Kuhó
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| Kuhó | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Isla Matanceros |
| Total speakers: | approx. 1,300 |
| Genetic classification: |
Avosaurian |
| Official status | |
| De jure in: | 1 country |
| Regulated by: | none |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1: | ku |
| SIL: | kuh |
General
Kuhó (or Raptoran in English) is the first spoken language to arise in a wild species of animal. Animal psychologists and language scientists from Isla Pena and Star City have observed and documented the rudimentary language used to communicate in the evolved Utahraptor population on Isla Matanceros. Cross-species communication is not yet possible and a great deal of this first Avosaurian language is infered from behaviour and has been reconstructed by linguists.
Phonemes
As non-primate species are limited in the range of sounds they can produce, the proposed alphabet reflects this - Note, however, that there is no native written language.
- Vowels
- a - /a/
- e - /@/
- i - /i/
- o - /Q/
- u - /V/
- w - /u/
- Consonants
- d - /d`/
- g - /g/
- c - /tS/
- j - /dZ/
- k - /?/
- h - /h/
- x - /x/
- r - /R/
- q - /qx/
- s - /Sx/
- Tones
- ò ('w) Falling (Also denotes a question on all final vowels)
- ó (w') Rising
- o (w) Flat
Observed Vocabulary
- Help! - Góqk
- Attention! - Cw'
- Now! (Command) - Sí
- Listen - Só
