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! colspan="2" |Postalveolar
! colspan="2" |Postalveolar
! colspan="2" |Palatal
! colspan="2" |Palatal
! colspan="2" |Velar
! colspan="2" |Velar/Uvular
! colspan="2" |Guttural
! colspan="2" |Guttural
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!Nasal
!Nasal
|ɱ (m)
|ɱ (m)
|ɱ̃ (mv)<ref>Narealized consonants are distinguished from consonants preceding /v/ by putting a period before the /v/ in the latter case.</ref>
|ɱ̃ (mm)
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|ñ (nv)
|ñ (nn)
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|ɲ (ñ)
|ɲ (ñ)
|ɲ̃ (ñv)
|ɲ̃ (ññ)
|ŋ (ń)
|ŋ (ń)
|ŋ̃ (ńv)
|ŋ̃ (ńń)
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! rowspan="2" |Stop
! rowspan="2" |Stop
|p
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|p̃ (pv)
|p̃ (pp)
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|t
|t
|t̃ (tv)
|t̃ (tt)
|t͡ʃ (c)
|t͡ʃ (c)
|t͠ʃ (cv)
|t͠ʃ (cc)
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|k~q
|k~q
|k̃~q̃ (kv)
|k̃~q̃ (kk)
|ʔ (’)
|ʔ
|ʔ̃ (’v)
|ʔ̃ (ʔʔ)
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|b
|b
|b̃ (bv)
|b̃ (bb)
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|d
|d
|d̃ (dv)
|d̃ (dd)
|d͡ʒ (j)
|d͡ʒ (j)
|d͠ʒ (jv)
|d͠ʒ (jj)
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|g
|g
|g̃ (gv)
|g̃ (gg)
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! rowspan="2" |Fricative
! rowspan="2" |Fricative
|f
|f
|f̃ (fv)
|f̃ (ff)
|θ (þ)
|θ (þ)
|θ̰<ref name=":0">The tilde diacritic is placed below symbols where it is difficult to see above. This does not indicate creaky voice.</ref> (þv)
|θ̰<ref name=":0">The tilde diacritic is placed below symbols where it is difficult to see above. This does not indicate creaky voice.</ref> (þþ)
|s
|s
|s̃ (sv)
|s̃ (ss)
|ʃ (ś)
|ʃ (ś)
|ʃ̃ (śv)
|ʃ̃ (śś)
|ʎ̥˔ (ł)
|ʎ̥˔ (ł)
|ʎ̥̃˔ (łv)
|ʎ̥̃˔ (łł)
|x
|x
|x̃ (xv)
|x̃ (xx)
|h
|h
|h̃ (hv)
|h̃ (hh)
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|v
|v
|ṽ (vv)
|ṽ (vv)
|ð
|ð
|ð̰<ref name=":0" /> (ðv)
|ð̰<ref name=":0" /> (ðð)
|z
|z
|z̃ (zv)
|z̃ (zz)
|ʒ (ź)
|ʒ (ź)
|ʒ̃ (źv)
|ʒ̃ (źź)
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!Approximant
!Approximant
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|w̃ (wv)
|w̃ (ww)
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|l
|l̃ (lv)
|l̃ (ll)
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|j (y)
|j (y)
|j̃ (yv)
|j̃ (yy)
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|ɾ (r)
|ɾ (r)
|ɾ̃ (rv)
|ɾ̃ (rr)
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|ʀ (ŕ)
|ʀ̃ (ŕŕ)
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|ʀ̃ (rrv)
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!Click
!Click
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|ᵏʇˀ (t!)
|ᵏʇˀ (t!)
|ᵏʇ̰ˀ<ref name=":0" /> (t!v)
|ᵏʇ̰ˀ (tt!)
|ᵏ!¡ˀ (r!)
|ᵏ!¡ˀ (r!)
|ᵏ!̰¡ˀ<ref name=":0" /> (r!v)
|ᵏ!̰¡ˀ (rr!)
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|𐞥ǂˀ (q!)
|𐞥ǂˀ<ref name=":1">/𐞥ǂˀ/ is a palatovelar click [𐞥ǂ̈ˀ]</ref> (q!)
|𐞥ǂ̃ˀ (q!v)
|𐞥ǂ̃ˀ<ref name=":1" /> (qq!)
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[[File:Iskel vowel chart.png|thumb|265x265px|Iskel vowel qualities]]
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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!Back
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!Close
!High
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|u
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!Near Close
!Mid
| colspan="2" |ɪ (ie)<ref name=":1">/ie/, /eo/, and /ao/ are ⟨i.e⟩, ⟨e.o⟩, ⟨a.o⟩.</ref>
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!Close-Mid
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|ə
|o
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!Mid
!Low
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|ə (eo)<ref name=":1" />
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!Open-Mid
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|ɑ (ao)<ref name=":1" />
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Revision as of 17:51, 28 November 2024

Iskel
Language familylanguage isolate
Early form(s)Lanesil
Writing systemLatin
Iskelan script
Official status
Spoken inJuya Gwaña
Speaker
DemonymIskelan
EndonymÍskelam
Number of speakers0
Technical information
Usagenative language
Language codeISK
Iskel's flag

Iskel (ɪsᴋ: [ískel~ísqel], ᴇɴɢ: /ˈɪskəl/) is Suqi's first conlang (begun in 2018). It has influence from Italian, Spanish, Korean, English, and Latin, hence the name. It's a non-naturalistic analytic and agglutinative language. It was intended to be a more efficient way of conveying information where English struggles to in terms of nuance, ambiguity, and regularity. In Nguhcraft, it is an official language of Suqi's primary base Juya Gwaña (which means "ocean cluster" in Iskel).

Phonology

Iskel's phonology was initially a combination of English and Spanish. That is still reflected, but it was expanded as Suqi learned more about linguistics.

Iskel is a pitch-accent language. Every polysyllabic word has a primary stress. Secondary stress may also occur, but it's not obligatory. If it does occur, it can only happen to one syllable, however. Primary stress is marked by a high tone (acute accent in romanization), secondary stress is marked by a mid tone (grave accent in romanization). No stress is marked by a low tone. If primary stress is on the penultimate syllable, it doesn't get written.

One unique feature Iskel has is "narealization", which is essentially the scrunching of the nostrils during a consonant's pronunciation. If emphasized, it may result in nareal frication. This feature, which can occur on every consonant, is primarily for visual communication, but it can be done strongly enough to be heard if needed. Narealization will be transcribed in IPA with the nasalization diacritic (the tilde) since Iskel does not have nasalization.

Iskel has no gemination, no allophony, and no phonotactical limits. The latter two features were to increase vocal flexibility for those who regularly speak the language (and it works).

Labial Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar/Uvular Guttural
Plain Nareal Plain Nareal Plain Nareal Plain Nareal Plain Nareal Plain Nareal Plain Nareal
Nasal ɱ (m) ɱ̃ (mm) n ñ (nn) ɲ (ñ) ɲ̃ (ññ) ŋ (ń) ŋ̃ (ńń)
Stop p p̃ (pp) t t̃ (tt) t͡ʃ (c) t͠ʃ (cc) k~q k̃~q̃ (kk) ʔ ʔ̃ (ʔʔ)
b b̃ (bb) d d̃ (dd) d͡ʒ (j) d͠ʒ (jj) g g̃ (gg)
Fricative f f̃ (ff) θ (þ) θ̰[1] (þþ) s s̃ (ss) ʃ (ś) ʃ̃ (śś) ʎ̥˔ (ł) ʎ̥̃˔ (łł) x x̃ (xx) h h̃ (hh)
v ṽ (vv) ð ð̰[1] (ðð) z z̃ (zz) ʒ (ź) ʒ̃ (źź)
Approximant w w̃ (ww) l l̃ (ll) j (y) j̃ (yy)
Vibrant ɾ (r) ɾ̃ (rr) ʀ (ŕ) ʀ̃ (ŕŕ)
Click ᵏʇˀ (t!) ᵏʇ̰ˀ (tt!) ᵏ!¡ˀ (r!) ᵏ!̰¡ˀ (rr!) 𐞥ǂˀ[2] (q!) 𐞥ǂ̃ˀ[2] (qq!)
Iskel vowel qualities
Front Central Back
High i ɪ u
Mid e ə o
Low a ɐ ɑ
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The tilde diacritic is placed below symbols where it is difficult to see above. This does not indicate creaky voice.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 /𐞥ǂˀ/ is a palatovelar click [𐞥ǂ̈ˀ]

Morphology

Syntax

Script

Lexicon

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