Proto-Qathelic [PQH]
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Proto-Qathelic
qáthel [qɑːtʶʰel]
qáthel [qɑːtʶʰel]
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Language type
Not specified
Species
Human/humanoid
About Proto-Qathelic
- the protolanguage for a family spoken in northeastern Celea
- pomegranates are satan's fruit
- syllable structure:
maximal syllable structure is C:RVF, where R = [r, l, s, Z, N] and F = {every voiceless consonant} and {every voiced consonant that isn't in a voiced/voiceless pair}
Z and N are placeless fricatives and nasals. The placeless fricative assimilates to voicing (s also assimilates to voicing) and MoA, the placeless nasal only to MoA.
- pomegranates are satan's fruit
- syllable structure:
maximal syllable structure is C:RVF, where R = [r, l, s, Z, N] and F = {every voiceless consonant} and {every voiced consonant that isn't in a voiced/voiceless pair}
Z and N are placeless fricatives and nasals. The placeless fricative assimilates to voicing (s also assimilates to voicing) and MoA, the placeless nasal only to MoA.
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
Nasal | m | n nʶ | ||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t tʶ tʰ tʰʶ | d dʶ | k kʰ | q qʰ | ʔ | |||||||||||
Fricative | β | θ | ð | s | z | [ʃ]1 | [ʒ]2 | ɣ | ʁ | h | ||||||||
Affricate | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
Trill | r |
- allophone of /s/
- allophone of /z/
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i i: | ɨ ɨ: | u u: | |||
Close-mid | [e]1 e: | [o]2 o: | ||||
Open | a a: | [ɑ]3 |
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /u/
- allophone of /a:/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Proto-Qathelic. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Proto-QathelicOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
Aa/a/ | Áá/a:/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡ʃ/ | CH ch/t͡ʃʰ/ | Dd/d/ | Ḍḍ/dʶ/ | Éé/e:/ | Gg/ɣ/ | Hh/h/ |
Íí/i:/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/kʰ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Ṇṇ/nʶ/ | Nn/n/ | Óó/o:/ |
Pp/p/ | Qq/q/ | QH qh/qʰ/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Ṭṭ/tʶ/ | ṬH ṭh/tʰʶ/ | TH th/tʰ/ | Uu/u/, /u:/ |
Vv/β/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Đđ/ð/ | Ɨɨ/ɨ/ | Ɨ́ ɨ́/ɨ:/ | ʔ/ʔ/ | ʕ/ʁ/ | Θθ/θ/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |