Kaninu [LYKAN]
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[Deactivated User] on 26 February 2021
Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kaninu
Being my first conlang ever, Kaninu is gonna change around and maybe even be restarted a couple of times as I learn about linguistics and stop making things too similarly to English.
Sample of KaninuCan't find any yet.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | [ɲ]1 | ŋ | ||||||||||||
Plosive | pʰ | b | tʰ | d | kʰ | g | ʔ | |||||||||
Fricative | fʰ | v | sʰ | z | ɕ | x | [ɣ]2 | |||||||||
Affricate | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ | ||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | ɹ | j | w |
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /g/
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i | u | ||||
Near-close | ɪ̈ | |||||
Mid | e̞ | o̞ | ||||
Near-open | ɐ |
Stress informationStress will always fall on the second-last syllable, unless the third-last or penultimate syllable is accented.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kaninu. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
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Aa/ɐ/ | Bb/b/ | Ćć/t͡ɕ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e̞/ | Ff/fʰ/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/x/ | Ii/i/ |
Jj/d͡ʑ/ | Kk/kʰ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Ņņ/ŋ/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o̞/ | Pp/pʰ/ | Rr/ɹ/ |
Ss/sʰ/ | Śś/ɕ/ | Tt/tʰ/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Ýý/ɪ̈/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |