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 Romažja Ålfyśa (Official Romanization Alphabet), used for teaching and informal writing.
- The Ålkavat Cyrylys Ålfyśa (Official Cyrillic Alphabet), used for formal writing.
- The Ålkavat Arkéan 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
Listed below are the phonetics as they are pronounced in roman script.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Mid | ə | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a | ɒ |
| IPA | Letter | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Monopthongs | ||
| ɒ | a | bra,father, lot, cot |
| a | å | tap, bat, bad |
| ɛ | e | bet |
| e | é | bay, face |
| o | o | road |
| ɔ | ó | or, for, cot |
| ə | u | under |
| u | ů | zoo |
| ɨ | y | roses |
| i | ý | bee |
| Dipthongs | ||
| aɪ | i | cry |
| ɔɪj | oj | boy, joy |
- Vowel "A" becomes /ə/ when unstressed.
| IPA | letters | Example |
|---|---|---|
| ɪər | ýr | ear, fear |
| ɛər | ĕr | air, fair |
| ɔr | or | for, pour |
| ɛr | yr | butter |
Allophony
- /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
| Bilabial | Labio-
Dental |
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 | χ | h | ||||
| Approximant | j | ||||||||||||
| Rhotic Consonant | r [1] | ||||||||||||
| Lateral Approximant | l | ||||||||||||
| Lateral Trill | ɺ͡r | ||||||||||||
| Lateral Fricative | ɬ ɮ | ||||||||||||
- ↑ The Arkhéan [r] can be either an Alveolar Approximant [ɹ] or an Alveolar Tap [ɾ], as both consonant sounds are used in Free-Variation, meaning they can be used interchangeably without changing the meaning of the word, and only relies on the preference of the speaker.
| IPA | Letter | Example
(in english) |
|---|---|---|
| m | m | met |
| mʲ | ḿ or mj | music |
| n | n | name |
| ɲ | ň or nj | new |
| p | p | pot |
| pʲ | ṕ or pj | pure |
| b | b | ban |
| bʲ | ƃ or bj | no english equvalent |
| t | t | tan |
| tʲ | ţ or tj | no english equivalent |
| r | r | ran, red, rot, car |
| d | d | dad |
| dʲ | ƌ or dj | dew, adeiu |
| k | k | sky |
| kʲ | q | cute |
| x | ǩ | loch |
| g | g | gone |
| gʲ | ǵ or gj | argue |
| d͡ʒ | dž | judge |
| f | f | fat |
| fʲ | ḟ, f́or fj | fjord |
| v | v | van |
| ts | c | bats |
| tsʲ | ć or cj | no english equivalent |
| s | s | sun |
| sʲ | ś or sj | no english equivalent |
| z | z | zeal |
| ʃ | š | shun |
| ʒ | ž | pleasure |
| h | h | head |
| l | l | lad |
| ɺ͡r or ɮ | ŀ | no english equivalent |
| tʃ | č | cheese |
| χ | ȟ | no english equivalent |
| d͡z | dz | beds |
