Kayosian [QYS]
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Kayosian
Qayosi [qajosi]*
KayosianQayosi [qajosi]*
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kayosian
Kayosian is an endangered language isolate spoken in central Siberia. Often considered a Paleosiberian language, Kayosian is polysynthetic and makes an animacy distinction in its noun declension system.
Sample of Kayosian[view] Ćayuditila era ośonte. Ćakweriti era oweskwaþka.
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.[view all texts]
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | t | d | k kʷ | g gʷ | q | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | θ | s sʷ | ɕ | ʑ | x | h | ||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open | a | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kayosian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 KayosianOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Ćć/t͡ɕ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Gg/g/ | GW gw/gʷ/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/d͡ʑ/ | Kk/k/ |
| KW kw/kʷ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NY ny/ɲ/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/q/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ |
| Śś/ɕ/ | SW sw/sʷ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | Źź/ʑ/ | Þþ/θ/ | Ħħ/x/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
