Balkan

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.

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)
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)