Яжык Аркеоский (Jažyk Arkéoskij)

Arkhĕn [aɾ.'ke.n̩] or Arkhĕo [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 35 letters, 9 of which are vowels.

Phonology

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

Vowels

Vowel Phonemes

	Front	Near-front	Central	Near-back	Back
Close	i		ɨ		u
Near-close
Close-mid	e				o
Mid			ə
Open-mid	ɛ				ɔ
Near-open
Open	a				ɒ

Phonemes

IPA	Letter	Example
Monopthongs
ɒ	a	bra,father, lot, cot
a	á	tap, bat, bad
ɛ	e	bet
e	ĕ	bay, face
o	o	road
ə	u	under
u	ú	zoo
ɨ	y	roses
i	ý	bee
Dipthongs
aɪ	i	cry
ɔɪj	oj	boy, joy

• Vowel "A" becomes /ə/ when unstressed.

Followed by an R...

IPA	letters	Example
ɪəɹ	ýr	ear, fear
ɛəɾ	ĕr	air, fair
ɔɾ	or	for, pour
ɛɹ	yr	butter

Allophony

• /æ/ is allophonic to /a/, and in some cases indistinguishable.
• /ɐ/ is allophonic to /ə/ when followed by plosives.
• /ɪ/ is allophonic to /ɨ/ when it is word-initial.

Consonants

Consonant Phonemes

	Bilabial		Labio- Dental	Dental	Alveolar		Post- Alveolar	(Aveolo)- Palatal	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	x		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	argue
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	cheese
χ	ȟ	no english equivalent
d͡z	dz	beds