Klai [KLAI]
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Klai
Kleiỵạ [klɛi.ʝə]
KlaiKleiỵạ [klɛi.ʝə]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersKlai is spoken by a population of 16 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Klai
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Sample of KlaiCan't find any yet.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||||||
| Nasal | m̥ | m | ɱ | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | ʈ | ɖ | k | g | q | ʔ | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | [ɸ]1 | [β]2 | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ʂ | ʐ | ɕ | ʑ | ç | ʝ | x | ɣ | h | ɦ | ||||||
| Affricate | k͡x | g͡ɣ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | [ʎ]3 | ʟ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | ɹ | j | ʍ | w | |||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | ʙ | r | ʀ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Click | ʘ | ǀ | ǂ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Implosive | ɓ | ʛ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /f/
- allophone of /v/
- in orthography, the capital+small letter is ⟨Jȷ⟩. CWS doesn't show the capital letter somehow, allophone of /j/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i iʲ | y | ɨ | u | ||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʏ | ɪ̈ | |||||
| Close-mid | e | ø | o | |||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||||
| Open | a | ɑ | ɒ | |||||
| Polyphthongs | ɛi | œy | ʌu |
OtherAll consonants, vowels and polyphthongs may be nasalised (/◌̃/). Nasalised phonemes are allophones of their corresponding non-nasalised phoneme.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Klai. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 KlaiOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa/ɑ/ | Ȧȧ/a/ | Ạạ/ə/ | AU au/ʌu/ | Ḃḃ/ʙ/ | Ḅḅ/ɓ/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | Ḍḍ/ɖ/ | Ḋḋ/ǂ/ | Ẹẹ/ø/ |
| Ee/ɛ/ | Ėė/e/ | Eİ ei/ɛi/ | EU̇ eu̇/œy/ | Ff/f/ | Ḟḟ[ɸ] | Ġġ/x/ | Gg/g/ | G̣ g̣/ɣ/ | Ḣḣ/ɦ/ | Hh/h/ |
| Ḥḥ/ʔ/ | İi/i/ | Iı/ɪ/ | Ị̇ị/ɨ/ | Ị ı̣/ɪ̈/ | J̇j/j/ | Ḳḳ/q/ | Kk/k/ | Ḷḷ/ʟ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ |
| Ṃṃ/ɱ/ | Ṁṁ/m̥/ | Nn/n/ | Ṅṅ/ɲ/ | Ṇṇ/ŋ/ | Ọọ/o/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Ȯȯ/ɒ/ | Ṗṗ/ʘ/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/ʛ/ |
| Ṛṛ/ʀ/ | Ṙṙ/r/ | Rr/ɹ/ | Ss/s/ | Ṣṣ/ɕ/ | Ṩṩ/ʂ/ | Ṡṡ/ʃ/ | Ṫṫ/ǀ/ | Ṭṭ/ʈ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ |
| Ụụ/ʏ/ | U̇ u̇/y/ | Vv/v/ | Ṿṿ[β] | Ẉẉ/ʍ/ | Ẇẇ/ʋ/ | Ww/w/ | Ẋẋ/g͡ɣ/ | Xx/k͡x/ | Ỵỵ/ʝ/ | Yy/ç/ |
| Ẏẏ/iʲ/ | Ẓẓ/ʑ/ | Zz/z/ | Żż/ʒ/ | Ẓ̇ ẓ̇/ʐ/ | ȷ[ʎ]1 | |||||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
- in orthography, the capital+small letter is ⟨Jȷ⟩. CWS doesn't show the capital letter somehow.
Additional NotesNasalised phonemes are shown with a tilde above (⟨◌̃⟩) their corresponding letter. This is also the case with digraphs.
For example: /ʋ̃/=⟨ẇ̃⟩, /ɑ̃/=⟨ã⟩ and /ʌ̃ũ/=⟨a͠u⟩*.
*The double tilde above (⟨◌͠◌⟩), may be used for nasalised polyphthongs and nasalised long (/ː/) consonants/vowels.
For example: ⟨ãã⟩=⟨a͠a⟩ (/ɑ̃ː/).
If a syllable starts with a letter that makes one of the three digraphs with the last letter of the previous syllable, a diaeresis (⟨◌̈⟩) is added on the first letter of the second syllable.
For example: ẇeinạ [ʋɛi.nə], is different from ẇeı̇̈nạ [ʋɛ.inə].
The three possible splits are:
• au /ʌu/→aü /ɑ.u/
• ei /ɛi/→eı̇̈ /ɛ.i/**
• eu̇ /œy/→eu̇̈ /ɛ.y/**
**When a diaeresis has to be put on a letter with a dot above, it comes always above the dot. Otherwise ⟨ı̇̈⟩ and ⟨ï⟩ (⟨ı⟩+⟨◌̈⟩=⟨ï⟩) could be confused.
So ⟨i⟩+⟨◌̈⟩=⟨ı̇̈⟩ and ⟨u̇⟩+⟨◌̈⟩=⟨u̇̈⟩.
For example: /ʋ̃/=⟨ẇ̃⟩, /ɑ̃/=⟨ã⟩ and /ʌ̃ũ/=⟨a͠u⟩*.
*The double tilde above (⟨◌͠◌⟩), may be used for nasalised polyphthongs and nasalised long (/ː/) consonants/vowels.
For example: ⟨ãã⟩=⟨a͠a⟩ (/ɑ̃ː/).
If a syllable starts with a letter that makes one of the three digraphs with the last letter of the previous syllable, a diaeresis (⟨◌̈⟩) is added on the first letter of the second syllable.
For example: ẇeinạ [ʋɛi.nə], is different from ẇeı̇̈nạ [ʋɛ.inə].
The three possible splits are:
• au /ʌu/→aü /ɑ.u/
• ei /ɛi/→eı̇̈ /ɛ.i/**
• eu̇ /œy/→eu̇̈ /ɛ.y/**
**When a diaeresis has to be put on a letter with a dot above, it comes always above the dot. Otherwise ⟨ı̇̈⟩ and ⟨ï⟩ (⟨ı⟩+⟨◌̈⟩=⟨ï⟩) could be confused.
So ⟨i⟩+⟨◌̈⟩=⟨ı̇̈⟩ and ⟨u̇⟩+⟨◌̈⟩=⟨u̇̈⟩.
