Nlaikamea [NKAP]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Nlaikamea
The main language spoken in my fantasy world of Nlīkamea. Technically a conlang there as well as it was made to be a universal language.
adverbs also act as passive verbs
adverbs also act as passive verbs
Sample of Nlaikamea[view] enst alabra du leszō alabra / diu alabra du to ksē djukes / sjōgō tuk alabra unkraba hjōl ela, mara zethkere
Tomorrow is another day / Yesterday is in the past / But today begins with us, so live.[view all texts]
Tomorrow is another day / Yesterday is in the past / But today begins with us, so live.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ŋ]1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | β | f | θ | s | z | ʃ | [χ]2 | h | ||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | ʀ | |||||||||||||||||||
- [n] when it is between two vowels, allophone of /n/
- [g] when it is not the first consonant, allophone of /g/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Near- back | Back | ||||
| Close | i: | u | ||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | [ʊ]1 | ||||||
| Mid | o̞ | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ | ||||||
| Open | ɑ: | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | ai2 | əʊ |
- allophone of /u/
- can also be [ei]
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Nlaikamea. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 NlaikameaOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Jj jaga /j/ | Ss stata /s/ | Ww wiu /w/ | Pp piu /p/ | Zz zena /z/ | Kk kina /k/ | Bb beka /b/ | Dd doma /d/ | Gg gara /g/ |
| Vv vela /β/ | Ff fil /f/ | Rr rōk /ʀ/ | Hh hu /h/ | TH th them /θ/ | Tt tin /t/ | Ll līma /l/ | Mm me /m/ | Nn ne /n/ |
| Uu usil /u/ | Ēē ēk /i:/ | Aa af /ʌ/ | Oo obu /o̞/ | Ōō ōdi /əʊ/ | Īī īra /ai/1 | Āā ān /ɑ:/ | Ee ese /ɛ/ | Ii inta /ɪ/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
- can also be [ei]
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