Choose a Language
How it works
The app generates a proto-language with its own vocabulary and phonology.
Sound change rules derive daughter languages and cognate sets.
You then try to reconstruct the proto-forms, like a historical linguist.
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Kalaoa
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Sema
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Matsuri
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Skelvese
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Mtskheri
| bilabial | labiodental | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | retroflex | alveolopalatal | palatal | velar | uvular | pharyngeal | glottal | labial_palatal | labial_velar | |
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| fricative |
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| lateral_affricate |
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| affricate |
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| lateral_approximant |
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| approximant |
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| lateral_tap |
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| tap |
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| nasal |
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| front | central | back | |
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| high |
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| mid |
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| mid_low |
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ASCII shortcuts:
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length·
^h
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aspirated·
^j
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palatalized·
^w
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labialized·
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nonsyllabic·
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stress