Kendri [KDI]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kendri
Kendri is spoken in Western Umur, where it is the lingua franca and main written language of three humanoid and four ylfwoid species, and the native language of some of those. It is not known with which species it originated. It belongs to a wider class of languages and dialects here referred to as Kendric. Its history can be divided into older, classic, middle and later Kendri. The oldest known language of the family, known as Old Ekyumei, is preserved only in inscriptions and other fragments, and is valuable for understanding the history of Kendri.
Sample of Kendri[view] Mirbur / 1 / Mírbru mírbru, dlé elmánto, / dwendóni léth, lho hèthaurhánto / fó, lho hèthaurhánto ílwo / fonfrúve sháurhu ré ofráitlo? / 2 / lhóni sáumni, lhón’ oléndni / lye elmántwa elm’ ilwóvne? / lhí folýsne bírjnuváetu? / lhí fo lémfhu ré fozáetu? / 3 / lhí ge ófru, lhí ge ómbru / ýgmen éktro t...[view all texts]
Latest vocabulary
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
Nasal | m̥ | m | n n̥ | ŋ ŋ̥ | ||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||||
Fricative | ɸ | β | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ç | ʝ | x | ɣ | h | |||
Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||||
Approximant | ʋ | j | ʍ [ʍ̬]1 | w | ||||||||||||||
Trill | r̥ | |||||||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
Blends | [m̥h]2 | [nh̥]3 | [ŋh̥]4 |
- allophone of /ʋ/
- allophone of /m̥/
- allophone of /n̥/
- allophone of /ŋ̥/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
Close | i | u | ||||||
Near-close | ɪ | [ʏ]1 | ||||||
Close-mid | [e]2 e: | ø: | [o]3 o: | |||||
Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | ɔ | ||||||
Near-open | æ: | |||||||
Open | ä | ɒ: |
Polyphthongs | ɛu | io | ie | ui | [eʌ]4 | [øə]5 | [ɛə]6 | äu | uo | iä |
äi | ɔi | iu | uä | ei | [ɒʌ]7 | ue | [ɔə]8 | [æə]9 | ou |
- allophone of /ɪ/
- allophone of /ɛ/
- allophone of /ɔ/
- allophone of /e:/
- allophone of /ø:/
- allophone of /ɛ:/
- allophone of /ɒ:/
- allophone of /o:/
- allophone of /æ:/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kendri. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
KendriOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
a Aa /ä/ | ae AE ae /æ:/, [æə] | ai AI ai /äi/ | ao AO ao /ɒ:/, [ɒʌ] | au AU au /äu/ | b Bb /b/ | B BH bh /β/ | c Cc /t͡ʃ/ | C CH ch /ç/ | d Dd /d/ | D DH dh /ð/ |
e Ee /ɛ/, [e] | ea EA ea /ɛ:/, [ɛə] | ei EI ei /ei/ | eo EO eo /e:/, [eʌ] | eu EU eu /ɛu/ | f Ff /f/ | F FH fh /ʍ/ | g Gg /g/ | G GH gh /ɣ/ | h Hh /h/ | i Ii /i/ |
ia IA ia /iä/ | ie IE ie /ie/ | io IO io /io/ | iu IU iu /iu/ | j Jj /d͡ʒ/ | J JH jh /ʝ/ | k Kk /k/ | K KH kh /x/ | l Ll /l/ | L LH lh /ɬ/ | m Mm /m/ |
M MH mh /m̥/, [m̥h] | n Nn /n/ | x ÑG ñg /ŋ/ | X ÑGH ñgh /ŋ̥/, [ŋh̥] | N NH nh /n̥/, [nh̥] | o Oo /ɔ/, [o] | oa OA oa /o:/, [ɔə] | oe OE oe /ø:/, [øə] | oi OI oi /ɔi/ | ou OU ou /ou/ | p Pp /p/ |
P PH ph /ɸ/ | r Rr /ɾ/ | R RH rh /r̥/ | s Ss /s/ | S SH sh /ʃ/ | t Tt /t/ | T TH th /θ/ | u Uu /u/ | ua UA ua /uä/ | ue UE ue /ue/ | ui UI ui /ui/ |
uo UO uo /uo/ | v Vv /v/ | V VH vh /ʋ/, [ʍ̬] | w Ww /w/ | y Yy /ɪ/, [ʏ] | q Ŷŷ /j/ | z Zz /z/ | Z ZH zh /ʒ/ | |||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
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