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kwano
kwano [kwanɒ]
kwanokwano [kwanɒ]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About kwano
A language for a book I'm writing, mainly exists as a phonological database to name characters and places with, but is aiming for a semi-functional level.
It is a global language, with there only being 2 other living languages,
Rralthlarr and Sauikou.
There is a conscript for kwano, but it doesn't have a fully accurate font since it's an abugida script, you can find it in my article "kwano's conscript".
kwano is a global language that is spoken in all but 2 countries - Rralthlarr and Souikai. It originally formed as an amalgamation of languages in a town called Tasui - a major trading port - and eventually underwent a major reform early in the 3rd Era and became what it is today.
It is a global language, with there only being 2 other living languages,
Rralthlarr and Sauikou. There is a conscript for kwano, but it doesn't have a fully accurate font since it's an abugida script, you can find it in my article "kwano's conscript".
kwano is a global language that is spoken in all but 2 countries - Rralthlarr and Souikai. It originally formed as an amalgamation of languages in a town called Tasui - a major trading port - and eventually underwent a major reform early in the 3rd Era and became what it is today.
Language family relationships
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kwano[view] About kwano - treekwano and its dialects, is in it's own tree because it was a language that replaced the other languages, and is consequently related to most languages that where spoken at the time.
It shares close relation to the Northern Quiebrilumia languages, bu...
It shares close relation to the Northern Quiebrilumia languages, bu...
[edit] [view] kwano(F) (Common (Fire))Mostly the same as the main dialect, but consonant cluster is pronounced with a glottal stop between the consonants, instead of being combined. While this sometimes happens in the main dialect, the glottal stop is almost always between consecutive consonants in this dialect.
Such as [tɾ] being [tʔɾ]
If there is a double z, like in izzako, it can be pronounced as [θ] despite it not being a kwano sound
Also spoken in some parts of Nijou
This is also the dialect favoured by people from Rralthhlarr
Such as [tɾ] being [tʔɾ]
If there is a double z, like in izzako, it can be pronounced as [θ] despite it not being a kwano sound
Also spoken in some parts of Nijou
This is also the dialect favoured by people from Rralthhlarr
[edit] [view] kwano(s) (Common (Steam))The dialect spoken in the Steam Region. This dialect uses mostly the same grammar, however the primary word order in this dialect is OSV. The primary dialect uses SVO, with SOV also being common, as there is a relatively free word order.
So this dialect can be difficult to understand for most speakers due to the reversed word order, which affects some aspects of the grammar.
So this dialect can be difficult to understand for most speakers due to the reversed word order, which affects some aspects of the grammar.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ1 | |||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | z | ʑ | (x) | h | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | [l]2 | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w3 | ||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
| Blends | tw | dw | pw | kw | bw | zw | ɾw | mw | hw | lw |
| fw | nw | sw | gw |
- Although used to differentiate certain words, is not used in writing.
- allophone of /ɾ/
- Only used in a specific syllable structure, cannot be used like the other consonants.
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | |||
| Open | a | ɒ | ||
| Polyphthongs | au | ɒi | ai | ei | ɒu |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for kwano. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| kwanoOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa Aa /a/ | Bb Bb /b/ | Dd Dd /d/ | Ee Ee /e/ | Ff Ff /f/ | Gg Gg /g/ | Hh Hh /h/ | Ii Ii /i/ | Kk Kk /k/ | Mm Mm /m/ |
| Nn Nn /n/ | Oo Oo /ɒ/ | Pp Pp /p/ | Rr Rr /ɾ/ | Ss Ss /s/ | Tt Tt /t/ | Uu Uu /u/ | Xx Xx /x/1 | Yy Yy /j/ | Zz Zz /z/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- loan words only
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
Pronouns in kwano
In particular its hivemind pronoun
07-Apr-20 20:59Time/Units in kwano
Summary for how units of time are defined in kwano
03-Aug-19 12:34History of kwano
The history for how kwano was developed in Quiebrilumia
31-Jul-19 21:06kwano's conscript 19-Jul-19 17:47
Animal Distinctions in kwano 18-Jul-19 23:19
Difference of "Irregular" and "Exception" Verbs in kwano
What defines a verb as irregular or exception
04-Apr-19 15:42A Bit About kwano's Verb Conjugation
What it says on the tin
15-Feb-19 17:31kwano's Number System
How the number system works in kwano
04-Feb-19 17:04
