Skulinga

Skulinga /səkʷəlʲənəgˤə/ [sukʷyʎinɑgˤ] is a language with one phonemic vowel, though it has many phonetic vowels. Its speakers are called Takaka Skulingavu /tˤəkˤəkˤəsəkʷəlʲənəgˤəvʷə/ [tˤɑʡɑʡɑsukʷyʎinɑgˤɒvʷ] (singular Taka Skulingavu /tˤəkˤəsəkʷəlʲənəgˤəvʷə/ [tˤɑʡɑsukʷyʎinɑgˤɒvʷ]).

Phonology
The following chart is a more manageable size and shows only the tenuis sounds.

In situations where they are not palatal consonants, but are next to a vowel which is next to a palatal or palatalized consonant, the alveolar consonants become postalveolar.

There is only one phonemic vowel: /ə/.

Phonotactics and Allophones
The phonemic vowel appears between consonants, and the vowel depends on how many secondary articulations are around it.

Vowels appear between many things, some of which are written as separate words for reading clarity.

Orthography
Non-tenuis letters are written according to this formula, from left to right:


 * letter itself
 * pharyngealization ("a" is added if pharyngealization is present)
 * palatalization ("i" is added if palatalization is present)
 * labialization ("u" is added if labialization is present)

Grammar
Plurals are indicated by reduplication of the last syllable.

The amount of spaces in the orthography does not represent what counts as a "word". Vowels appear between:


 * the letters of what are counted as words in the word list, dictionary, etc.
 * nouns and adjectives or adjectival nouns
 * verbs and adverbs or adverbial nouns

Words could be analyzed through the absence of linking vowels.

Kixitaill
The Kixitaill /kʲəxʲətˤʲələlə/ [ciçetˤʲeləl] (singular kixitail /kʲəxʲətˤʲələ/ [ciçetˤʲel]) are like gods. They exist in a parallel reality and can affect the reality of the dimension of i.e. speakers of Skulinga. Like humans, they will eventually die and fade from their reality, and when they die, the people they represent will be assimilated into other people. They can also choose to kill cultures, and even individual people, at will.

Some notable Kixitaill in the mythology of the Takaka Skulingavu include:


 * Xaicaisaisixi /xˤʲəʃˤʲəsˤʲəsʲəxʲə/ [ħʲeɕˤɛsˤʲesʲiç] - creator of the entire universe and reality itself
 * Kixitail Skulinga /kʲəxʲətˤʲələsəkʷəlʲənəgˤə/ [ciçetˤʲeləsukʷylʲinɑgˤ] - direct creator of Skulinga and the Takaka Skulingavu, also known as Skiudmanaisakaipa
 * Kixitail Xaka /kʲəxʲətˤʲələxˤəkˤə/ [ciçetˤʲelɑħɑkˤ] - indirect creator of Skulinga
 * Blaubdumu /bəlˤʷəbədʷəmʷə/ [bɒlˤʷɒbudʷumʷ] - indirect creator of Skulinga

Mythology
The Takaka Skulingavu have a creation myth for their people. They were created when Kixitail Xaka created something similar to a creation by Blaubdumu. Xaicaisaisixi mistook Skiudmanaisakaipa, who had not yet created Skulinga, for the rather dissimilar-looking Blaubdumu. It was then that Haicaisaisihi compared the creation of Kixitail Xaka to "Skulinga". Kixitail Skulinga was confused, then inspired, and created Skulinga and the Takaka Skulingavu in reference to Blaubdumu and Kixitail Xaka.