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'''Balak''' ({{cs|BKS|. Balaakzem .}}; ''Balákzem'', /bɑˈlak.zɛm/) is a [[Kashisan languages|Kashisan]] language within the [[Eastern Vaniuan]] branch of the [[Vaniuan]] language family. | '''Balak''' ({{cs|BKS|. Balaakzem .}}; ''Balákzem'', /bɑˈlak.zɛm/) is a [[Kashisan languages|Kashisan]] language within the [[Eastern Vaniuan]] branch of the [[Vaniuan]] language family. Along with the [[Chindushi language|Chindushi]] and [[Gushli language|Gushli]] languages, Balak is a national variant of the pluricentric X language, although it is more divergent to the other varieties. Balak belongs to the [[Kashisan languages|Kashisan]] branch of the [[Vaniuan languages|Vaniuan language family]]. Standard Balak is written in the [[Balak alphabet]], a modified variant of the [[Vaniuan alphabet]]. | ||
The Balak language is considered a continuation of Middle Balak, X. Throughout its history the language | The Balak language is considered a continuation of [[Middle Balak language|Middle Balak]], X. Throughout its history the language has been considerably influenced by the [[Khamaian language]], the ancestor of which also served as a substrate for [[Proto-Kashisan language|Proto-Kashisan]]. | ||
There are roughly | There are roughly 57 million Balak speakers worldwide, holding official status in [[Balakia]], and regional or minority status in [[Komania]] and [[Gushlia]]. | ||
==Geographic Distribution== | ==Geographic Distribution== | ||
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==Dialects== | ==Dialects== | ||
==History== | ==History== |
Revision as of 09:04, 24 May 2018
Balak | |
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Balákzem . Balaakzem . | |
Pronunciation | /bɑˈlak.zɛm/ |
Region | Vaniua |
Ethnicity | Balaks |
Native speakers | 57 million (2016) |
Language family | |
Early forms: | Proto-Vaniuan
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Writing system | Vaniuan script |
Official status | |
Official language in | Balakia |
Regulated by | Institute of Balak Language and Linguistics at the University of Yercésven |
CWS code | bks |
Location of Balak speakers in Vaniua regions where Standard Balak is the language of the majority regions where Standard Balak is the language of a significant minority regions where Chindushi is the language of the majority regions where Chindushi is the language of a significant minority |
Balak (. Balaakzem .; Balákzem, /bɑˈlak.zɛm/) is a Kashisan language within the Eastern Vaniuan branch of the Vaniuan language family. Along with the Chindushi and Gushli languages, Balak is a national variant of the pluricentric X language, although it is more divergent to the other varieties. Balak belongs to the Kashisan branch of the Vaniuan language family. Standard Balak is written in the Balak alphabet, a modified variant of the Vaniuan alphabet.
The Balak language is considered a continuation of Middle Balak, X. Throughout its history the language has been considerably influenced by the Khamaian language, the ancestor of which also served as a substrate for Proto-Kashisan.
There are roughly 57 million Balak speakers worldwide, holding official status in Balakia, and regional or minority status in Komania and Gushlia.
Geographic Distribution
Name
Standard Balak is known natively as Balákzem, pronounced /bɑˈlak.zɛm/.
Classification
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Modern Standard Balak is heavily based on the Western dialect (specifically that of Yercésven) which is generally more conservative than other dialects, particularly with its phonology.
Dialects
History
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | n | |||
Plosive | p b | t d | k g | ||
Fricative | f v | s sᵝ z zᵝ | ʃ | h | |
Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ d͡ʒ | |||
Approximant | j | ɰ | |||
Flap or tap | ɾ | ||||
Lateral app. | l |
Vowels
Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
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Close | |||||
Near-close | |||||
Close-mid | |||||
Mid | |||||
Open-mid | |||||
Near-open | |||||
Open |
Phonotactics
Orthography
Grammar
Morphology
Balaki is a moderately agglutinative language, though it does preserve fusional affixes for nouns and verbs. Nouns are divided into two animacy classes - animate and inanimate - and are inflected slightly differently depending on the class they are on; inanimate nouns don't inflect for plural number, while animate nouns do.