Kujeno [KUJEN]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Place & SpeakersKujeno is spoken by a population of 425 in Odlod Kujeno.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kujeno
Inlâ Kujeno is a part of the Gujeno language family, specifically the North Gujeno branch. It is spoken on the island of Odlod Kujeno, which is a small island (12,300 km2) located in the Arctic Circle of its planet.
Kujeno is a VSO agglutinative language, that is mostly head-initial except it has postpositions. It has a pretty small sound inventory but has phonemic vowel and consonant length.
Kujeno is a VSO agglutinative language, that is mostly head-initial except it has postpositions. It has a pretty small sound inventory but has phonemic vowel and consonant length.
Language family relationships
[view] About GujenoSmall language family spoken in the north eastern Boreal forest and Oceanic climate of the West Continent. Contains three branches: North Gujeno, Central Gujeno, and Eastern Gujeno.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
| Nasal | m m: | n n: | ||||||||||
| Plosive | b b: | d d: | [k]1 [k:]2 | g g: | ||||||||
| Fricative | s s: | h h: | ||||||||||
| Affricate | d͡z d͡z: | |||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l l: | |||||||||||
| Approximant | j j: | w w: | ||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ ɾ: | |||||||||||
- allophone of /g/
- allophone of /g:/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||||
| Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||||
| Mid | ə ə: | |||||
| Open | a a: | |||||
| Polyphthongs | ei | oa | ie | ao | uo | ai | au | uə | ia | eə |
| iə | ae | oə | ua | ui | ea |
Syllable StructureC(L)V(C)(C)
Vowels can also come word initially. Normally CVCC but l, j, w, and r can follow the first consonant in a syllable. For example: The syllable structure u.gjo is allowed since the second consonant is j, but u.gdo cannot occur and would instead be ug.do.
Vowels can also come word initially. Normally CVCC but l, j, w, and r can follow the first consonant in a syllable. For example: The syllable structure u.gjo is allowed since the second consonant is j, but u.gdo cannot occur and would instead be ug.do.
Stress informationTrochaic
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kujeno. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 KujenoOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa/a/ | AA aa/a:/ | AE ae/ae/ | AI ai/ai/ | AO ao/ao/ | AU au/au/ | Bb/b/ | BB bb/b:/ | Dd/d/ | DD dd/d:/ | Ee/e/ |
| EA ea/ea/ | EE ee/e:/ | EI ei/ei/ | EÂ eâ/eə/ | Gg/g/ | GG gg/g:/ | Hh/h/ | HH hh/h:/ | Ii/i/ | IA ia/ia/ | IE ie/ie/ |
| II ii/i:/ | IÂ iâ/iə/ | Jj/j/ | JJ jj/j:/ | Kk[k] | KK kk[k:] | Ll/l/ | LL ll/l:/ | Mm/m/ | MM mm/m:/ | Nn/n/ |
| NN nn/n:/ | Oo/o/ | OA oa/oa/ | OO oo/o:/ | OÂ oâ/oə/ | Rr/ɾ/ | RR rr/ɾ:/ | Ss/s/ | SS ss/s:/ | Uu/u/ | UA ua/ua/ |
| UI ui/ui/ | UO uo/uo/ | UU uu/u:/ | UÂ uâ/uə/ | Ww/w/ | WW ww/w:/ | Zz/d͡z/ | ZZ zz/d͡z:/ | Ââ/ə/ | ÂÂ ââ/ə:/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||||
