Яжык Аркеоский (Jažyk Arkéoskij)

Arkhæn [aɹ.'ke.n̩] or Arkhæo [aɾ.'ke.o] 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 /'ʃænaɹ/

Álkavat (alphabet)

The Arkæn Alphabet is known as the Álkavat, the name of which came from the first four letters of Arkhæn's predecessor, Valerjao[væl'ɛɹwo]. The letters were Ál, Ka, Vāw and Hyt. 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		ɨ		u
Near-close		ɪ		ʊ
Close-mid	e				o
Mid			ə
Open-mid	ɛ				ɔ
Near-open	æ		ɐ
Open	a				ɒ

Phonemes

IPA	Letter	Example
Monopthongs
a and ɒ	a	bra,father, lot, cot
æ	á	tap, bat, bad
ɛ	e	bet
e	ĕ	bay, face
o	o	road
ɐ	u	strut
u	ú	zoo
ɨ	y	roses
i	ý	bee
Dipthongs
aɪ	i	cry

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

Digraphs

IPA	letters	Example
ɪəɹ	ýr	ear, fear
ɛəɹ	ĕr	air, fair
ɔr	or	for, pour

Consonants

Consonant phonemes

	Bilabial		Labio- Dental	Dental	Alveolar		Post- Alveolar	(Aveolo)- Palatal	Velar	Labial- Velar		Uvular	Glottal
	hard	soft			hard	soft				hard	soft
Nasal	m	mʲ			n			ɲ
Stop	p b				t d	tʲ dʲ				k ɡ	kʲ ɡʲ
Affricate					t͡s d͡z	t͡sʲ	t͡ʃ d͡ʒ	t͡ɕ
Fricative			f v		s z	sʲ	ʃ ʒ	ɕ ʑ				χ	h
Approximant							ɹ	j
Flap or Tap							ɾ
Lateral							l

• Voiced Alveolar Approximant [ɹ] is a free-variant of Voiced Alveolar Tap [ɾ], meaning they can be used interchangeably without changing the meaning of the word.

IPA	Letter	Example (in english)
m	m	met
mʲ	mj	music
n	n	name
p	p	pot
b	b	ban
t	t	tan
ɹ or ɾ	r	ran, red, rot, car
d	d	dad
k	k	sky
kʲ	q	cute
g	g	gone
ǧ	gʲ	gyuda
d͡ʒ	dž	judge
f	f	fat
v	v	van
ts	c	bats
s	s	sun
z	z	zeal
ʃ	š	shun
ʒ	ž	pleasure
h	h	head
l	l	lad
tʃ	č	she
χ	ȟ	ȟomyk (home)
d͡z	dz	beds

• Latin Letter "H" is mute at the begginning of words and after consonants "k", and before and after "d".