Kaloom [KLOM]
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+ shared with: Oskia RP
+ shared with: Oskia RP
Language type
Other
Place & SpeakersKaloom is spoken by a population of around 200,000 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kaloom
Kaloom is a language originating from Kaloomabad, Hassustan. It's a language similar to european languages specifically romance languages.
Sample of Kaloom[view] Mon Deḱeb da Blu Ásman, Mon Deḱeb la Hára Żota Darkátes
/ Mon Deḱeb da Pilá Šams, Mon Deḱeb la Blôd Ter
/ Mon Deḱeb da Wot Din, Mon Deḱeb la Kála Rát
/ Mon Deḱeb sára dis Rœnges, Dey woten mon zindagi[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[view] About InzonicA language family for a model world RP I am participating in.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | d̪ | t | d | k | g | q | ʔ | |||||||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | χ | ʁ | h | ||||||||||||||
Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ɫ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ɥ |
Blends | tɘ | zɘ | sɘ | fɘ | ni | gɘ | qɛ | ʁɘ | dɘ | ʃɘ |
ŋɘ | wa | hɘ | χɘ | ɲɘ | kɘ | vɘ | qe | ʒɘ | pɘ | |
bɘ | qɘ | ɳɘ |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i | y | ʉ | u | ||
Close-mid | e | ø | ɘ | o | ||
Mid | ə | |||||
Open-mid | ɛ | œ | ɔ | |||
Open | a | ɑ |
Polyphthongs | ei | oŋ | ooa | ou | ae | ɔŋ | uo | iy |
Stress information(Only in Giset Kaloom) Stress Is marked in words using a colon (:). The colon is added before a syllable to mark it as stessed Eg :Maro, _Bo!n:'jo, 'Sapi:ka etc etc
OtherIn Giset Kaloom, a lot of symbols are used to determine how a word is pronounced.
! means the following letter is silent eg :'di!x and _Bo!n:'jo
_ means that the following syllable is mostly used in a lower tone
' means that the following syllable is said in a higher tone
| is used around words which are emphasised to make the reader focused on one specific thing eg |:tu|
To make is easier in Giset Kaloom they add a "¡", "¿" and "." at the starting of a sentence to make is easier to read.
The order of putting the symbols is Emphasis, then Stress, Then Tone
! means the following letter is silent eg :'di!x and _Bo!n:'jo
_ means that the following syllable is mostly used in a lower tone
' means that the following syllable is said in a higher tone
| is used around words which are emphasised to make the reader focused on one specific thing eg |:tu|
To make is easier in Giset Kaloom they add a "¡", "¿" and "." at the starting of a sentence to make is easier to read.
The order of putting the symbols is Emphasis, then Stress, Then Tone
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kaloom. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
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Aa Ai /ə/ | Ââ Ai /ɑ/ | Ǎǎ Maǎan /ʔ/ | Áá Ái /a/ | Bb Bee /b/ | Cc See /q/ | Dd dee /d̪/, /d/ | Êê êê /ei/ | Èè èè /ɛ/ | Ee ee /e/ |
Éé éé /ae/ | Ff Ef /f/ | Gg Jee /g/ | Hh Aeż /h/ | Ii Ai /i/ | Jj jay /d͡ʒ/ | Kk Kay /k/ | Ḱḱ ḱe /χ/ | Ll El /l/ | L' l' El de Apostra /ɫ/ |
Mm Em /m/ | Nn En /n/ | Ññ Eñ /ɳ/ | Òò òw /ɔ/ | Oo Ow /o/ | Ôô ôw /ou/ | Pp Pii /p/ | Qq Qé /q/ | Rr Ar /ʁ/ | Şş Eş /ʃ/ |
Ss Es /s/ | Šš Eš /ʃ/ | Tt Tee /t/ | Üü Yü /y/ | Uu Yu /u/ | Úú Yú /uo/ | Vv Vee /v/ | Ww Wee /w/ | Xx Ex // | Yy Wai /j/ |
Ýý Ýwe /ɥ/ | Zz Zee /ʒ/, /z/ | Žž Žee /t͡s/ | Żż Żee /t͡ʃ/ | Œœ œw /œ/, /ø/ | Ȝȝ Ýoȝ /x/ | ||||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |