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'''Balkan''' is a Universal Language, a regional auxiliary language, meant to codify the Balkan sprachbund.  Despite being very distant languages from each other, together they have formed a shared heritage over the centuries.
'''Balkan''' is a Universal Language, a regional auxiliary language, meant to codify the Balkan sprachbund.  Despite being very distant languages from each other, together they have formed a shared heritage over the centuries.


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|language=Бαλκαν
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|date=Future Utopia
|place=Balkan penisula
|speakers=60 million
|script=Greek alphabet
|family=Balkan sprachbund
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|author=[[User:Aquatiki]]
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== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
By allowing individual differences, a coherent set of sounds as possible across the region.  The writing system is Greek, plus the Cyrillic letter Б.  The result is a cross between Ancient and Modern Greek, though iota as (only) an approximant is new.
By allowing individual differences, a coherent set of sounds as possible across the region.  The writing system is Greek, plus the Cyrillic letter Б.  The result is a cross between Ancient and Modern Greek, though iota as (only) an approximant is new.

Revision as of 08:55, 1 March 2025

Balkan is a Universal Language, a regional auxiliary language, meant to codify the Balkan sprachbund. Despite being very distant languages from each other, together they have formed a shared heritage over the centuries.

Бαλκαν
['bal.kan]
Timeline/Universe Universal Languages
Period Future Utopia
Spoken in Balkan penisula
Total speakers 60 million
Writing system Greek alphabet
Classification Balkan sprachbund
Typology
Basic word order SVO
Morphology Fusional
Alignment N-A
Credits
Created by User:Aquatiki
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Phonology

By allowing individual differences, a coherent set of sounds as possible across the region. The writing system is Greek, plus the Cyrillic letter Б. The result is a cross between Ancient and Modern Greek, though iota as (only) an approximant is new.

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Nasal /m/ Μ/μ /n/ Ν/ν
Plosive voiceless /p/ Π/π /t/ Τ/τ /k/ Κ/κ
voiced /b/ Б/б /d/ Δ/δ /ɡ/ Γ/γ
Affricative voiceless /t͡s~t͡ʃ~t͡ɕ/ τσ
voiced /d͡z~d͡ʒ~d͡ʑ/ δζ
Fricative voiceless /f/ Φ/φ /s~ʃ/ Σ/σ/ς /x~h/ Χ/χ
voiced /v~ʋ/ Β/β /z~ʒ/ Ζ/ζ
Approximant /r~ɹ/ Ρ/ρ /j/ Ι/ι
Lateral /l~ɫ/ Λ/λ

Θ/θ is only used in the transcription of foreign words. There are also Ξ/ξ which is /ks/ and Ψ/ψ which is /ps/.

Vowels

Across the region, a six vowel system is the result of a typical five-vowel system plus vowel reduction in unstressed syllables. The Greek writing system is sufficient to these needs, if omega is repurposed as schwa.

Front Mid Back
High /i/ Η/η /u/ Υ/υ
Mid /e/ Ε/ε /ǝ/ Ω/ω /o~ɔ/ Ο/ο
Low /a/ A/α

Prosody

Stress is predictable and right-defined.

Morphology

Balkan nouns and adjectives inflect for 3 genders, 3 cases, and 2 numbers. Gender and case generally flatten in the plural. The cases are Nominative, Accusative, and Oblique. The oblique is governed by a preposition. There is a vocative preposition. The definite article is a postposition. The indefinite article is a preposition, but just a form of the number one.


Universal Languages
AFRICA SEDES (Horn of Africa), Middle Semitic (Semitic languages), Kintu (Bantu languages), Guosa (West Africa) Universal Language.png
CENTRAL ASIA Jalpi (Turkic languages), Zens (Iranian languages), Dravindian (Dravidian languages), Neo-Sanskrit (Indo-Aryan languages)
EUROPE Interlingua (Romance languages), Folksprak (Germanic languages), Interslavic Slavic languages, Balkan (Balkans)
FAR EAST Dan'a'yo (CJKV), MSEAL (Mainland Southeast Asia), Indo-Malay (Maritime Southeast Asia)