Kárux
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Kárux (IPA: kˈaːruʃ, formerly written as: Kááruš) is a developing constructed language. The first version of the language is of 1998, in 2008 the language got a new orthography making it easier to write.
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[edit] Phonology
[edit] Consonants
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p b | t d | c | k g | ʔ | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||
| Fricative | f | s z | ʃ ʒ | h | |||
| Approximant | r | j | w | ||||
| Lateral approximant | l |
[edit] Vowels
| Monophthongs | Short | Long | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Back | Central | Front | Back | |
| Close | i | u | iː | uː | |
| Mid | e | o | ə | eː | oː |
| Open | æ | a | æː | aː | |
[edit] Orthography
| Symbol | IPA | Example | Translation | Former orthography | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | a | ackora | farm land | a(a) | aačkorra |
| á | aː | áta | earth | á(á) | ááta |
| b | b | búna | forest | b | búúna |
| c | c | ciptuq | to whistle | č | čiipptuŋ |
| d | d | déjata | wire | d(d) | dééjata |
| e | e | eqluc | holy | e(e) | eeŋluč |
| é | eː | érå | year | é(é) | éérrə |
| f | f | fjuqkåc | big, large | f | fjuuŋkəč |
| g | g | gás | good | g | gáás |
| h | h | harc | old | h | haarrč |
| i | i | i | in | i(i) | ii |
| í | iː | írlena | Ireland | í(í) | ÍÍrrlena |
| j | j | jý | yes | j | jœœ |
| k | k | kalc | bald | k(h)/c(h) | kaalč |
| l | l | lúc | silent | l | lúúč |
| m | m | mýna | human | m | mœœna |
| n | n | nyj | no | n | nææj |
| o | o | os | eight | o(o) | oos |
| ó | oː | ónuq | to own | ó(ó) | óónuŋ |
| p | p | prís | price | p(p) | prríís |
| q | ŋ | qéjå | eng (a letter) | ŋ | ŋééjə |
| r | r | roluq | to roll | r(r) | rooluŋ |
| s | s | so | so | s/c | soo |
| t | t | téluq | to count | t | tééluŋ |
| u | u | ulúc | not silent | u(u) | uulúč |
| ú | uː | únaguq | to paint | ú(ú) | úúnaguŋ |
| v | ʒ | váldina | garden | ž/ç | žáálddina |
| w | w | wílcuq | to work | v/w | víílčuŋ |
| x | ʃ | xulu | sorry | š | šuulu |
| y | æ | ygac | own | æ(æ) | æægač |
| ý | æː | i-`ýga | lonely | œ(œ) | i_œœga |
| z | z | zála | room | z | záála |
| - | ʔ | rómani-a | Romania | _(_) | Rómaani_a |
| å | ə | wå-'ýrta | atlas of the world | ə(ə) | və_œœrrta |
| ' | used when the stress is not on the first syllable | i n'ýjplac | nowhere | nothing, stress was indicated by doubling vowels | i nœœjplač |
