Carhinese [PGY]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Carhinese
An isolate language spoken upon the islands of Kăoqhetwa in the southernmost reaches of Tlukeria. The language has about 38,000 speakers, all of which are mostly monolingual. The island's inhabitants, the Carinesians, are believed to be a relic of the former inhabitants of the Tlukerian archipelago.
CArhinese has a small closed class of verbs and adjectives, it has only eight non-derived adjectives and a small number of distinct non-derived verbal roots.
CArhinese has a small closed class of verbs and adjectives, it has only eight non-derived adjectives and a small number of distinct non-derived verbal roots.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Epiglottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | [ɳ]1 | ɲ | ŋ | |||||||||||
Plosive | p pʰ | [b]2 | t tʰ | [d]3 | ʈ ʈʰ | [ɖ]4 | c cʰ | [ɟ]5 | k kʰ | [g]6 | ʡ | |||||
Fricative | ɸ | ð | s | ʂ | [ç]7 | x | ʜ | ʢ | ||||||||
Affricate | t͡s t͡sʰ | ʈ͡ʂ ʈ͡ʂʰ | [c͡ç]8 [c͡çʰ]9 | |||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | ɭ | ||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
Blends | t̪ʙ̥ t̪ʙ̥ʰ |
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /p/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /ʈ/
- allophone of /c/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /x/
- allophone of /c/
- allophone of /cʰ/
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i | ɯᵝ | ||||
Close-mid | e | ɘ | [ɤ]1 | o | ||
Near-open | ɐ | |||||
Open | a | ɑ |
- allophone of /ɘ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Carhinese. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
CarhineseOrthography | ||||||||||
Ăă ă /ɐ/ | Aa a /a/ | Bb bă /p/, [b] | Cc că /cʰ/, [c͡çʰ] | Dd dă /t/, [d] | DR dr dră /ʈ/, [ɖ] | DW dw dwă /t̪ʙ̥/ | Ee e /e/ | Ĕĕ ĕ /ɘ/, [ɤ] | Ff fă /ɸ/ | Gg gă /k/, [g] |
Hh hă /x/, [ç] | Ii i /i/ | Jj jă /c/, [c͡ç], [ɟ] | Kk kă /kʰ/ | Ll lă /l/ | Mm mă /m/ | Nn nă /n/, [ɳ] | N̄ n̄ n̄ă /ɲ/ | Oo o /o/ | Ŏŏ ŏ /ɑ/ | Pp pă /pʰ/ |
Qq qă /ʡ/ | QH qh qhă /ʜ/ | Rr ră /ɾ/ | Ṛṛ ṛă /ɭ/ | Ss să /s/ | SR sr ṣă /ʂ/ | Tt tă /tʰ/ | TH th thă /ð/ | TR tr tră /ʈʰ/ | TS ts tsă /t͡sʰ/ | TSR tsr tsră /ʈ͡ʂʰ/ |
TW tw twă /t̪ʙ̥ʰ/ | Uu u /ɯᵝ/ | Vv vă /ʢ/ | Ww wă /w/ | Yy yă /j/ | Zz ză /t͡s/ | ZR zr zră /ʈ͡ʂ/ | Ŋŋ ŋă /ŋ/ | |||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |