Lakaal [LAKAL]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersLakaal is spoken by a population of around 100,000,000 in Ka:biko.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Lakaal
Laka:l (also written Lakaal) is the national language of Ka:biko. It is one of the two official languages of the island, the other being Lalalai. Laka:l is a lingua franca, utilizing the vocabulary and grammar structures of the [#] languages across the island. It is used mostly in legislation, advertising, signage, and other public works. Most residents only use it as a secondary language. The number of diaspora speakers has been steadily increasing with increased migration to Earth.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ɲ]1 | ŋ | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | |||||||||
| Fricative | [θ]2 | ð | [s]3 | z | [ʃ]4 | ʒ | [x] | ɦ | ||||||||
| Affricate | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | w | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | [r]5 | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
- allophone of /ŋ/
- allophone of /ð/
- allophone of /z/
- allophone of /ʒ/
- allophone of /ɾ/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | |||
| Close-mid | o o: | |||
| Open | a a: | |||
Syllable Structure(C)(R)V(C)
only consonant clusters that can be used in the onset are [pɾ], [kɾ], and [gɾ]
all consonants may appear in the onset
[dʒ], [m], [ɦ], and [w] are forbidden from the coda
[ʔ], [ɦ], and [w] must be intervocalic
only consonant clusters that can be used in the onset are [pɾ], [kɾ], and [gɾ]
all consonants may appear in the onset
[dʒ], [m], [ɦ], and [w] are forbidden from the coda
[ʔ], [ɦ], and [w] must be intervocalic
Stress information1. Stress can be found on a syllable with an elongated vowel
2. Otherwise, stress is put upon a syllable with a glottal stop onset
3. Otherwise, stress is on the first syllable
2. Otherwise, stress is put upon a syllable with a glottal stop onset
3. Otherwise, stress is on the first syllable
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Lakaal. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 LakaalOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Ii/i/ | Oo/o/ | A: a:/a:/ | I: i:/i:/ | O: o:/o:/ | Kk/k/ | Gg/g/, [x] | NG ng/ŋ/, [ɲ] | Tt/t/ | Dd/d/ | Nn/n/ |
| Pp/p/ | Bb/b/ | Mm/m/ | Ww/w/ | Rr/ɾ/, [r] | TD td/ð/, [θ] | Hh/ɦ/ | Ll/l/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Zz/z/, [s] | ZH zh/ʒ/, [ʃ] | '/ʔ/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||||
