Koopa [KOOPA]
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[Deactivated User] on 9 August 2022
Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Koopa
The language of the Koopas from the Mario Bros. series.
More to come.
This is non-canon and fan-made/unofficial. All mentioned species, locations, characters, &c. belong to Nintendo unless otherwise noted.
WIP reference grammar here. (by T███████ 19██)
More to come.
This is non-canon and fan-made/unofficial. All mentioned species, locations, characters, &c. belong to Nintendo unless otherwise noted.
WIP reference grammar here. (by T███████ 19██)
Sample of KoopaCan't find any yet.
Language family relationships
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Phonology
| Consonants | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | |||||
| Nasal | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||||||
| Plosive | t | d | c | ɟ | k | g | ||||
| Fricative | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | ɣ | ||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||
| Click | ǃ ǃ̃ ǃ̬̃ ǃ̬ | ǂ ǂ̃ ǂ̬̃ ǂ̬ | ʞ ʞ̃ ʞ̬̃ ʞ̬ | |||||||
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | u | ||||
| Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||||
| Mid | ə ə: | |||||
| Open | a a: | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Koopa. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 KoopaOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Cc/c/ | DZ dz/d͡z/ | Ee/e/ | Gg/g/ | Ii/i/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | Ss/s/ |
| Tt/t/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | Uu/u/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/x/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Āā/a:/ | Čč/t͡ʃ/ | Ēē/e:/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ |
| Ōō/o:/ | Šš/ʃ/ | Ǯǯ/d͡ʒ/ | Əə/ə/ | Ə̄ ə̄/ə:/ | Ɣɣ/ɣ/ | Ɲɲ/ɲ/ | Ʒʒ/ʒ/ | Dd/d/ | Gʗ gʗ/ǃ̬/ | GꞰ gʞ/ʞ̬/ |
| G⨎ g⨎/ǂ̬/ | Jj/ɟ/ | Ŋʗ ŋʗ/ǃ̬̃/ | ŊꞰ ŋʞ/ʞ̬̃/ | Ŋ̊ʗ ŋ̊ʗ/ǃ̃/ | Ŋ̊Ʞ ŋ̊ʞ/ʞ̃/ | Ŋ̊⨎ ŋ̊⨎/ǂ̃/ | Ŋ⨎ ŋ⨎/ǂ̬̃/ | ʗ/ǃ/ | Ʞʞ/ʞ/ | ⨎/ǂ/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
Conscript
Additional NotesThe Koopa conscript is an abugida with implicit vowel /a/. It is arranged into syllabic blocks, cf. Hangeul, Soyombo, &c.
The transcription used on CWS is according to T███████ 19██. I've been instructed not to use his name.
The transcription used on CWS is according to T███████ 19██. I've been instructed not to use his name.
