!! this page uses the Gothic script as a stand-in for the native Kammath script.
Kammath [kə̂m.mə̂θ], also known as Koarsz [koːarʃ] or Kurukha by the Hwdyyt, was a language spoken by the Kammather in Koarszlant in the Previous Era. its phonology is similar to that of Welsh.
A passage from the Book of Creutz, also known as the Fairhwusikan, translated from Hwdyyt into Kammath and English:
Example sentence: Tha dughre, jo dande hwy n'Ghulle Llufki sche dy.
Tha dughre, jo dhande hwy n'Ghulle Llufki sche dy.
Tomorrow, we'll go down to Llufki by boat.
next-day 𝟣ᴘʟ ᴀᴜx ᴘʀᴇᴘ ᴅᴇꜰ-boat Llufki ᴘʀᴇᴘ go
[θa dûːɣrɛ jɔ ðândɛ̂ ʍy n(ə) ɣúɬɛ ɬúfki ʃɛ dŷ]
Kammath exhibits consonant mutation. the word for boat, Gulle [gúɬɛ], undergoes lenition when following the feminine definite article n' [n(ə)] and becomes Ghulle [ɣúɬɛ].
mutated forms of Gulle (boat)
radical: Gulle [gúɬɛ]
lenition [soft]: Ghulle [ɣúɬɛ]
eclipsis [nasal]: Ngulle [ŋúɬɛ]
mixed: Hwulle [ʍúɬɛ]
Kammath has around 20 vowels. they include:
close: /i/ /iː/ /y/ /yː/ /u/ /uː/
near-close: /ɪ/ /ʏ/
close-mid: /e/ /ø/ /øː/ /o/ /oː/
central: /ə/
open-mid: /ɛ/ /ɛː/ /ɔ/ /ɔː/
open: /a/ /aː/
/e/, /ɪ/, and /ʏ/ are not common in native Kammath words.
/ɞ/ is an allophone of /ɛ/ before the semivowel /w/.