Conlang
Advertisement

</nowiki>




Progress 4%
Akəla
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
Meta-information
Progress 5%
Statistics
Nouns 0%
Verbs 0%
Adjectives 0%
Syntax 17%
Words 40 of 250
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

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
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
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
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
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

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

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.

Advertisement