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| Reȯkōlad | ||
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| Reȯkōlad | ||
| Pronunciation | /re'ʊkoːlad/ | |
| Spoken in |  Toitūkōlad Samarkainia
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| Total speakers | — | |
| Language family | Samar-Kōladian
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| Writing system | Latin | |
| Official status | ||
| Official language in | Toitūkōlad
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| Recognised minority language in | Samarkainia
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| Regulated by | Toitūkōlad Ministry of Linguistic Affairs, Jōratīpunad | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | None | |
| ISO 639-2 | – | |
| ISO 639-3 | – | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Reȯkōlad is the main language of Toitūkōlad.
Reȯkolad is notable for it's mixing of both agglutinating and isolating features, as well as having a reasonably large phoneme inventory, with eight vowels and twenty-five consonants.
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Geographic distribution
Reȯkōlad is spoken throughout Toitūkōlad, as the national language. It is also spoken by a small number of people in Samarkainia.
Dialects
History
Reȯkōlad has an extensive history, with the oldest form of the language being recorded over 2000 years ago. It shares the Central Kōladian family with two other languages, and the Kōladian family with seven other languages, including the Central Kōladian languages. All of these are descended from Proto Samar-Kōladian via Proto Kōladian.
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Near-front | Near-back | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrounded | Rounded | ||||
| Close | i | ɨ | u | ||
| Near-close | ʊ | ||||
| Close-mid | o | ||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ||||
| Near-open | æ | ||||
| Open | ɑ | ||||
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | /m/ | /n/ | /ɲ/ | /ŋ/ | ||
| Plosive | voiceless | /p/ | /t̪/ | /c/ | /k/ | |
| voiced | /b/ | /d̪/ | /ɟ/ | /ɡ/ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | /f/ /ɸ/ | /s/ | /ʃ/ | /h/ | |
| voiced | /v/ | /z/ | /ʒ/ | |||
| Trill | /r/ | /rʲ/ | ||||
| Approximant | Central | /j/ | ||||
| Lateral | /l/ | /ʎ/ | ||||
Orthography
Reȯkōlad uses an extended form of the basic latin alphabet. This alphabet has much in common with the alphabets of the other Central Kōladian languages, but it also has a number of unique letters, due to its larger than normal phoneme inventory.
The alphabet consists of the following:
Aa Āā Ää Ǟǟ Bb Dd Ḑḑ Ee Ēē Ff Gg Hh Ii Īī Jj Kk Ll Ļļ Mm Nn Ņņ Ŋŋ Oo Ōō Ȯȯ Ȱȱ Õõ Ȭȭ Pp Ƥƥ Rr Ŗŗ Ss Šš Tt Țț Uu Ūū Vv Zz Žž
Grammar
Nouns
Nouns in Reȯkōlad are marked for both case and number. There are eight cases and three numbers (singular, dual and plural).
Adjectives
Adjectives in Reȯkōlad are not marked for case and number, and precede the noun they describe.
Pronouns
Numerals
Verbs
Verbs in Reȯkōlad don't conjugate. Instead tense and negation are marked by particles.
Vocabulary
Texts
Songs
Examples
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