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Kalemic
'
Type
Fusional
Alignment
Nominative–accusative
Head direction
First
Tonal
No
Declensions
Yes
Conjugations
Yes
Genders
No
Nouns decline according to...
Case Number
Definiteness Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice Mood
Person Number
Tense Aspect


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General information[]

Kalemic is a language spoken by Kalemic people on Sinai peninsula,

Old Alphabets[]

Kalemic Alphabet

There are 26 letters in Kalemic, each of them has at most 4 different forms according to their position in a word.

Kalemic Name Transf. IPA Kalemic Name Transf. IPA
Alif
Alif a, ' /ʔ/ or /a/
Pal
Pal p /p/
Bat
Bat b /b/
Ṣaw
Ṣaw ṡ (sx) /sˁ/
Gom
Gom g /g/
Ra
Ra r /ɻ/
Dal
Dal d /d/
Šay
Šay š (sh) /ʃ/
Hal
Hal h /x/
Tus
Tus t /t/
Was
Was w /w/
Řon
Řon ř (rr) /r/
Zay
Zay z /z/
Ḍos
Ḍos ḍ (dx) /dˁ/
Jun
Jun j /dʒ/
Žin
Žin ž (zh) /ʒ/
Vad
Vad v /v/
Qod
Qod q /tʃ/
Yad
Yad y /j/
Fa
Fa f /f/
Kef
Kef k /k/
Sig
Sig s /s/
Lam
Lam l /l/
Ṭis
Ṭis ṭ (tx) /tˁ/
Mis
Mis m /m/
Nis
Nis n /n/

New Alphabets[]

Alphabet-New

After the reform of Kalemic orthography, the number of possible forms of alphabets has decreased. That is to say, there is more space for more alphabets.

Most of their names and pronunciations are the same, but the look is different.

Digraph[]

Also there are new digraphs: Tsayad, Dzodd, Xaf, Cud, Azinta.

Five new digraphs

Reduplication of Consonants[]

New orthography preserved the feature "reduplication of consonats" by using the indicator "Nubb". That is, once there are two "Nubb"s after a consonant, one should repeat the consonant and add a vowel /ɨ/ between the repeated consonants. This is often used for grammar need.

  • Dayete (tree), Dayett (forest)
  • Rramudad (decide), Rramudadd (decision)

Phonology[]

Consonants[]

Bilabial Labio-dental Alveolar Emphatic Alv. Post-alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/
Plosive p /p/, b /b/ t /t/, d /d/ ṭ /tˁ/, ḍ /dˁ/ k /k/, g /g/ ' /ʔ/
Fricative f /f/, v /v/ s /s/, z /z/ ṣ /sˁ/ š /ʃ/, ž /ʒ/ h /x/
Affricate q /tʃ/, j /dʒ/
Approximant r /ɻ/ y /j/ w /w/
Thrill ř /r/
Lateral app. l /l/

Vowels[]

Front Back
Close i /i/ u /ɯ/
Mid o /o/
Open a /a/

Verb[]

Verbs in Kalemic, like Arabic, are usually triliteral. Yet there are several forms derivated from the root template:

Form I[]

The most basic form of a verb. There is no difference between form I and its root.

  • t-k-t (to give birth to)
  • d-f-g (to write)
  • sh-p-zh (to kill)

Form II[]

This stem is formed by reduplicating the first consonant of the root. This form usually represents for massive scale of the verb.

  • tt-k-t (to lay (eggs))
  • dd-f-g (to research)
  • shsh-p-zh (to massacre)

Form III[]

This stem is formed by reduplicating the second consonant of the root. This form usually represents for the cause of the verb.

  • t-kk-t (to impregnant)
  • d-ff-g (to start to write)
  • sh-pp-zh (to arm)

Form IV[]

Form V[]

Vocabulary[]

Example text[]

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