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== Cuisine ==
The Unkalaki received their common name "Horneaters" due to their ability to eat the hard shells of crustaceans. [[Rock]] ascribes this ability to their unusually strong teeth, but it is due to the extra jaw pieces at the back of their mouths{{wob ref|3922}}. Unkalaki cuisine utilizes less spices than [[Alethi]] cuisine.{{book ref|sa1|23}} One stew recipe that Rock divulges consists only of "Take everything you have, and put him in pot. Don’t let anyone airsick touch seasonings."{{book ref|sa4|54}}
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The Unkalaki language is part of the Dawnate language family, with distant roots in the [[Dawnchant]]. Though the vocabulary is distinctive, it shares similar grammar with the [[Shin]] and [[Parshendi]] languages.{{wob ref|3977}}
When speaking Alethi or Veden, one feature of the Unkalaki 'accent' is a tendency to use gendered pronouns (e.g. "he") in places where a non-gendered pronoun ("it") would be more appropriate{{book ref|sa2|24}}. This
Unkalaki is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-drop_language pro-drop language], meaning that pronouns can be dropped if the subject is known of easily inferable.{{wob ref|4584}}
Unkalaki names show a feature of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agglutination agglutination], combining a large amount of morphemes in order to encode significant degree of information into a word. Various basic words in their language appear to reflect this feature as well.
The reduplication of vowels seems to indicate the distinction between long and short vowels. The ' in most words seem to depict [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glottal_stop Glottal stops].
Sentences tend to start with a verb, meaning that Unkalaki is likely a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verb%E2%80%93subject%E2%80%93object_word_order VSO] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verb%E2%80%93object%E2%80%93subject_word_order VOS] language.{{wob ref|4584}} Due to heavy inspiration from Hawaiʻian{{wob ref|14415}}, it is likely VSO.
=== Names ===
Typical Unkalaki names are quite long, forming a poem.{{book ref|sa1|27}}
* [[Lunamor|Numuhukumakiaki'aialunamor]] - Rock's real name, shortened to Lunamor, describes a very special rock.{{book ref|sa1|27}}
* Lunu'anaki - The god of travel and mischief who cannot hurt man, probably a name for [[Hoid]].{{book ref|sa2|46}} He warned of the [[Sleepless|Gods Who Sleep Not]] in the time of Cord's grandmother.{{book ref|sa3.5|15}}
* [[Hualinam'lunanaki'akilu]] - Lunamor's first daughter, translated as Cord.{{book ref|sa3.5|15}}
* [[Kuma'tiki]] - Lunamor's second daughter, a type of shell found in the Horneater Peaks.{{book ref|sa3|37}}
* [[Kef'ha]] - An Unkalaki Nuatoma, died in a fight against [[Torol Sadeas]].
* [[Sinaku'a]]
* [[Tifi]]
* [[Kali'kalin]]{{book ref|sa1|55}}
=== Terms ===
|Rock to [[Kaladin]]{{book ref|sa1|49}}
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* ''Kuma'tiki'' - A kind of shell found on the Horneater peaks{{book ref|sa3|37}}
* ''mafah'liki'' - Unkalaki concept of [[spren]].{{book ref|sa1|21}}
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