Яжык Аркеоский (Jažyk Arkéoskij)

Arkéan [aɾ.'ke.n̩] or Arkéo [aɾ.'ke.o] is a language spoken by the nation of Arkhéo. 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/

Ålkavat (alphabet)

The Arkéan Language uses three writings systems:

• The Ålkavat Romaźa Ålfyśa (Official Romanization Alphabet), used for teaching and informal writing.
• The Ålkavat Cyrylys Ålfyśa (Official Cyrillic Alphabet), used for formal writing.
• The Ålkavat Arkéoskij Ålfyśa (Official Arkhean Alphabet) is used for "sacred" writings, government documents, and sometimes very formal writing. The name of the script is derived from the first four letters of Arkhéan's ancestor language, Verkhaza. The letters were Ál, Ka, Vāw and Hīt.

Phonology

Arkhean Language contains a large phonemic inventory. Most of the sounds it contains are shared with many Slavic languages, as well as sharing palatal secondary articulation. This language also contains a phoneme not found in any native language, the lateral trill, which is represented by the IPA as /ɺ͡r/ and Orthographically as <Ŀ ŀ>.

Vowels

Vowel Phonemes

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

Phonemes

IPA	Letter	Example
Monopthongs
a	a	bra,father, cot, bad
ɛ	é	bet
e	e	bay, face
o	o	road
ɔ	ó	or, for, cot
ə	ë	under
u	u	zoo
ɨ	y	roses
i	i	bee
Dipthongs
aj	aj	cry
ɔj	oj	boy, joy

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

Followed by an R...

IPA	letters	Example
ɪər	ýr	ear, fear
ɛər	ĕr	air, fair
ɔr	or	for, pour
ɛr	yr	butter

Allophony Arkhean Allophony only occurs with vowels:

• /æ/ is an allophone of /a/, word initially and before /l/, and occurs after /ɬ/ and /ɮ/.
• /ɐ/ is an allophone of /ə/ when followed by plosives.
• /ɪ/ is an allophone of /ɨ/ when it is word-initial.

Consonants

Consonant Phonemes

	Bilabial		Labio- Dental		Alveolar		Post- Alveolar	(Aveolo)- Palatal	Velar		Uvular	Glottal
	hard	soft	hard	soft	hard	soft			hard	soft
Nasal	m	mʲ			n			ɲ
Stop	p b	pʲ bʲ			t d	tʲ dʲ			k ɡ	kʲ ɡʲ
Affricate					t͡s d͡z	t͡sʲ d͡zʲ	t͡ʃ d͡ʒ	[t͡ɕ d͡ʑ]
Fricative			f v	fʲ vʲ	s z	sʲ zʲ	ʃ ʒ	[ɕ ʑ]	x [ɣ]		χ [ʁ]	h
Approximant					ɹ~ɾ			j
Lateral Approximant					l
Lateral Trill					ɺ͡r

IPA	Letter	Example (in english)
m	m	met
mʲ	mj	music
n	n	name
ɲ	ň	new
p	p	pot
pʲ	pj	pure
b	b	ban
bʲ	bj	no english equvalent
t	t	tan
tʲ	tj	no english equivalent
r	r	ran, red, rot, car
d	d	dad
dʲ	dj	dew, adeiu
k	k	sky
kʲ	kj	cute
x	ǩ	loch
g	g	gone
gʲ	gj	argue
d͡ʒ	dž	judge
d͡ʑ	dź	no english equivalent
f	f	fat
fʲ	fj	fjord
v	v	van
ts	c	bats
tsʲ	cj	no english equivalent
s	s	sun
sʲ	sj	no english equivalent
z	z	zeal
zʲ	zj	somewhat like in zeal
ʃ	š	shun
ʒ	ž	beige
ʑ	ź	pleasure
h	h	head
l	l	lad
ɺ͡r	ŀ	no english equivalent
tʃ	č	cheese
χ	ȟ	no english equivalent
d͡z	dz	beds