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Akəla | |||||||||||||
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Type | analytical | ||||||||||||
Alignment | Direct Alignment | ||||||||||||
Head direction | |||||||||||||
Tonal | No | ||||||||||||
Declensions | No | ||||||||||||
Conjugations | No | ||||||||||||
Genders | None | ||||||||||||
Nouns decline according to... | |||||||||||||
Case | Number | ||||||||||||
Definiteness | Gender | ||||||||||||
Verbs conjugate according to... | |||||||||||||
Voice | Mood | ||||||||||||
Person | Number | ||||||||||||
Tense | Aspect | ||||||||||||
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Progress | 5% | ||||||||||||
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Creator | Sgt Haleakala |
Classification and Dialects
It is one of the many rich and vibrant languages of the planet Jaalvar, which is known by the Acali tribe as Foneva. Acala is believed to be a language isolate.
Mythology
Legend has it that the language descended down from the heavens on Creation Day. It was gifted to mortals from Nalacila, the god of language.
Phonology
Consonants
Labial* | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
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Nasal |
m | n | ɲ | |||||
Stop | Voiceless | p | t | c ~ k ~ q | ||||
Voiced | b | d | ɟ ~ g ~ ɢ | |||||
Fricative | Voiceless | f | θ | s | ç ~ x ~ χ ~ h | |||
Voiced | v | ð | z | ʝ ~ ɣ ~ ʁ ~ ɦ | ||||
Approximant | Medial | ɹ | ||||||
Lateral | l |
*Includes Bilabial and Labio-Dental
Vowels
Front | Back | |
---|---|---|
Close | i | u |
Mid | e̞ | o̞ |
Near-open | a ~ ɑ | |
Open |
Phonotactics
Two consonants in a row should be avoided. Words always end in a vowel.
Writing System
Uppercase Letter | Lowercase Letter | IPA value |
---|---|---|
A | a | a ~ ɑ |
B | β |
b |
C | c | c ~ k ~ q |
Δ | δ | d |
E | e | e̞ |
F | f | f |
G | g | ɟ ~ g ~ ɢ |
H | h | ç ~ x ~ χ ~ h |
I | i | i |
L | l |
l |
M | m | m |
N | n | n |
Ñ | ñ | ɲ |
O | o | o̞ |
P | p | p |
R | r | ɹ |
S | s | s |
T | t | t |
U | u | u |
V | v | v |
Y | y | ʝ ~ ɣ ~ ʁ ~ ɦ |
Z | z | z |
Þ | þ | θ |
Ð | ð | ð |
Grammar
Nouns
Nouns don't have cases.
Verbs
Verbs aren't conjugated.
Syntax
Acala word order is SVO (Subject Verb Object).
Lexicon
Acala Word |
English Word |
Part of Speech | sound changes | |
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ceu |
light, pale; solar; yellow, white |
Adjective | ||
day, sun, light, sunlight | Noun | |||
to brighten, turn pale, shine | Verb | |||
ti | sky | Noun | ||
blue, gray | Adjective | |||
lo |
plant, vegetation |
Noun | ||
to plant |
Verb | |||
green, brown | Adjective | |||
ni | in | Preposition | ||
le |
house, home, habitat, a dwelling |
Noun | ||
to dwell | Verb | |||
lole | treehouse | Noun | plant + house | |
agau |
song |
Noun | ||
To sing | Verb | |||
δu | to give, gift | Verb | ||
gift | Noun | |||
ceþa |
water, beverage |
Noun | ||
to water (a plant) | Verb | |||
lei |
dark, black |
Adjective | ||
night, darkness | Noun | |||
to darken | Verb | |||
riδa | time | Noun | ||
luna |
star, nightlight, moon, constellation |
Noun | dark + light | |
lunar, stellar | Adjective | |||
ceulei | solar eclipse | Noun | light+dark | |
fiþaluna | lunar eclipse | Noun | fire+moon | |
ha |
food |
Noun | ||
guca | to feed | Verb | give + food | d → ɟ
ç → ∅ i → ∅ |
hani | to eat | Verb |
food + in |
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ceþani | to drink | Verb | beverage + in | |
se | to need | Verb | ||
a need | Noun | |||
seha | hunger | Noun | need + food | |
seceþa | thirst | Noun | need + water | |
zei |
speed |
Noun | ||
quick, fast | Adjective | |||
quickly | Adverb | |||
to hurry | Verb | |||
deñe |
speech |
Noun | ||
to talk, converse, have a conversation |
Verb | |||
ðire |
love |
Noun |
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to love | Verb | |||
ci | permission | Noun | ||
to allow, let, enable, give permission |
Verb | |||
aδiβa | non-cute animal | Noun | ||
loli | cute animal | Noun | ||
cute | Adjective | |||
miu | cute animal noise (meow, woof) | Particle | ||
ca | mind, head | Noun | ||
main, leading |
Adjective | |||
to control, steer, rule, lead | Verb | |||
oco | eyes | Noun | ||
to look, see | Verb | |||
ocular | Adjective | |||
fiþa | flame | Noun | ||
to light (on fire) | Verb | |||
red, orange; flammable | Adjective | |||
halao | any part of a plant that is edible | Noun | food + plant | |
laohica | fertilizer, anything a plant needs to live | Noun | plant + food | |
biero | hatred | Noun | ||
to hate, despise | Verb | |||
yoi | object, thing | Noun | ||
raha | bad, evil, foul, terrible, dirty, corrupt, toxic, crazy, drunk | Adjective | ||
to dirty, turn evil, corrupt, intoxicate | Verb | |||
evil, devil, demon, dirt, filth, pollution, disease, poison, lunatic | Noun | |||
makes a word derogatory | Particle | |||
guδa | good, just | Adjective | ||
good, angel |
Noun | |||
fiati | sunrise, sunset | Noun | fire + sky | θ → ∅ |
peño | toe, foot, leg; a walk | Noun | ||
to walk | Verb | |||
añe | finger, hand, arm | Noun | ||
Example text
Acala:
Hele hani ha. Hele ceþani ceþa.
Transliteration:
I food in food. I water in water.
Translation:
I eat food. I drink water.