Khélic [KLC]
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Language type
Mixed
Place & SpeakersKhélic is spoken by a population of 12,631,141 in HNQ.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Khélic
Khélic is an official language of Na Khélí alongside Kavrinian, which is also its closest linguistic relative. The language described is Written Standard Khélic or Standard Khélic, which is the language used in media and literature
Khélic refers to a dialect continuum spoken on the west coast region of Nekhéli where most Khél reside. Contrary to popular belief, Khélic is generally used by Western Khél and Eastern Khél who have integrated into the Western Khél household. Most of the Non-Khél population use their local language or the lingua franca, Kavrinian.
Khélic refers to a dialect continuum spoken on the west coast region of Nekhéli where most Khél reside. Contrary to popular belief, Khélic is generally used by Western Khél and Eastern Khél who have integrated into the Western Khél household. Most of the Non-Khél population use their local language or the lingua franca, Kavrinian.
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Phonology
Consonants | Dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | ||||||
Nasal | n | ɲ | ||||||||||
Plosive | t | k | ||||||||||
Fricative | [θ:]1 | s | ɕ | x [x:]2 | ||||||||
Affricate | t̪͡θ | |||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||
Approximant | j | (ʍ) |
- Allophone of /θ/ when intervocalic.
- Allophone of /x/ when intervocalic.
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | [i]1 i: | |||||
Close-mid | ɘ | ɤ | ||||
Mid | ə | |||||
Open-mid | [ɛ]2 ɛ: | |||||
Open | a |
- Allophone of /iː/ when unstressed.
- Allophone of /ɛː/ when unstressed.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Khélic. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
KhélicOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
Aa/a/ | AI ai/ɛ:/ | Ee/ə/ | Éé/ɛ:/, [ɛ]1 | EI ei/ɘ/ | Ii/ɘ/ | Íí/i:/, [i]2 | Kk/k/ | KH kh/x/, [x:]3 | Ll/l/ |
LH lh/j/ | Nn/ɲ/ | NH nh/n/ | Oo/ɤ/ | Ss/s/ | SH sh/ɕ/ | Tt/t/ | TH th/t̪͡θ/, [θ:]4 | Uu/ʍ/5 | Yy/j/ |
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- Allophone of /ɛː/ when unstressed.
- Allophone of /iː/ when unstressed.
- Allophone of /x/ when intervocalic.
- Allophone of /θ/ when intervocalic.
- loan words only