Яжык Аркеоский (Jažyk Arkéoskij)

Arkhæn [ɑr.'keɪ.ɨn] or Arkhæo [ɑr.'keɪ.oʊ] is a constructed language. It is spoken by the nation of Arkhæo. The Language contains 33 letters; 9 vowels, 22 consonants, and a diacretic form.

Phonology

Listed below are the phonetics as they are pronounced in roman script.

Vowels

Phonemes

/ɑː/<a>------------------(e.g. like "a" in "add")

/eɪ/<æ>-------------------(e.g. like the "a" in "bade" or "face")

/ɛ/<e>-------------------(e.g. like the "e" in "vet")

/j¹ aɪ/<"i">---------------(e.g.: like the "y" in "yet" between vowels)

/oʊ/<o>------------------(e.g. like the "o" in "oh")

/ə/<"u">-----------------(e.g. like the "u" in "bum" or "tums")

/uː/<ɯ> or <uu>---------(e.g. like the "oo" sound in "zoo")

/ɪ/<y>--------------------(e.g. the "I" in "in" or "tin"

/iː/<ƴ> or <yh>----------(e.g. like the "ee" in "bee" Arkhæn example: ƴtekfot or yhtekfot like "eetek-fawt")

Allophony

• Letter "A" can also be pronounced as /æ/ like the "a" in "tap".
• ¹Letter "I" makes a /j/ primarily only between vowels , otherwise the letter is pronounced as /aɪ/
• Letter "U" can also be pronounced as /ʌ/ like the "u" in "cut" or "strut".
• Letter "Y" can also sound like /ɛr/ if it is the first letter and beside an r, example "yrgăm".
• Letter "Ƴ" can also sound like /ɪə/ like the "EA" in "EAr". (e.g. Mƴr as "mɪər" or english "mere")

Diphthongs

only one:

• for the /eɪ/ sound: <æ>
• for the /ʃ/ sound: <sh/ch> (makes the "sh" in "shun")

Digraphs

Two letter combinations that make a sound when put together.

"A" related:

• for the /aɪ/ sound: < ai and æy>

"I" related

/jɪ/<Ii> (e.g. Iitona would sound like the "yi" in "yin")

/ɪə/<Ie> (e.g. Cierăn: [sɪə'rɒn]/sEARawn)

Ii can also sound like /iː/ only if it is not at the beggining of a word.

"J" related:

/wɑ/<joi> (e.g. Joikăn: [wɑ.'kɒn]/wa.kawn)

"U" related:

/ɔ/<Ua> (e.g. Uaranzei: <'ɔr.ɑn.zeɪ> or like "orrawnzay")

Diacretic

The letter "A" with a breve (Ă) denotes that the letter is pronounced as /ɒ/ like in "lawn"

The letter "E" with a breve (Ĕ) denotes that the letter is pronounced as /eɪ/ like in "hey" or "bay"

Miscelanious

Letter "Oon"(Ɯ/ɯ) is majiscule if it occurs after fricatives (d, p, k, etc.) and miniscule if it occurs before them: e.g. "might" MahdƜ vs. "will" Ashrɯd

Consonants

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", "d" and "m" and "n".
• Latin Ligature "ʦ" is a ligature that represents the /ts/ sound.
• Letter "Jza": Dz(miniscule dz)is pronounced as /ʒ/ (e.g. dzakar: [ʒɑ.'kɑr]/like "s" in "vision" or "pleasure")

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

• Distant Past: what happened a long time ago(denoted as "Awhile ago").
• Past: what already happened
• Present: what is happening
• Future: what is going to happen in the short-term

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Grammar

Tenses

In the Past Tense:

the suffix -en for words that end in consonants and -jen for vowels. This suffix would be equivalent to -ed in english but this applies for all verbs except for:

The verb "to be" the past tense for "ta"(am) would be "tan" (was), and for ir(are) would be ira(were).

words that end in nasal consonants, n and m, they would have the suffix -a.

In Present Tense:

all verbs stay the way they are.

In Future Tense:

The suffix -a for words that end in consonants and the suffix -n for wors that end in vowels, these suffixes would be equivalent tothe suffix -ing.

Distant Past Tense

The distant past tense is rarely used in conversations and it is used mainly for referring to actions or things that have been done a while ago and histories(referencing historical texts for example).

Words would contain the prefix ja- for words that start with consonants and jek- for words that start with vowels. This suffix is equival.ent to "awhile ago" or "a long time ago". example: "I did my work a long time ago" would be "ja-Ze adren myr joirk" or "A long time ago, I finished my work" in english.

Prefixes and suffixes are never capitalized.

Word Order

The typical word order of Arkhæn is that of the Subject-Verb-Object(SVO) word order.

Things to note:

• Infinite verbs (will, may ,might, shall, etc.) always come after the finite verb (such as learn, know, run, etc.).

Example, to say "I will unleash my power, it would be translated as "Zĕ zarev ashrɯd myr kædii" which would then be translated as "I unleash will my power"

Another example: "I might know this" would be said as "Zĕ joikăn măhdƜ zar" or "I know might this."

• Adverbs occur after the verb e.g. for " I easily saw him in that bush, it would be: "Zĕ zolysen iimii hæmo rƴz zir budzen" (I saw-easily him in that bush)

Asking Questions in the language

• The Prefix "ki-" ('kaɪ) for consonants and "k-" lets the listener know that a question is being posed. These prefixes do not have to be used, as they are usually used for formality.

Also, with reversing the verb and the subject the verb and the first two letters of the subject(aside from h) are combined. (e.g. ir [conjugated from takad meaning "(to)be"] + kadh [singular, meaning "you"] = irka [meaning you are/are you].

Together with the prefix it would be: "k-Irka?" ('k-ɪərkɑ) meaning "are you?"

More examples:

• Am I?

ki-Tazĕ

Some verbs are excepted from this rule like the verb "ashrɯd" [meaning "will"]

Takad

• Is he?

k-Azut

Ashrɯd meaning "will":

• Will I?

ki-Rɯzĕ (ruːzeɪ)

• Will You?

ki-Rɯko (ruːkoʊ)

• Will He?

ki-Rɯju (ruːdʒuː)

• Will She?

ki-Rɯshi (ruːʃiː)

• Will It?

ki-Rɯna (ruːzɑ)

• Will They?

ki-Rɯho (ruːhoʊ)