Laiky [LKY]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Laiky
Laiky is one of the major languages of the Eastern Maritime cultures, particularly the Greater Laikyan Islands. Laiky and 
Tiian are considered sort of sister languages which collective control nearly all of the islands of the Raimak. Despite this, not only are they unrelated, but they are extraordinarily different in nearly every aspect, right up to the number of consonant phonemes- Tiian has 12 consonants, and 
Laiky has 34. Laiky is related to the extinct Zeikisa and (very distantly) to 
Kjonoh. It is fairly unique among the languages of Siilun, as it has trilateral roots (similar to those of Earth's Semitic languages). Its phonology is also fairly notable, as it lacks /p/ and includes pharyngeal and emphatic series. It is written in an abugida with an inherent vowel of /i/, although modern /i/ was historically */a/. Laiky's history can be traced back much farther than that of most other languages, as there are 
Ancient Railan descriptions of Laiky as it was spoken at that time, allowing for a fairly complete record of the language going back thousands of years.
Tiian are considered sort of sister languages which collective control nearly all of the islands of the Raimak. Despite this, not only are they unrelated, but they are extraordinarily different in nearly every aspect, right up to the number of consonant phonemes- Tiian has 12 consonants, and Laiky has 34. Laiky is related to the extinct Zeikisa and (very distantly) to Kjonoh. It is fairly unique among the languages of Siilun, as it has trilateral roots (similar to those of Earth's Semitic languages). Its phonology is also fairly notable, as it lacks /p/ and includes pharyngeal and emphatic series. It is written in an abugida with an inherent vowel of /i/, although modern /i/ was historically */a/. Laiky's history can be traced back much farther than that of most other languages, as there are Ancient Railan descriptions of Laiky as it was spoken at that time, allowing for a fairly complete record of the language going back thousands of years.
Sample of Laiky[view] jiwaandhikh shukul kau ci suyux ngurri / hajiimiz~ ma 7abiiyiz~ rukun 7ifarku / 7ibiy 7ibiy eannikh 7ikhalsi ghirisish
Do not go gentle into that good night, / Old age should burn and rave at close of day; / Rage, rage against the dying of the light.[view all texts]
Do not go gentle into that good night, / Old age should burn and rave at close of day; / Rage, rage against the dying of the light.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeLaiky-Kjonoh
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Proto-Laiky-Kjonoh
⤷ Proto-Laikyan
⤷ Laiky
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Proto-Laiky-Kjonoh⤷ Proto-Laikyan
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Laiky[view] About Laiky-KjonohThis family is still somewhat controversial, but acceptance of it has been growing for some of the same reasons that it was not initially seen. The two living languages from it are extremely far apart- KNO is a minority language spoken b...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m1 m: | n n: | ŋ ŋ: | |||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | (b) | t t: t:ˤ tˤ | d d: d:ˤ dˤ | k k: | g g: | ʔ ʔ: | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f2 f: | (v) | θ θ: θ:ˤ θˤ | ð ð: ð:ˤ ðˤ | s s: s:ˤ sˤ | z z: z:ˤ zˤ | ʃ ʃ: | ʒ ʒ: | x x: | ɣ ɣ: | ħ ħ: | ʕ ʕ: | h h: | |||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ t͡ʃ: | d͡ʒ d͡ʒ: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l l: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j j: | w w: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r r: | |||||||||||||||||||
- Somewhat rare
- Somewhat rare
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||
| Close-mid | [o]1 [o:]2 | |||
| Open | a a: | |||
| Polyphthongs | aʊ | aɪ |
- allophone of /u/
- allophone of /u:/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Laiky. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| LaikyOrthography | ||||||||||
| 7/ʔ/ | Aa/a/ | AA aa/a:/ | AI ai/aɪ/ | AU au/aʊ/ | Bb/b/1 | Cc/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | DE de/dˤ/ | DH dh/ð/ | DHE dhe/ðˤ/ |
| Ee/ʕ/ | Ff/f/2 | Gg/g/ | GH gh/ɣ/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | II ii/i:/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/x/ | Ll/l/ |
| Mm/m/3 | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Oo[o] | OO oo[o:] | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | SE se/sˤ/ | SH sh/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | TE te/tˤ/ |
| TH th/θ/ | THE the/θˤ/ | Uu/u/ | UU uu/u:/ | Vv/v/4 | Ww/w/ | Xx/ħ/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | ZE ze/zˤ/ | ZH zh/ʒ/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | ||||||||||
- loan words only
- Somewhat rare
- Somewhat rare
- loan words only
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