically, allophone of /k/
- intervocalically, allophone of /s/
- can be post-alveolar
- can be post-alveolar
- allophone of /ç/
- intervocalically, allophone of /h/
- allophone of /t͡ʃ/
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | í ì | ú1 ù | ||||
Close-mid | é è | |||||
Mid | ə2 | |||||
Open | ɑ́3 ɑ̀ |
Polyphthongs | aé̯4 aè̯5 aě̯6 |
- [u~ʊ]
- often dropped word-finally
- often pronounced [ɒ́], while /ɑ̀/ tends to be central
- [ǽ] or [æ̂] in fast speech and some regions
- [æ̀] in fast speech and some regions
- [æ̌] in fast speech and some regions
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.
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Áá/ɑ́/1 | Aa/ɑ̀/ | AE ae/aè̯/2 | ÁE áe/aé̯/3 | AÉ aé/aě̯/4 | Cc/c/, [ɟ̥]5 | Ëë/ə/6 | Éé/é/ | Ee/è/ | Gg/ʝ/7 | Hh/h/, [ɦ̥]8 |
Íí/í/ | Ii/ì/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Kk/k/, [g̥]9 | Ll/l/ | LY ly/ʎ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NY ny/ɲ/ | Pp/p/, [b̥]10 | Rr/r/ |
Ss/s/, [z̥]11 | Tt/t/, [d̥]12 | TX tx/t͡ʃ/, [d͡ʒ̥] | Úú/ú/13 | Uu/ù/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ç/14, [ʝ̥] | Yy/j/ | ’/ʔ/ | ||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
- often pronounced [ɒ́], while /ɑ̀/ tends to be central
- [æ̀] in fast speech and some regions
- [ǽ] or [æ̂] in fast speech and some regions
- [æ̌] in fast speech and some regions
- intervocalically
- often dropped word-finally
- can be post-alveolar
- intervocalically
- intervocalically
- intervocalically
- intervocalically
- intervocalically
- [u~ʊ]
- can be post-alveolar