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Sounds are always predictable. The language is as phonetic as possible.
Sounds are always predictable. The language is as phonetic as possible.
[[Category: Conlangs]]
[[Category: a posteriori conlangs]]
[[Category: Germanic conlangs]]

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Evansk (also known as Evvaansk or Evvaanskozsprakk) is a posteriori conlang. It is based primarily off of Old English and Proto-Germanic, with four cases and extensive verb conjugation. Evansk can be written using the Latin alphabet, or using quikscript. It contains the additional letters: Š/š, Ž/ž, and Č/č, and removes the following letters: q, c, y, and x.

Pronunciation and Writing

Evansk has 23 consonant phonemes. The consonant inventory is roughly equivalent to that of modern German.

Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Plosive p  b t  d k  ɡ
Affricate pf ʦ ʧ
Fricative f  v s  z ʃ  ʒ h
Nasal m n ŋ
Approximant l j
Rhotic r

The language lacks any real digraphs besides those which represent some affricates. Doubled consonants are used to make the preceding vowel short, where it can be (sprikku "to speak" ['sprɪ.ku]); otherwise, a vowel followed by more than one consonant is always short (sprikst "you speak" [sprɪkst]). Without the double /k/ in sprikku, the infinitive would be pronounced ['spri.ku] while the 2nd person singular would still be [sprɪkst].

[ʧ] is represented by Č/č, [ʃ] by Š/š, and [ʒ] by Ž/ž. [k] corresponds to /k/, [ʦ] to /ts/, [pf] to /pf/, and [ŋ] to /ng/. All sounds are represented by their IPA value besides the ones stated here.

Sounds are always predictable. The language is as phonetic as possible.