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Vrkhazhi (YXKK YT-VṚḴẔKM Yaxkik Yat-Vṛḵaẕīkam) was a language spoken in the region that is now known as Arkeo. It is most notable for being the ancestor languge of The Arkean Language.

Phonology

Vowels

Normal Vowel Phonemes

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Close-mid	e		o
Mid		ə
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open	a~ä~ɒ

Long Vowel Phonemes

	Front	Back
Close	iː	uː
Close-mid	eː	oː
Open	aː~äː~ɒː

Orthography of Vowel Phonemes

IPA	Letter	Example
Monopthongs
a~ä~ɒ	a	bra,father, cot, bad
ɛ	e	bet
e	ē	bay, face
ɔ	o	road
o	ō	or, for, cot
ə	u	under
u	ū	zoo
ɨ	i	roses
i	ī	bee

Followed by an R...

IPA	letters	Example
iər	īr	ear, fear
eər	ēr	air, fair
ɔr	or	for, pour

Vowel Allophony

• /u/ front to /y/ near /r/

Consonants

Consonant Phonemes

	Bilabial		Alveolar		Post- Alveolar	(Alveolo)- Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop	p b	pʶ bʶ	t d	tʶ dʶ			k g	q	ʔ
Affricate			ʦ		ʧ ʤ	[ʨ ʥ]		q͡χ
Fricative	ɸ β		s z		ʃ ʒ	[ɕ ʑ]	x [ɣ]	χ [ʁ]	h
Approximant			ɹ~ɾ			j	w
Trill			r					ʀ
Lateral Approximant			l
Lateral Fricative			ɬ

Orthography of Consonant Phonemes

Letter	Phoneme	Example (in English)
ʾ	ʔ	uh-oh
Ḵ ḵ	x	Scottish loch
V v	β	vet
H h	h	bet
D d	d	dog
Ḏ ḏ	ʦ	beds or bets
B b	b	ball
S s	s	sun
Ẕ ẕ	ʒ	pleasure
Y y	j	yes
K k	k	kick
G g	g	game
L l	l	lose
M m	m	mall
N n	n	no
P p	p	ball
J j	ʤ	judge
R r	ɹ~ɾ	run
Rr rr	r	trilled /ɹ/
F f	ɸ	fun
Š š	ʃ	shun
W w	w	water
T t	t	tall
Č č	ʧ	cheese
Z z	z	zoo
Ḻ ḻ	ɬ	no English equivalent
Ḫ ḫ	χ	no English equivalent
Q q	q	no English equivalent
Ṟ ṟ	ʀ	no English equivalent
Ṛ ṛ	r̩~ɹ̩	ladder
Ṇ ṇ	n̩	even