Old Wakandan [OWK]
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[Deactivated User] on 16 January 2019
Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Old Wakandan
Proto/Old Wakandan is the first step in my formation of a conlang for the fictional Kingdom of Wakanda from Marvel Entertainment. Proto Wakandan is the oldest distinct form. It will later involve with other influences before isolation is imposed and eventually become modern Wakandan.
Sample of Old Wakandan[view] odomut tumī kan hah kwanka, kan hah kun
/ marak shyn širak mesu had pala Shinar sekun
/ mesu waĉap wal daw naw rih gal mik has mesu
/ mesu zab mik badal nayel ŝigar gin
/ mesu waĉap daw naw rih burah naw kawar ĉar huway dimāɣ bayigur naw rih gal isim siwan wanah ammu faĉ nan odomut
/ hadir daw sar ka kawar ĉar huway burah wahur
/ ...[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeAfroasiatic
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Old Wakandan
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Old Wakandan[view] About AfroasiaticThe Afroasiatic languages are a major language family of the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and the Sahel. They have over 350 million native speakers, and include the liturgical languages of multiple religions, including Islam, Judais...
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 | s | ʃ | ʒ | ɣ | h | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i | y | u | |||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||||||
| Open-mid | ɜ | |||||||||
| Near-open | ɐ | |||||||||
| Open | a | ɑ | ||||||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Old Wakandan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Old WakandanOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | Čč/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ |
| Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/y/ |
| Ɣɣ/ɣ/ | Ʃʃ/ʃ/ | Ʊʊ/ʊ/ | Ʒʒ/ʒ/ | Ǯǯ/d͡ʒ/ | Ɐɐ/ɐ/ | Ɑɑ/ɑ/ | Ɜɜ/ɜ/ | Ɪɪ/ɪ/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
