Modern Karay [MKAR]
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Modern Karay
Krų̄ Karayarî [kɾɯ̃u̯ kaˈɾajaɾ]
Modern KarayKrų̄ Karayarî [kɾɯ̃u̯ kaˈɾajaɾ]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Modern Karay[view] Śu, iddavuâ-a tu srēnśtu māśâ karâ Kartejê.
Furthermore, I propose that Carthage must be destroyed.[view all texts]
Furthermore, I propose that Carthage must be destroyed.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeNjenian
⤷
Proto-Njeni
⤷ Old Karay
⤷ Classical Karay
⤷ Middle Karay
⤷ Modern Karay
⤷
Proto-Njeni⤷
Old Karay⤷
Classical Karay⤷ Middle Karay
⤷
Modern Karay[view] About NjenianA family of languages primarily spoken on the island of Njeni and the Eastern Njenian islands. The Njenian language family is the only other family of the Fologo Islands.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | h1 | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s2 | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | k͡x | |||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
- only word-initial
- when before i, î, or e
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | [ɯ] | u1 | |||
| Close-mid | o | |||||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ̃ | ɔ̃ | ||||
| Near-open | æ: | ɐ ɐ̃: ɐ̃ | ||||
| Open | a | |||||
| Polyphthongs | ɪj | uo uo̯ | ɛɪ̃2 | ɛə̃3 | ɔʊ̯̃4 ɔʊ̯ | ɯũ̯5 | ɪə̯ |
- becomes [ɯ] when preceding [i], [j], or nasal consonants
- /ɛ̃ɪ̯/
- /ɛ̃ə̯/
- /ɔ̃ʊ̯/
- /ɯ̃u̯/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Modern Karay. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Modern KarayOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Ąą/ɐ̃/ | Āā/æ:/ | Aa/a/, /ɐ/ | Ââ/ə/ | Ą̂ ą̂//, /ə/ | Ą̄ ą̄/ɐ̃:/ | Bb/b/ | BH bh/v/ | Cc/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/, /d͡z/1 |
| DD dd/d͡z/ | Ęę/ɛ̃/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Ēē/ɪə̯/ | Êê/ə/ | Ę̄ ę̄/ɛɪ̃/2 | Ff/f/ | Ğğ//, /h/3 | Gg/g/ | Îî// |
| Įį/ɛ/ | Īī/ɪj/ | Ii/i/ | Į̄ į̄/ɛə̃/4 | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | JH jh/ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | KK kk/k͡x/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ |
| Ǫǫ/ɔ̃/ | Oo/o/ | Ôô/ə/ | Ōō/ɔʊ̯/ | Ǭ ǭ/ɔʊ̯̃/5 | Pp/p/ | PH ph/f/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Śś/ʃ/ | Ss/s/, /z/ |
| SC sc/ʃ/ | Tt/t/, /t͡s/6 | TT tt/t͡s/ | Uu/u/7, [ɯ] | Ūū/uo̯/ | Ų̄ ų̄/ɯũ̯/8 | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- when before i, î, or e
- /ɛ̃ɪ̯/
- only word-initial
- /ɛ̃ə̯/
- /ɔ̃ʊ̯/
- when before i, î, or e
- becomes [ɯ] when preceding [i], [j], or nasal consonants
- /ɯ̃u̯/
Additional NotesVowels with circumflex (except î and û) are silent unless they precede p, t, k, b, d, g, f/ph, or v/bh
Î and Û are silent in all instances
Î and Û are silent in all instances
