Яжык Аркеоский (Jažyk Arkéoskij)

Arkhæn [ɑr.'keɪ.ɨn] or Arkhæo [ɑr.'keɪ.oʊ] is a constructed language. It is spoken by the nation of Arkhæo. The Language contains 29 letters; 8 vowels, 21 consonants, and a diacretic form.

Phonology

Listed below are the phonetics as they are pronounced in roman script.

Vowels

Phonemes

/ɑː/<a> (e.g. like "a" in "add")

/eɪ/<æ> (e.g. like the "a" in "bade" or "face")

/ɛ/<e> (e.g. like the "e" in "vet")

/aɪ/<"i"> (e.g.: like the "i" in "die" or "pry")

/oʊ/<o> (e.g. like the "o" in "oh")

/ə/<"u"> (e.g. like the "u" in "bum" or "tums")

/uː/<ɯ> (e.g. like the "oo" sound in "zoo")

/ɪ/<y> (e.g. the "I" in "in" or "tin"

/iː/<ƴ> (e.g. like the "ee" in "bee" Arkhæn example: ƴtekfot like "eetek-fawt")

Allophony

• Letter "A" can also be pronounced as /æ/ like the "a" in "tap".
• Letter "E" can also be prnounced as /eɪ/ if there is an "H" before or after the letter.
• Letter "U" can also be pronounced as /ʌ/ like the "u" in "cut" or "strut".
• Letter "Ƴ" can also sound like /ɛr/ if it is the first letter and beside an r, example "ƴrgăm".

Diphthongs

Arkæo sometimes has the same diphthongs for different variations of spelling.

• for the /eɪ/ sound: <æ, and ei>
• for the /aɪ/ sound: < ai and æy>
• for the /ʃ/ sound: <sh and ch>

Digraphs

Two letter combinations that make a sound when put together.

"I" related:

/juː/<Iu> (e.g. Iumega: ['juː.mɛgə]/you-Mega)

/jɑː/<Ia> (e.g. Iatos: ['jɑː.toʊs]/ya-tos)

/jɪ/<Ii> (e.g. Iitona would sound like the "yi" in "yin")

/ɪəɹ/<Ie> (e.g. Cierăn: [sɪə'ɹɒn]/sEERawn)

Ii can also sound like /iː/ only if it is not at the beggining of a word.

"J" related:

/wɑ/<joi> (e.g. Joikăn: [wɑ.'kɒn]/wa.kawn)

"U" related:

/ɔ/<Ua> (e.g. Uaranzei: <'ɔr.ɑn.zeɪ> or like "orrawnzay")

Diacretic

The letter "A" with a breve (Ă) denotes that the letter is pronounced as /ɒ/ like in "lawn"

Miscelanious

Letter "Oon"(Ɯ/ɯ) is majiscule if it occurs after fricatives (d, p, k, etc.) and miniscule if it occurs before them: e.g. "might" MahdƜ vs. "will" Ashrɯd

Consonants

The consonants of the language is roughly the same as in English, with the exception of letter "C" and "H".

• Latin Letter "C" is pronounced solely like /s/
• Latin Letter "H" is mute at the begginning of words and after consonants "k", "d" and "m" and "n".
• Latin Ligature "ʦ" is a ligature that represents the /ts/ sound.
• Letter "Jza": Dz(miniscule dz)is pronounced as /ʒ/ (e.g. dzakar: [ʒɑ.'kɑr]/like "s" in "vision" or "pleasure")

Morphology

Verbal Morphology

Personal Endings

Arkhæo distinguishes four persons, 3 tenses:

Persons

• 1st person; the speaker(s): I, we
• 2nd person; the adressee(s): you(singular) you(plural)
• 3rd person; other(s): he, she, they;
• Noun; things, ideas, etc.: it;

Tenses

• Distant Past: what happened a long time ago(denoted as "Awhile ago").
• Past: what already happened
• Present: what is happening
• Future: what is going to happen in the short-term

Grammar

Tenses

• In the Past Tense:

the suffix -en for words that end in consonants and -jen for vowels. This suffix would be equivalent to -ed in english but this applies for all verbs except for:

The verb "to be" the past tense for "ta"(am) would be "tan" (was), and for ir(are) would be ira(were).

words that end in nasal consonants, n and m, they would have the suffix -a.

• In Present Tense:

all verbs stay the way they are.

• In Future Tense:

The suffix -a for words that end in consonants and the suffix -n for wors that end in vowels, these suffixes would be equivalent tothe suffix -ing.

The distant past tense is rarely used in conversations and it is used mainly for histories(reference historical texts for example). Words would contain the prefix ja- for words that start with consonants and jek- for words that start with vowels. This suffix is equival.ent to "awhile ago" or "a long time ago". example: "I did my work a long time ago" would be "jek-Myr joirk ze adren." or "A long time ago, my work I finished" in english.

Word Order

The typical word order of Arkhæn is that of the Object Subject Verb(OSV) word order, a typical sentence would be like this: "That man I talked to" rather than "I talked to that man" because the subject is "I" the Verb is "talked to" and the object is "that man"

Things to note:

• Infinite verbs (will, may ,might, shall, etc.) always come after the finite verb (such as learn, know, run, etc.).

Example, to say "I will unleash my power, it would be translated as "Myr kædii ze zarev ashrɯd" which would then be translated as "My power I unleash will"

Another example: "I might know this" would be said as "Zar ze joikăn măhdƜ" or "This I know might."