Karaalani language
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Karaalani | |
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Karaalan, Karaalanish | |
Pronunciation | // |
Native to |
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Region | Slavic Belt in Thuadia |
Ethnicity | Karaalani Slavs |
Native speakers | L1: 17,980,000 L2: 1,200,000- FL: 25,000 |
Thuado-Thrismaran languages
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Early form | |
Standard forms | Eastern Karaalani
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Dialects |
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Govoric Script Protopolyash script | |
Official status | |
Official language in |
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Recognised minority language in |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | KR |
ISO 639-2 | KRA |
ISO 639-3 | KRA |
Distribution of the language Absolute majority >30% of native speakers | |
The Karaalani language is a [placeholder]-Slavic Pidgin language, which arose from [placeholder] merchants and traveler going into whats modern day Monte Blanco, Mustelaria, and settling in the area. The language is co-official in the Karaalani region of Monte Blanco, Mustelaria, and the 4th most spoken langauge in Mustelaria.
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||
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Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | t͡s | t͡ʃ | k |
voiced | b | d | d͡z | d͡ʒ | ||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | x | |
voiced | z | ʒ | ɣ | |||
Nasal | m | n | ||||
Approximant | ʋ | l~ɫ | j | |||
Rhotic | ɾ |
Vowels
Front | Central | back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | ɛ | ɤ | o |
Open | a |
Vowels | Harmony | ||
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type 1 | type 2 | ||
Front | i, ɛ | ɛ | i |
Back | a, ɤ | ɤ | a |
Round | o, u | u |
A - vowel harmony type 2 is used in some affixes like the clitic genitive pronouns and others.
Writing System
Karaalani officially uses the Govoric script but it also has adapdet co-official Protopolyash and Latin forms.
А а | Б б | В в | Г г | Д д | Е е | Ж ж | З з |
И и | Й й | К к | Л л | М м | Н н | О о | П п |
Р р | С с | Т т | У у | Ф ф | Х х | Ц ц | Ч ч |
Ш ш | Щ щ | Ъ ъ | Ь ь | Ѣ ѣ | Ю ю | Я я |
Order | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 32 | |
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Cyrillic upper case | А | Б | В | Г | Д | Е | Ж | З | И | Й | К | Л | М | Н | О | П | Р | С | Т | У | Ф | Х | Ц | Ч | Ш | Щ | Ъ | Ь | Ѣ | Ю | Я | Дж | Дз | |
Cyrillic lower case | а | б | в | г | д | е | ж | з | и | й | к | л | м | н | о | п | р | с | т | у | ф | х | ц | ч | ш | щ | ъ | ь | ѣ | ю | я | дж | дз | |
Protopolyash upper case | Ⲁ | Ⲃⲃ | Ⲃ | Ⲅ | Ⲇ | Ⲉ | Ⲋ | Ⲍ | Ⲏ | Ⲓ | Ⲕ | Ⲗ | Ⲙ | Ⲛ | Ⲟ | Ⲡ | Ⲣ | Ⲥ | Ⲧ | Ⲩ | Ⲫ | Ⲭ | Ⲯ | Ϫ | Ϣ | Ϣⲧ | Ϩ | Ⲓ | - | Ⲓⲩ | Ⲓⲁ | Ⲇⲋ | Ⲇⲍ | |
Protopolyash lower case | ⲁ | ⲃⲃ | ⲃ | ⲅ | ⲇ | ⲉ | ⲋ | ⲍ | ⲏ | ⲓ | ⲕ | ⲗ | ⲙ | ⲛ | ⲟ | ⲡ | ⲣ | ⲥ | ⲧ | ⲩ | ⲫ | ⲭ | ⲯ | ϫ | ϣ | ϣⲧ | ϩ | ⲓ | - | ⲓⲩ | ⲓⲁ | ⲇⲋ | ⲇⲍ | |
Latin upper case | A | B | V | G | D | E | Ž | Z | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | F | H | C | Č | Š | Št | Y | J | - | JU | JA | Dž | Dz | |
Latin lower case | a | b | v | g | d | e | ž | z | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | r | s | t | u | f | h | c | č | š | št | y | j | - | ju | ja | dž | dz | |
IPA sound | a | b | ʋ | ɣ | d | ɛ | ʒ | z | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | ɾ | s | t | u | f | h | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ʃ | ʃt | ɤ | ◌ʲ | ja/ɛ | ju | ja | d͡ʒ | d͡z |
Grammar
Pronouns
Number and Person | Nominative | Dative / Locative 1/2 | Genitive | Accusitive | Instrumental- Commitative |
Abessive | ||||||
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stressed | clitic dat. | clitic loc. | stressed | clitic | stressed | clitic | ||||||
Singular | First | Я | Мену | -'мА2 | -'мАн | Мой / Моя / Мое | -'мА2 | Мен(е) | -'мА | Менем | Менез | |
Second | informal | Ти | Тебу | -'тА2 | -'тАн | Твой / Твоя / Твое | -'тА2 | Теб(е) | -'тА | Тебем | Тебез | |
formal | Вие | Васу | -'вА2 | -'вАн | Ваш / Ваша / Ваше | -'вА2 | Вас | -'вА | Васам | Васаз | ||
Third | Тон | Негу | -'гА2 | -'гАн | Негов / Негова / Негово | -'мА | Него | -'гА | Негом | Негоз | ||
Plural | First | Ние | Насу | -'нА2 | -'нАн | Наш / Наша / Наше | -'нА2 | Нас | -'нА | Насам | Насаз | |
Second | Вие | Васу | -'вА2 | -'вАн | Ваш / Ваша / Ваше | -'вА2 | Вас | -'вА | Васам | Васаз | ||
Third | Тѣх | Тѣху | -'гА2 | -'тАн | Тѣхен / Тѣхна / Тѣхно | -'(А2)м | Тѣх | -'гА | Тѣхем | Тѣхез | ||
Self | Себеси | Себу | -'сА2 | -'сАн | Свой / Своя / Свое | -'сА2 | Себеси | -'сА | Себем | Себез |
A - type1 vowel harmony
А2 - type 2 vowel harmony
Nouns
Gender
Modern karaalani has kept it's gender system partually, it appears in few places, mainly the stressed genetive pronouns.
Case & Number
Adjectives & Adverbs
Verbs
Tense, Aspect, Mood
Copula
Questions
Numerals
Dialects
Language examples
Lord's prayer
Following text shows Lord's prayer written in Karaalani
Common language | Karaalani (Iraklic) | Karaalani (Protopolyash) | Karaalani (Latin) | |
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Our Father in heaven, | Оче наш, кѫто си нѥбо, | Ⲟϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲋ, ⲕⲓⲱⲧⲟ ⲥⲏ ⲛⲓⲉⲃⲃⲟ, | Oče naš, kyóto si nyebo, | |
hallowed be your name. | да се свѥти йимем ти, | ⲇⲁ ⲥⲉ ⲥⲃⲓⲉⲧⲏ ⲓⲏⲙⲉⲙ ⲧⲏ, | da se svyeti yimem ti, | |
Your kingdom come. | да дойде царстѡ ти, | ⲇⲁ ⲇⲟⲓⲇⲉ ϯⲁⲣⲥⲧⲃⲟ ⲧⲏ, | da doyde carstó ti, | |
Your will be done, | да буде вѡля ти, | ⲇⲁ ⲃⲃⲩⲇⲉ ⲃⲱⲗⲓⲁ ⲧⲏ, | da bude vólya ti, | |
on earth as it is in heaven. | како нѥбо, тако и земѫ. | ⲕⲁⲕⲟ ⲛⲓⲉⲃⲃⲟ, ⲧⲁⲕⲟ ⲏ ⲍⲉⲙⲓⲱ. | kako nyebo, tako i zemyo. | |
Give us this day our daily bread | Нѥвний ни хлѣб ним дай нес | Ⲛⲓⲉⲃⲏⲓ ⲛⲏ ⲭⲗⳉⲃⲃ ⲛⲏⲙ ⲇⲁⲓ ⲛⲉⲥ | Nyewniy ni hlýb nim day nes | |
and forgive us our debts, | и ни прости наши дългове, | ⲏ ⲛⲏ ⲡⲣⲟⲥⲧⲏ ⲛⲁⲋⲏ ⲇϩⲗⲅⲟⲃⲉ, | i ni prosti naši dălgove, | |
as we also have forgiven our debtors. | како ние проставаме нашите длъжничеу. | ⲕⲁⲕⲟ ⲛⲏⲉ ⲡⲣⲟⲥⲧⲁⲃⲁⲙⲉ ⲛⲁⲋⲏⲧⲉ ⲇⲗϩϧⲛⲏϫⲉⲩ. | kako nie prostawame našite dlăžničeu | |
And do not bring us into temptation, | И нѥ ним въвеждай ву изкушенѥ, | Ⲏ ⲛⲓⲉ ⲛⲏⲙ ⲃϩⲃⲉϧⲇⲁⲓ ⲃⲩ ⲏⲍⲕⲩⲋⲉⲛⲓⲉ, | I nye nim văvežday vu izkušenye | |
but rescue us from the evil one. | но ним избави от Лъкави. | ⲛⲟ ⲛⲏⲙ ⲏⲍⲃⲃⲁⲃⲏ ⲟⲧ Ⲗϩⲕⲁⲃⲏ. | no nim izbavi ot Lăkavi. |