Яжык Аркеоский (Jažyk Arkéoskij)

Arkhæn [ɑr.'keɪ.ɨn] or Arkhæo [ɑr.'keɪ.oʊ] is a language spoken by the nation of Arkhæo. The language has gone through many chnges and spelling reforms, and it will continue to evolve.

History

Before Arkæo became it's own nation, It was a part of larger country know Verkhazi. This nation was a gloabal superpower in the continent of Se'Ashiran and ruled the Verkhazi Empire. However, eventually through fierce resistance from it's enemies, The Khamuhiyot Nation, the empire faced eventual collapse, and the nation was split into two; one nation became Arkhæo, and the other became Chanar /'ʃɑnɑr/

Álkavāht (alphabet)

The Arkæn Alphabet is known as the Álkavāht, the name of which came from the first four letters of Arkhæn's predecessor, Valerjao[væl'ɛrwoʊ̯]. The letters were Ál, Ka, Vāw and Hit. The script consists of 30 letters, 9 of which are vowels.

Phonology

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

Vowels

Vowel Chart

	Front	Near-front	Central	Near-back	Back
Close	i				u
Near-close		ɪ		ʊ
Close-mid	e				o
Mid			ə
Open-mid	ɛ				ɐ ɔ
Near-open	æ
Open					ɑ ɒ

Phonemes

IPA	Letter	Example
Monopthongs
ɑ and ɒ	a	bra,father, lot, cot
æ	á	tap, bat, bad
ɛ	e	bet
e	ĕ	bay, face
o	o	road
ʌ	u	strut
u	ų	zoo
j	y	yet
i	ý	bee
Dipthongs
eɪ	æ	bay
aɪ	i	cry

• Vowels "A" and "U" become /ə/ when unstressed.
• Vowels "Y" and "I" become /ɪ/ when unstressed

Digraphs

IPA	letters
ɪəɹ	ier
ɛəɹ	eir
ɔr	uar
jɪ or iː²	ii

²Ii can also sound like /iː/ only if it is not at the beggining of a word.

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labio- Dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post- Alveolar	(Aveolo)- Palatal	Velar	Labial- Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m mʲ			n
Plosive	p b			t d				k kʲ g
Affricate				d͡z		d͡ʒ
Fricative		f v	θ	s z	ʃ ʒ	ɕ ʑ			χ	h
Approximant					ɹ	j
Lateral					l

• Voiced Alveolar approximant [ɹ] is a free-variant of Voiced Alveolar Tap [ɾ], meaning they an be used interhangeably wthout hanging the meaning of the word.

IPA	Letter	Example (in english)
m	m	met
mʲ	ḿ	music
n	n	name
p	p	pot
b	b	ban
t	t	tan
ɹ	r	ran, red, rot, car
d	d	dad
k	k	sky
kʲ	q	cute
g	g	gone
d͡ʒ	j	judge
f	f	fat
v	v	van
θ	th	math
s	s	sun
z	z	zeal
ʃ	ch	shun
ʒ or ʑ	hź	pleasure
h	h	head
l	l	lad
ɕ	sh	she
χ	ȟ	ȟomyk (home)
d͡z	dz	beds

• Latin Letter "C" is pronounced solely like /s/
• Latin Letter "H" is mute at the begginning of words and after consonants "k", and before and after "d".

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

• Past: reports what already happened
• Present: reports what is happening
• Future: reports what is going to happen in the future

Grammar

Word Order

Basic word order is subject–verb–object. In a noun phrase demonstratives come first, but adjectives¹, possessor and prepositional phrases all follow the noun:

kýham grĕvat great man (kýham man, grevat great)

qat bænam good cat (qat cat, bænam good)

zar sjoird this sword (zar this, sjoird sword)

zir kakatas that cactus (zir that, kakatas cactus)

¹some adjectives pertaining to physical properties (example: colour, and texture) of objects precede the noun.

Adverbs come after verbs:

merkhii ábenam makes quickly (merkhii makes, ábenam quickly)

the three tenses

The affixes are added to the verb depending on whether the word ends in a consonant or vowel.

Consonant Tenses

Past: -am

Present: -a

Future: -ų

Vowel Tenses

Past: -kro

Present: -ba

Future: -kų

Different Modes

listed below are affixes depending on the mode of the verb and, like above, whether the verb ends in a consonant or a vowel. The words in bracket are the english equivalent.

Consonant Mood

Imperfect potential (could): -ųzĕ

Perfect Potential (can): -ago

Obligation (must): -ata

Permission (May): -iat

Possibility (May): -iam

Conditional Possibility (might): -ajų

Conditional (would): -ado

Conditional Obligation (should) –aja

Vowel Mood

Imperfect potential (could) -jĕ

Perfect Potential (can): -jan

Obligation (must): -jii

Permission (May): -jiat

Possibility (May): -jiam

Conditional Possibility (might): -jų

Conditional (would): -do

Conditional Obligation (should): -tso