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| Salian, Sala | ||
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| Sala | ||
| Pronunciation | /sala/ /sa||a/ | |
| Spoken in |  Salian Empire
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| Total speakers | — | |
| Language family |
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| Writing system | Latin, Blox, Stox, or the Salian Script | |
| Official status | ||
| Official language in | Salian Empire
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| Regulated by | Salian Language Institute, Tuiankata, Salian Empire
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | None | |
| ISO 639-2 | – | |
| ISO 639-3 | – | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Contents |
Sala orthography and phonology
In sala, there are few letters which can represent a variety of sounds.
Primary consonants
There are a number of primary consonants represented by a small list of letters:
- s - /s/
- k - /k/
- t - /t/
- p - /p/
Primary consonants are changed to different sounds when followed by h:
- sh - /ʃ/
- kh - /x/
- th - /þ/
- ph - /f/
Secondary consonants
Secondary consonants can still be used at the beginning of a word but are unaffected by a following h:
- l - /l/
- r - /ɾ/, /r/, /ɹ/
- h - /h/
You may have noticed that h itself is included in this list. If an h happens to follow another h, they are assimilated into one.
Tertiary consonants
Tertiary consonants are very restricted. They can be used inside of a word but are restricted to a more regulated environment at the beginning and ends of words.
- n - /n/
- m - /m/
- n (followed by k) - /ŋ/
At the beginning of a word, only an n is used. Inside of a word, any of them can be used. At the end of a word, any can be used by default but they will all be converted to a different form depending on the consonant or vowel that follows:
- t - nt /nt/
- k - nk /ŋk/
- p - mp /mp/
- i - ni /ɲ/
- u - nu /ũw/
vowels
Vowels can vary depending on whether a syllable is stressed:
- a
- stressed - /a/, /ɑ/
- unstressed - /æ/, /ə/
- u
- stressed - /u/, /o/
- unstressed - /ʊ/, /ɔ/
- i
- stressed /i/, /e/
- unstressed /ɪ/, /ɛ/
if a consonant is followed by an i or u, it is palatalized or labiovelarized respectively.
