Sámaalu [SMALU]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Sámaalu
The Gímaalu, who speak Sámaalu, live in the far south of Katiin just to the east of the Łéndzans, a large mountain range seperating the Céakali from the rest of Katiin. The language is geographically disconnected from the other Zalintang languages. The language has several features which differentiate it from other Zalintang languages, notably having tone and a particularly small consonant inventory.
While definitely a South Zalintang language, it is not clearly closer to the Ginan or Pezan subgroupings. As such, many consider it to be its own branch of the South Zalintang languages, which is how it is listed here.
While definitely a South Zalintang language, it is not clearly closer to the Ginan or Pezan subgroupings. As such, many consider it to be its own branch of the South Zalintang languages, which is how it is listed here.
Language family relationships
Language treeZalintang
⤷ Proto-Zalintang
⤷ South Zalintang
⤷ Sámaalu
⤷ Proto-Zalintang
⤷ South Zalintang
⤷ Sámaalu
[view] About ZalintangMajor pre-Akalix languages of the West, still spoken in Rhana, Ginai, and large swaths of the Akalic South. Connected to the Gobi-Raimak languages in the Lintang-Raimak macrofamily.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ1 | |||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | |||||
Fricative | f | s | ɕ | x | h | |||||||
Lateral approximant | l |
- Cannot appear word-initially
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | í: ì: í ì | ú: ù: ú ù | ||
Close-mid | é: è: é è | ó: ò: ó ò | ||
Open | ɑ́: ɑ̀: ɑ́ ɑ̀ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Sámaalu. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
SámaaluOrthography | ||||||||
'/ʔ/ | Áá/ɑ́/ | Aa/ɑ̀/ | ÁÁ áá/ɑ́:/ | AA aa/ɑ̀:/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/è/ | Éé/é/ |
EE ee/è:/ | ÉÉ éé/é:/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/ì/ | Íí/í/ | II ii/ì:/ | ÍÍ íí/í:/ |
Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Óó/ó/ | Oo/ò/ | OO oo/ò:/ | ÓÓ óó/ó:/ | Pp/p/ |
Ss/s/ | Šš/ɕ/ | Tt/t/ | Úú/ú/ | Uu/ù/ | ÚÚ úú/ú:/ | UU uu/ù:/ | Xx/x/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/1 |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |
- Cannot appear word-initially