Khoodan [KON]
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Sound samples in Khoodan
Some sound samples of Khoodan. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Nān tlō katfa.
My grandfather is old.
My grandfather is old.
Tā ī ai kur cun. Oko ī ai ta cun.
I curse you forever in name. I bless you forever in death.
I curse you forever in name. I bless you forever in death.
Cala u cusuo ī
I know I shouldn't love you
I know I shouldn't love you
Lakh oj! Apāmjin
Finally! Obamium
Finally! Obamium
Asfā Iklaš
Asfā Khōtan
I spoke Enɡlish I spoke /Conlang/
I spoke Enɡlish I spoke /Conlang/
Ara ikh makh.
I walk in your direction.
I walk in your direction.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | |||||||||||||
Nasal | m̥ | [m]1 | n̪ n̪: | [ɲ]2 | [ŋ]3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p pʲ | [b]4 | t̪ | [d̪]5 | k kʼ6 kʲ | [g]7 | ʔ | |||||||||||||||||||
Fricative | f fʲ | [v]8 | [θ̠]9 | s s: | [z]10 | ʃ ʃ:11 | [ʒ]12 | [ʂ]13 | [ʐ]14 | [ɕ]15 | [ʑ]16 | [ç]17 | x | [ɣ]18 | [χ]19 | [h]20 | ||||||||||
Affricate | t͡s | [d͡z]21 | t͡ʃ22 | [d͡ʒ]23 | t͡ɬ | [d͡ɮ]24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | [l̪]25 | ɫ26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | [ɮ]27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | [ɹ̠]28 | j | w29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Trill | r | [ʀ]30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Flap | [ɾ]31 |
Blends | ʔn̪ | ʃf | [ks]32 | ʃk | ʃt̪ | ɮʃ33 | [kw]34 | kʃ | ŋx | mp |
xɮ35 | ŋk | ŋg | kt̪ | sʌ̃: sʌ̃ |
- allophone of /m̥/
- /ŋ/ before /e/, /ɛ/ or /a/, allophone of /ŋ/
- /n̪/ before velars, allophone of /n̪/
- allophone of /p/
- allophone of /t̪/
- All stops become ejective if doubled
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /f/
- allophone of /r/
- allophone of /s/
- /tʃs/>/tʃ:/>/ʃ:/
- allophone of /ʃ/
- allophone of /ʃ/
- allophone of /ʒ/
- allophone of /ʃ/
- allophone of /ʒ/
- allophone of /ʀ/
- /g/ before /ɮ/, allophone of /x/
- allophone of /ʀ/
- allophone of /x/
- allophone of /t͡s/
- Becomes /ʃ/ before stops. Intervocalic /t̪/ becomes /t͡ʃ/
- allophone of /t͡ʃ/
- allophone of /t͡ɬ/
- allophone of /ɬ/
- From /l̪ʲ/
- allophone of /ɬ/
- Initiates r colouring on vowels preceding it, allophone of /r/
- Allophone of /u/
- allophone of /x/
- When [R] is not initial or final, allophone of /r/
- allophone of /kt̪/
- /s/>/ʃ/ after /ɮ/
- allophone of /t͡ʃ/
- /k/ becomes /x/ before /ɮ/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
Close | i i: | [ʉ]1 | [ɯ]2 | u u: | ||||
Near-close | [ɪ]3 | [ʏ]4 | ||||||
Close-mid | [e]5 | [ɘ]6 | [ɵ]7 | o o: | ||||
Mid | ə8 | |||||||
Open-mid | [ɛ]9 | [ɜ]10 | [ʌ]11 [ʌ:]12 [ʌ̃]13 | |||||
Near-open | [ɐ]14 | |||||||
Open | a a: | [ɑ]15 [ɑ:]16 |
Polyphthongs | ɛi17 | itʃi | itʃa | atʃa | atʃi | utʃu | utʃo | otʃu | otʃo |
- allophone of /u/
- allophone of /u/
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /u/
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /o/
- Unstressed vowels
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /a/
- allophone of /a:/
- After /s/ and /ʃ/, allophone of /o/
- allophone of /ʌ/
- allophone of /a/
- allophone of /a:/
- When in final position
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Khoodan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
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Aa/a/ | Āā/a:/ | Cc/t͡ʃ/1 | Ff/f/ | FJ fj/fʲ/ | Ii/i/ | Īī/i:/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/x/ |
KJ kj/kʲ/ | Ll/ɬ/ | LJ lj/ɫ/2 | Mm/m̥/ | Nn/n̪/ | Ññ/ŋ/ | Oo/o/ | Ōō/o:/ | Pp/p/ | PJ pj/pʲ/ |
Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Šš/ʃ/ | Tt/t̪/ | TJ tj/t͡ʃ/3 | TL tl/t͡ɬ/ | Uu/u/ | Ūū/u:/ | Ww/w/4 | Zz/t͡s/ |
ZJ zj/t͡s/5 | Жж[t͡ʃ] | Фф[f] | ФЬ фь[fʲ] | Ии[i] | ИИ ии[i:] | Йй[j] | Ьь[j]6 | Кк[k] | Хх[x] |
КЬ кь[kʲ] | Лл[ɬ] | ЛЬ ль[ɫ] | Мм[m̥] | Нн[n̪] | Оо[o] | Өө[o:] | Бб[p] | БЬ бь[pʲ] | Рр[r] |
Сс[s] | Шш[ʃ] | Дд[t̪] | ДЛ дл[t͡ɬ] | Уу[u] | Үү[u:] | Вв[w] | Зз[t͡s] | ||
✔ Shown in correct order |
- Becomes /ʃ/ before stops. Intervocalic /t̪/ becomes /t͡ʃ/
- From /l̪ʲ/
- Allograph of <c>, originally /t̪ʲ/
- Allophone of /u/
- <z> allograph, originally /t͡sʲ/
- Only used after other graphemes to show palatalisation
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