Kuza [KUZ]
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[Deactivated User] on 10 July 2018
Language type
Not specified
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kuza
Kuza language (kó zaa) kó zaa is a language spoken by the people of Kozaria or in the language Kózínrra Kózínrra .
It is my first conlang so I am learning as I go along
The language is SOV (subject object verb)
example: The man is throwing ash - gistaeta itsulka sruupsa - gistaeta itsulka sruupsa - man sg ash pl throw pre
However SVO word order, while rarer, is still accepted as grammaticaly correct.
Kozaria is a region of west Qalzon however does not speak the language their. It used to be a language of trade with the elves in Visthem but is in decline after the siege of Smejjak (Smíyiik) and a large portion of the Kozarians land was lost.
It is my first conlang so I am learning as I go along
The language is SOV (subject object verb)
example: The man is throwing ash - gistaeta itsulka sruupsa - gistaeta itsulka sruupsa - man sg ash pl throw pre
However SVO word order, while rarer, is still accepted as grammaticaly correct.
Kozaria is a region of west Qalzon however does not speak the language their. It used to be a language of trade with the elves in Visthem but is in decline after the siege of Smejjak (Smíyiik) and a large portion of the Kozarians land was lost.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | h | ||||||||
Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
Approximant | j | |||||||||||||
Trill | r |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i | ɨ | ||||
Close-mid | o | |||||
Open-mid | ɛ | |||||
Open | a | ä |
Polyphthongs | əʊ | ʌɪ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kuza. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
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a a aa /a/ | b b bí /b/ | c c cí /t͡ʃ/ | d d dí /d/ | e e ete /ɛ/ | ê ê eteguul /ɛ/, /ä/ | f f faa /f/ | g g jí /g/ | h h haa /h/ |
i i ií /i/ | í í êpí /ʌɪ/ | j j jía /d͡ʒ/ | k k kaa /k/ | l l laa /l/ | m m mí /m/ | n n ní /n/ | ó ó ópe /əʊ/ | o o ope /o/ |
p p paal /p/ | r r raa /r/ | s s saa /s/ | sc sc scaa /ʃ/ | t t taa /t/ | u u uilduu /ɨ/ | v v ví /v/ | y y yaa /j/ | z z zí /z/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |