Karafa [KARF]
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Karafa
Karáfa [kɐˈræfɐ]

Karáfa [kɐˈræfɐ]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Karafa[view] Fãwfa mi ya m'aşşãi, ãş î-kahţ fazzá.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.[view all texts]
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeShanavic
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Proto-Shanavic
⤷ Proto-Bawatic
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Old Bawati
⤷ Middle Bawati
⤷ Old East Bautian
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Karafa
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⤷ Proto-Bawatic
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⤷ Middle Bawati
⤷ Old East Bautian
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | |||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | ʈ | k | g | q | ||||||||||
Fricative | f | s | z | ʃ | χ | |||||||||||||
Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | |||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
Trill | r |
Vowels | Front | Central | Near- back | Back | ||||
Close | i i: | u u: | ||||||
Near-close | ʊ̃ | |||||||
Close-mid | o o: | |||||||
Mid | ə | |||||||
Open-mid | ɔ ɔ̃ | |||||||
Near-open | æ | ɐ ɐ̃ | ||||||
Open | ɑ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Karafa. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
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-// | Aa/æ/, /ɐ/ | Áá/æ/ | Ãã/ɐ̃/ | Ââ/ɑ/ | Ã́ ã́/ɐ̃/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡ʃ/ | Ḑḑ/d͡z/ | Dd/d/ | Ff/f/ |
Gg/g/ | Hh/χ/ | Íí/i/ | Ii/i/ | Îî/i:/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Ññ/ɲ/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ |
Ôô/o:/ | Óó/o/ | Õõ/ɔ̃/ | Ṍ ṍ/ɔ/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/q/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Şş/ʃ/ | Ṭṭ/ʈ/ | Tt/t/ |
Ţţ/t͡s/ | Uu/u/ | Ûû/u:/ | Úú/u/ | Ũũ/ʊ̃/ | Ṹ ṹ/ʊ̃/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | Əə/ə/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |