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, Valwerjao. 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				ʌ 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
eɪ	ĕ	bay, face
aɪ	i	cry
oʊ	o	road
ʌ sometimes /ʊ/ before /t/	u	strut or "foot"
u	ų	zoo
j	y	yet
i	ý	bee
Dipthongs
eɪ	æ	bay
ɪə	ie	fear
ɛə	ei	fair
aɪ	ai and æy	cry

Allophony

Vowels "A" and "U" become /ə/ when unstressed.

Vowels "Y" and "I" become /ɪ/ when unstressed

Digraphs

IPA	letters
jɪ or iː²	ii
wɑ	joi
ɔr	uar

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			n
Plosive	p b			t d				k g
Affricate				d͡z		d͡ʒ
Fricative		f v	θ	s z	ʃ ʒ	ɕ ʑ			χ	h
Approximant					ɹ	j	w
Lateral					l

IPA	Letter	Example (in english)
m	m	met
n	n	name
p	p	pot
b	b	ban
t	t	tan
ɹ	r	ran, red, rot, car
d	d	dad
k	k	sky
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
w	w	went
l	l	lad
ɕ	sh	she
χ	ȟ	ȟomyk (home)
d͡z	dz	beds

The consonants of the language is roughly the same as in English, with the exception of letter "C" and "H".

• 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