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Rokati
Rokati [ɾokʰʌt̪ʰi]
RokatiRokati [ɾokʰʌt̪ʰi]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Rokati
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The Rokati language is a language spoken by people on islands in the Pacific ocean. In Rokati, the language is also called Hamakipi'Rokati havakipi'lokati (ɦʌmʌkʰipi ɾokʰʌt̪ʰi - the Rokati language).
The Rokati language is a language spoken by people on islands in the Pacific ocean. In Rokati, the language is also called Hamakipi'Rokati havakipi'lokati (ɦʌmʌkʰipi ɾokʰʌt̪ʰi - the Rokati language).
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Language family relationships
Language treeNeonisian
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Proto-Neonisian
⤷ Divedziran
⤷ Newer Bislandian
⤷ Newer Bislandian Dialects
⤷ Rokati
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Proto-Neonisian⤷ Divedziran
⤷ Newer Bislandian
⤷ Newer Bislandian Dialects
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Rokati[view] About NeonisianLanguages in the Neonisian language family are spoken on The Islands.
Uncreative names refer to where a language is spoken (Sislandian: small island) and will change (one day (hopefully (probably not very soon (I'm so sorry you had to l...
Uncreative names refer to where a language is spoken (Sislandian: small island) and will change (one day (hopefully (probably not very soon (I'm so sorry you had to l...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | ɱ | n | ŋ | ||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t̪ʰ | d̪̥ | [k̙ʷ]1 kʰ | g | q̘ʷ | |||||||||||||
| Fricative | v | ʃ | ɦ | |||||||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /q̘ʷ/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | ɯ̹ | ||
| Close-mid | o o: | |||
| Mid | e̞ e̞: | |||
| Open-mid | ʌ ʌ: | |||
Syllable StructureEach syllable can only have one consonant and one vowel. Usually, they form CV syllables, but VC are also possible, though rare. Vowels are free to be next to each other, but the only consonants permitted to be in the coda are:
/r/ (typically pronounced /t̚C/)
/j/ (either pronounced like /ʲC/ or not at all)
consonant identical to the one that follows (pronounced as geminate; originally a plosive in coda position that assimilated to the following sound with the transition from CVC to CV syllable structure).
/r/ (typically pronounced /t̚C/)
/j/ (either pronounced like /ʲC/ or not at all)
consonant identical to the one that follows (pronounced as geminate; originally a plosive in coda position that assimilated to the following sound with the transition from CVC to CV syllable structure).
Stress informationStress either falls on the first syllable (in case of a two- or three- syllable words), or on the second syllable (in case of longer words).
OtherWhen /j/ isn't at the beginning of a word, it is reduced into /ʲ/. It is not pronounced at all at the end of a word.
The consonant /ɦ/ does not appear in front of /e/ and /i/; it was originally the voiced counterpart to /q̘ʷ/, that eventually either debuccalized to /ɦ/ or was fronted to /g/ in front of front vowels.
The combinations /ʃʌ(:)/ and /t͡ɕʌ(:)/ are illegal; /ʌ/ was originally /a/ in Proto-Rokati, but later got backed, while also bringing the preceding palatal consonants with it (/ʃ/ > /ɦ/, /t͡ɕ/ > /t̪ʰ/, /d͡ʑ/ > /d̪̥/). It is unclear why <čaňa> /t͡ɕʌŋʌ/ (to see) survived.
Another illegal combination is /t͡si/, because original /t͡si/ palatalized into /t͡ɕi/. Rarely, it can appear when /i/ is a result of original /u/ brought forward to modern /ɯ̹/ and then shifted to /i/ by a following palatal. Voiced /d͡z/ wasn't affected, for unknown reasons.
The sound written <š> is /ʃ/ and not /ɕ/, as one might expect with the presence of /t͡ɕ/ and /d͡ʑ/; that is because it comes from a combination of /l/ preceded/followed by a plosive (or other consonats, occasionally), which developed into /ɬ/ and only relatively recently started shifting towards /ʃ/ through /ʃ̠~ʂ/. It is likely, however, that it will eventually develop into /ɕ/.
The voiceless bilabial is typically not aspirated in formal speech, unlike the other voiceless plosives; this is due to a hypercorrection, as original /pʰ/ started to lenite to /p͡ɸ~ɸ~f/ and many educated people perceived it as a mitake to be avoided.
The consonant /ɦ/ does not appear in front of /e/ and /i/; it was originally the voiced counterpart to /q̘ʷ/, that eventually either debuccalized to /ɦ/ or was fronted to /g/ in front of front vowels.
The combinations /ʃʌ(:)/ and /t͡ɕʌ(:)/ are illegal; /ʌ/ was originally /a/ in Proto-Rokati, but later got backed, while also bringing the preceding palatal consonants with it (/ʃ/ > /ɦ/, /t͡ɕ/ > /t̪ʰ/, /d͡ʑ/ > /d̪̥/). It is unclear why <čaňa> /t͡ɕʌŋʌ/ (to see) survived.
Another illegal combination is /t͡si/, because original /t͡si/ palatalized into /t͡ɕi/. Rarely, it can appear when /i/ is a result of original /u/ brought forward to modern /ɯ̹/ and then shifted to /i/ by a following palatal. Voiced /d͡z/ wasn't affected, for unknown reasons.
The sound written <š> is /ʃ/ and not /ɕ/, as one might expect with the presence of /t͡ɕ/ and /d͡ʑ/; that is because it comes from a combination of /l/ preceded/followed by a plosive (or other consonats, occasionally), which developed into /ɬ/ and only relatively recently started shifting towards /ʃ/ through /ʃ̠~ʂ/. It is likely, however, that it will eventually develop into /ɕ/.
The voiceless bilabial is typically not aspirated in formal speech, unlike the other voiceless plosives; this is due to a hypercorrection, as original /pʰ/ started to lenite to /p͡ɸ~ɸ~f/ and many educated people perceived it as a mitake to be avoided.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Rokati. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| RokatiOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| '// | Aa/ʌ/ | Āā/ʌ:/ | Bb/b/ | Čč/t͡ɕ/ | Cc/t͡s/ | Dd/d̪̥/ | Ēē/e̞:/ | Ee/e̞/ | Gg/g/ |
| Hh/ɦ/ | Īī/i:/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/kʰ/ | Mm/ɱ/ | Nn/n/ | Ňň/ŋ/ | Oo/o/ | Ōō/o:/ |
| Pp/p/ | Qq/q̘ʷ/, [k̙ʷ] | Rr/ɾ/ | Šš/ʃ/ | Tt/t̪ʰ/ | Uu/ɯ̹/ | Zz/d͡z/ | Žž/d͡ʑ/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
Additional NotesThe character ' is used to seperate the root word form the endings.
Even though the distinction between /r/ and /l/ is usually regular, sometimes, it is not clear, so <l> is used for /l/ to distinguish between words written the same but pronounced differently.
Even though the distinction between /r/ and /l/ is usually regular, sometimes, it is not clear, so <l> is used for /l/ to distinguish between words written the same but pronounced differently.
