Low Akalix [LKL]
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Language type
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Species
Human/humanoid
About Low Akalix
Low Akalix is the general term for the dialects of Akalix spoken after 300 NWJ. It contrasts with the older and more regularized form of the language, Classical Akalix, which was still used as a common written language and as a Lingua Franca long after it was no longer a common spoken language for everyday matters.
There are several changes to the phonetics of Low Akalix from those of Classical Akalix. In intervocalic positions, /t/ and /d/ fricate and become [θ] and [ð]; while before a front vowel (i or e) /k/ and /g/ affricate and become [t͡ʃ] and [d͡ʒ]. All Classical Akalix instances of /p/ merged into /f/, coda /v/ merged into /b/, and all instances of /w/ merged to /v/. The vowels underwent an even more drastic change, and began to be differentiated by quality rather than length (note that this is the case for the Central and Eastern dialects, but in the Southern dialects, the distinction of length remained).
There are several changes to the phonetics of Low Akalix from those of Classical Akalix. In intervocalic positions, /t/ and /d/ fricate and become [θ] and [ð]; while before a front vowel (i or e) /k/ and /g/ affricate and become [t͡ʃ] and [d͡ʒ]. All Classical Akalix instances of /p/ merged into /f/, coda /v/ merged into /b/, and all instances of /w/ merged to /v/. The vowels underwent an even more drastic change, and began to be differentiated by quality rather than length (note that this is the case for the Central and Eastern dialects, but in the Southern dialects, the distinction of length remained).
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Language family relationships
Language treeAkali-Emisian
⤷ Proto-Akali-Emisian
⤷ Proto-Akali-Pasan-Nomanlix
⤷ Classical Akalix
⤷ Low Akalix
⤷ Proto-Akali-Emisian
⤷ Proto-Akali-Pasan-Nomanlix
⤷ Classical Akalix
⤷ Low Akalix
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||
Plosive | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | ||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | [θ]1 | [ð]2 | s | z | x | ɣ | ||||||||
Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | [t͡ʃ]3 | [d͡ʒ]4 | ||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | ɮ | ||||||||||||||
Approximant | j |
- intervocalic, allophone of /t/
- intervocalic, allophone of /d/
- before front vowels, allophone of /k/
- before front vowels, allophone of /g/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
Close | i | u | ||||||||
Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||||
Close-mid | e | o | ||||||||
Mid | ə | |||||||||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||||||
Open | ä |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Low Akalix. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Low AkalixOrthography | ||||||||||
' ' /ʔ/ | a Aa /ə/ | á Áá /ä/ | b Bb /b/ | d Dd /d/, [ð]1 | j DZ dz /d͡z/ | é Éé /e/ | e Ee /ɛ/ | f Ff /f/ | g Gg /g/, [d͡ʒ]2 | ĝ GH gh /ɣ/ |
i Ii /ɪ/ | í Íí /i/ | k Kk /k/, [t͡ʃ]3 | x KH kh /x/ | l Ll /l/ | þ LS ls /ɬ/ | ð LZ lz /ɮ/ | m Mm /m/ | n Nn /n/ | ó Óó /o/ | o Oo /ɔ/ |
s Ss /s/ | t Tt /t/, [θ]4 | c TS ts /t͡s/ | u Uu /ʊ/ | ú Úú /u/ | v Vv /v/ | y Yy /j/ | z Zz /z/ | ŋ Ŋŋ /ŋ/ | ||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |
- intervocalic
- before front vowels
- before front vowels
- intervocalic
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