Kanatsutluk [QNCLQ]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kanatsutluk
The language based loosely on the phonology of Inuktitut. Vocabulary is apriori. It features relatively few consonants and only three vowels, loose syntax and some ambiguous terms that are determined (can you guess?) by context.
Language fictional universe: Kanatsołok (Qanaacołoq) is spoken in the Northern Dries area of the Kynock Bay inlet. It is native to the capitol port, Kynock, and is used as a lengua franca for the entire region.
Language fictional universe: Kanatsołok (Qanaacołoq) is spoken in the Northern Dries area of the Kynock Bay inlet. It is native to the capitol port, Kynock, and is used as a lengua franca for the entire region.
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Phonology
Consonants | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | ||||||||
Nasal | [ɱ]1 | n̪ | [ɲ]2 | [ɴ]3 | ||||||||||||
Plosive | t̪ | q | ʔ4 | |||||||||||||
Fricative | s | [ç]5 | x6 | ʁ | ||||||||||||
Affricate | t͡s7 | t͡ɬ | ||||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | ʋ | j |
- Only in digraph <vv>, allophone of /ʋ/
- Only in digraph <nj>, allophone of /n̪/
- Only in digraph <nq>, allophone of /n̪/
- All word initial and word final vowels have an unmarked [ʔ].
- Only in digraph <hj>, allophone of /x/
- Used between word boundaries after consonant deletion.
- Romanisation varies between <c> and <ts>. Older writings have <ts> inter-vocally only.
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | [i̯]1 | |||||
Close-mid | [ɤ]2 | o o: | ||||
Mid | ə ə: | |||||
Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: |
Polyphthongs | əo | ɛə | oə | oɛ | ɛo | əɛ3 |
- Occurs in diphthongs <aj>, <ej>, and <oj>, allophone of /j/
- Occasionally before q, allophone of /o/
- Sometimes realised as [əe]
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kanatsutluk. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
KanatsutlukOrthography | ||||||||
'/ʔ/1 | Aa/ə/ | AA aa/ə:/ | AE ae/əɛ/2 | AO ao/əo/ | Cc/t͡s/3 | Ee/ɛ/ | EA ea/ɛə/ | EE ee/ɛ:/ |
EO eo/ɛo/ | HJ hj[ç]4 | Jj/j/ | Ll/ɬ/ | Nn/n̪/ | NJ nj[ɲ]5 | NQ nq[ɴ]6 | Oo/o/ | OA oa/oə/ |
OE oe/oɛ/ | OO oo/o:/ | Qq/q/ | Rr/ʁ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t̪/ | Vv/ʋ/ | VV vv[ɱ]7 | Łł/t͡ɬ/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |
- All word initial and word final vowels have an unmarked [ʔ].
- Sometimes realised as [əe]
- Romanisation varies between <c> and <ts>. Older writings have <ts> inter-vocally only.
- Only in digraph <hj>
- Only in digraph <nj>
- Only in digraph <nq>.
- Only in digraph <vv>