Kawan [KAWA]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersSpoken in: AtamengRegional
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of KawanCan't find any yet.
Language family relationships
Language treeAsuranesian
⤷ Early-Proto-Asuranesian
⤷ Proto-Asuranesian
⤷ Proto-Littoro-Marianic
⤷ Littoro-Marianic
⤷ Central-Western Littoro-Marianic
⤷ Proto-Marianic
⤷ Marianic
⤷ Proto-Central-Eastern-Marianic
⤷ Central-Eastern Marianic
⤷ Upper Eastern Marianic
⤷ Proto-Karasian
⤷ Kawan
⤷ Early-Proto-Asuranesian
⤷ Proto-Asuranesian
⤷ Proto-Littoro-Marianic
⤷ Littoro-Marianic
⤷ Central-Western Littoro-Marianic
⤷ Proto-Marianic
⤷ Marianic
⤷ Proto-Central-Eastern-Marianic
⤷ Central-Eastern Marianic
⤷ Upper Eastern Marianic
⤷ Proto-Karasian
⤷ Kawan
[view] About AsuranesianAsuranesian is a family of languages spoken across the Asura Ocean, Nagu (where the family is believed to have originated) and around the edge of Upper Boroso.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||
Plosive | p p: ʰp: pʰ | t t: ʰt: tʰ | c c: ʰc: cʰ | k k: ʰk: kʰ | ʔ | |||||||||||
Fricative | β | v | ð | s | [z]1 | ʃ | [ʒ]2 | ɣ | ||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||||
Approximant | ɹ | j |
- allophone of /s/
- allophone of /ʃ/
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i | u | ||
Close-mid | e | o | ||
Open | a |
Polyphthongs | eʊ̯ | oʊ̯ | aɪ̯ | eɪ̯ | oɪ̯ | aʊ̯ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kawan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
KawanOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
'/ʔ/ | Aa/a/ | Ai ai/aɪ̯/ | Au au/aʊ̯/ | Ee/e/ | Ei ei/eɪ̯/ | Eu eu/eʊ̯/ | Gg/ŋ/ | Hkk hkk/ʰk:/ | Hpp hpp/ʰp:/ |
Hqq hqq/ʰc:/ | Htt htt/ʰt:/ | Ii/i/ | Kk/k/, /ɣ/ | Kh kh/kʰ/ | Kk kk/k:/ | Ll/l/ | Ly ly/ʎ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ |
Ñ ñ/ɲ/ | Oo/o/ | Oi oi/oɪ̯/ | Ou ou/oʊ̯/ | Pp/β/, /p/ | Ph ph/pʰ/ | Pp pp/p:/ | Qq/c/ | Qh qh/cʰ/ | Qq qq/c:/ |
Rr/ɹ/ | Ss/s/, [z] | Sh sh/ʃ/, [ʒ] | Tt/ð/, /t/ | Th th/tʰ/ | Tt tt/t:/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Yy/j/ | |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |