Kali-sise
From Langmaker
| Conlang | Kali-sise |
| Author | Jeffrey Henning |
| Year Began | 1999 |
| Language Type | international auxiliary language |
| Lexicon Size | 5510 |
| Etymologies | Yes |
| Grammar | Yes |
| Sample Texts | Yes |
| Primer | Yes |
Kali-sise is an international language and was created by Jeffrey Henning. It has been used for a translation of the Babel Text. It is written with a unique script.
Uniqueness
The nickname of this language says it all; that is, it includes every phoneme used in the language: /p/, /t/, /k/, /s/, /l/, /n/ and /i/, /a/, /e/ and /u/. If you believe the single greatest challenge of learning an auxlang is mastering its phonology, than Pitakesulina is for you. It has the simplest phonology of any IAL. Inspired by criticism of the difficulty pronouncing some IALs (International Auxiliary Languages), I have created Kali-sise, a fauxlang whose overwhelming goal is ease of pronunciation, regardless of the learner's native language. The design goal of "near universality" means that Kali-sise in most cases should only have sound features common to approximately 19 out of 20 natural languages. The real-world data that Kali-sise is based on is UPSID (the UCLA Phonological Segment Inventory Database), which profiled the inventories of 317 languages, with one language selected from each family grouping recognized.
Language sources
Dublex; Arabic, English, Hindi, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Spanish; Indo-European; Sona; many other natural languages were examined for possible roots.
Design principles
Kali-sise has 400 nominal roots that can be freely combined to form compound words. It also has 10 functional roots used for clauses, postpostions and verbs.
Interest of others
This is the most popular of my personal languages (excepting New English, which is really more a slang). I think its popularity stems from interest in its radically simple phonology. It has also been favorably received in two translation relays.
