East Selat / Shilas [SHLS]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersEast Selat / Shilas is spoken by a population of around 26,000,000 in Cogania/Atlantis.
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of East Selat / Shilas[view] O kass toceyel ipeyehtona utci toši ona.
I can read his mind without even talking to him.[view all texts]
I can read his mind without even talking to him.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeSakilata / Atlantic
⤷ Proto-Sakilata
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East Selat / Shilas
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East Selat / Shilas[view] About Sakilata / AtlanticLanguages in use mostly on the Atlantic Islands, as well as parts of Mexico and West Africa. Was supressed by Portuguese and Colonial German in the past but currently witnessing a revival. The biggest member of the family is the Atlantian lingua fran...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Other | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | t | k | q | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | ʂ | ɕ | χ | |||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | ʈ͡ʂ | t͡ɕ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ɫ | ||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open | a | |||
Syllable Structure(C)(C)V(C)(C), but usually much lighter
Stress informationirrelevant
Orthography
Below is the orthography for East Selat / Shilas. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| East Selat / ShilasOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||
| a Aa /a/ | e Ee /e/ | i Ii /i/ | o Oo /o/ | u Uu /u/ | p Pp pa /p/ | f Ff af /f/ | t Tt ta /t/ | s Ss as /s/ | c Cc ca /t͡s/ | š Šš ša /ʂ/ | č Čč taša /t͡ɕ/ |
| k Kk ka /k/ | q Qq qa /q/ | h Hh ah /χ/ | l Ll la /l/ | l' Ll ll all /ɫ/ | j Yy ya /j/ | m Mm ma /m/ | n Nn na /n/ | r Rr ra /r/ | š' Sš sš asša /ɕ/ | tš TŠ tš /ʈ͡ʂ/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||||
Additional NotesDouble letters mean gemination.
