Kisaangan [KSG]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kisaangan
A polysynthetic lang with a relatively small Iroquoian-based pseudo-Athabaskan phoneme inventory, notably lacking bilabial sounds and phonation contrasts, with nasalized and voiceless vowels and a pitch-accent system.
A short list of out-of-date orthograpy you might see:
Also possibly some inflectional forms here and there. Grammar tables should be most up-to-date resource.
A short list of out-of-date orthograpy you might see:
- /kʷ/ qv → qu, q
- /ɣʷ/ ƿ → gu, g
- /θ/ đ → ŧ
- /o ó/ → u ú
- /ɑ̃ ɑ̃́/ ɑ ɑ́ → o ó
- /ɬ/ x → sl → ş
- + /χ/ x
- + /tɬ/ tl → ţ
- + /t' k' tɬ' s' ts'/ ṫ ḳ ḷ ṡ ċ
- /k' tɬ'/ c ç → ḳ ḷ
- /ts/ ts → ç
Also possibly some inflectional forms here and there. Grammar tables should be most up-to-date resource.
Sample of Kisaangan[view] Hihotá n'nkíḳel-laúwiţ-nquit' yosaszáináiş j'núrik t'se kiw'ltal.
Then one of them pulled out a beautiful and very small book and gave it to me to read.[view all texts]
Then one of them pulled out a beautiful and very small book and gave it to me to read.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[view] About NitakitLanguage spoken in the far north-east of the north-eastern continent of Mygith.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||
| Nasal | (m) | n | [ɲ]1 | [ŋ]2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | t tʼ [tʰ]3 | [d]4 | k kʼ kʼʷ kʷ [kʰ]5 [kʰʷ]6 | [g] [gʷ]7 | [q]8 [qʼ]9 | ʔ | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | θ | [ð]10 | s sʼ | [ʃ]11 | ʒ | [ç]12 | x [xʷ]13 | ɣʷ | χ | [ʁʷ]14 | h | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʼ | t͡ɬ t͡ɬʼ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /j/ and /n/
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /kʼʷ/
- allophone of /kʷ/
- allophone of /kʰʷ/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /kʼ/
- allophone of /θ/
- allophone of /ʒ/
- allophone of /x/
- allophone of /ɣʷ/
- free variation, allophone of /ɣʷ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | [u]1 | |||||||
| Near-close | ɪ ɪ́ | |||||||
| Close-mid | ẽ́ | o ó | ||||||
| Mid | ə̥ | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ̰̃̀ ɛ̃ | [ɔ̰̃̀]2 [ɔ̃]3 | ||||||
| Open | a [ã:]4 á | ɑ̰̃̀ ɑ̃ ɑ̃́ | ||||||
- allophone of /o/
- allophone of /ɑ̰̃̀/
- allophone of /ɑ̃/
- /ɛ̃ɑ̃/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kisaangan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 KisaanganOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| '/ə̥/ | Aa/a/ | Áá/á/ | Àà/ɑ̰̃̀/ | Çç/t͡s/ | Ċċ/t͡sʼ/ | Èè/ɛ̰̃̀/ | Éé/ẽ́/ | Ee/ɛ̃/ | Gu gu/ɣʷ/ |
| Hh/h/ | Íí/ɪ́/ | Ii/ɪ/ | Jj/x/ | Ḳḳ/kʼ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Ḷḷ/t͡ɬʼ/ | Mm/m/1 | Nn/n/ |
| Óó/ɑ̃́/ | Oo/ɑ̃/ | Qu qu/kʷ/ | Q̇u q̇u/kʼʷ/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ṡṡ/sʼ/ | Şş/ɬ/ | Ss/s/ | Ţţ/t͡ɬ/ | Tt/t/ |
| Ṫṫ/tʼ/ | Úú/ó/ | Uu/o/, [u] | Ww/w/ | Xx/χ/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/ʒ/ | Ŧŧ/θ/ | Ɂɂ/ʔ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- loan words only
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