Kumo [LBA]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kumo
The language of arachnoids from my conworld. Its vocabulary is made of Indonesian, Hindi, Nepali, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Norwegian, English and Portuguese. The grammar is mostly similar to Russian, but with vowel and consonant gradation and some Norwegian features.
It has five dialects in the homeland of the arachnoids, Edderkoppia, that is located mostly in Ynsitia and partially in Amthi. However, the most of arachnoids live outside of there in Amthi and speak the outer dialect, known for its aspiration, nasalization and dental fricatives. Its phonology has some features of all the languages its vocabulary is made from.
The writing system:
It has five dialects in the homeland of the arachnoids, Edderkoppia, that is located mostly in Ynsitia and partially in Amthi. However, the most of arachnoids live outside of there in Amthi and speak the outer dialect, known for its aspiration, nasalization and dental fricatives. Its phonology has some features of all the languages its vocabulary is made from.
The writing system:
Sound samples in Kumo
Some sound samples of Kumo. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Dukhì anãw, kəsomboŋanet jor lìt daj in cihàn!
Trifling Gnome, your arrogance will be your undoing!
Trifling Gnome, your arrogance will be your undoing!
Ja nãw merdju em daj.
I am not shitting on you.
I am not shitting on you.
Dia muskural frekwẽnçimẽnçi, tərutama in şarmilà sitwasõjşaħ.
He smiled often, especially in embarrassing situations.
He smiled often, especially in embarrassing situations.
Aj kãw. Ħujnä gadhi, katt ellərr fisk. Kãw.
I am a dog. Not a human, cat or fish. A dog.
I am a dog. Not a human, cat or fish. A dog.
Ekskjuz mi, dü sìl maj tarantula?
Excuse me, have you seen my tarantula?
Excuse me, have you seen my tarantula?
İbo Bog sow xarlijel miren apa dèl hiz onli sønna, ştob toduş siapa vişvàt in him ħujnä pherļi, para...
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not ...
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not ...
Language family relationships
[edit] [view] Sentha (Central Kumo)Crazy palatalization and vowel reduction, no short and long vowel distinction, no aspiration, and generally is a lot like Russian
[edit] [view] Timur (Eastern Kumo)Spoken at the part of Edderkoppia which is located in Amthi. Has dental fricatives, crazy vowel reduction, no short and long vowel distinction, spams sibilants and sounds a lot like European Portuguese
[edit] [view] Noħçi (Northern Kumo)Has no short and long vowel distinction, spams "çi" and "đi", and generally is a lot like Brazilian Portuguese
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Pharyngeal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ȵ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | b bʰ | t tʰ | d dʰ | c | k kʰ | g gʰ | |||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ɕ | ç | x | ħ | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ | d͡ʒ d͡ʒʰ | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ȴ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Blends | ji |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | y | ʉ | ɯ | u u: | |
| Close-mid | e e: ẽ | ø | ɤ | o o: | ||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open | a a: ã | |||||
| Polyphthongs | ie | io | iu | ia |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kumo. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 KumoOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Ãã/ã/ | Àà/a:/ | Aa/a/ | Ää/ia/ | Bb/b/ | BH bh/bʰ/ | Cc/t͡s/ | Çç/t͡ʃ/ | ÇH çh/t͡ʃʰ/ | Dd/d/ | DH dh/dʰ/ |
| Ẽẽ/ẽ/ | Ěě/ie/ | Ee/e/ | Èè/e:/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | GH gh/gʰ/ | Hh/ħ/ | Iı/ɯ/ | Ii/i/ | Ïï/ji/ |
| Ìì/i:/ | Jj/j/ | Ķķ/c/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/kʰ/ | Ll/l/ | Ļļ/ȴ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Ńń/ȵ/ | Òò/o:/ |
| Oo/o/ | Õõ/ɤ/ | Pp/p/ | PH ph/pʰ/ | Rr/ɾ/ | RR rr/r/ | Şş/ʃ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | TH th/tʰ/ | Uu/u/ |
| Ùù/u:/ | Ųų/iu/ | Üü/ʉ/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ɕ/ | Yy/y/ | Zz/z/ | Ðð/ð/ | Øø/ø/ | Þþ/θ/ |
| Đđ/d͡ʒ/ | ĐH đh/d͡ʒʰ/ | Ħħ/x/ | Ħ́ ħ́/ç/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | Əə/ə/ | Ȥȥ/ʒ/ | Ёё/io/ | |||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
