Яжык Аркеоский (Jažyk Arkéoskij)
Arkhæn [ɑr.'keɪ.ɨn] or Arkhæo [ɑr.'keɪ.oʊ] is a language spoken by the nation of Arkhæo. 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 /'ʃɑnɑr/
Álkavāht (alphabet)
The Arkæn Alphabet is known as the Álkavāht, the name of which came from the first four letters of Arkhæn's predecessor, Valwerjao. The letters were Ál, Ka, Vāw and Hit. The script consists of 30 letters, 9 of which are vowels.
Phonology
Listed below are the phonetics as they are pronounced in roman script.
Vowels
Vowel Chart
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | |||
| Close-mid | e | o | |||
| Mid | ə | ||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɐ ɔ | |||
| Near-open | æ | ||||
| Open | ɑ ɒ |
Phonemes
| IPA | Letter | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Monopthongs | ||
| ɑ and ɒ | a | bra,father, lot, cot |
| æ | á | tap, bat, bad |
| ɛ | e | bet |
| eɪ | ĕ | bay, face |
| aɪ | i | cry |
| oʊ | o | road |
| ʌ sometimes /ʊ/ before /t/ | u | strut or "foot" |
| u | ų | zoo |
| j | y | yet |
| i | ý | bee |
| Dipthongs | ||
| eɪ | æ | bay |
Allophony
- Vowels "A" and "U" become /ə/ when unstressed.
- Vowels "Y" and "I" become /ɪ/ when unstressed
Digraphs
| IPA | letters |
|---|---|
| ɪəɹ | ier |
| ɛəɹ | eir |
| aɪ | ai and æy |
| jɪ or iː² | ii |
| wɑ | joi |
| ɔr | uar |
²Ii can also sound like /iː/ only if it is not at the beggining of a word.
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labio-
Dental |
Dental | Alveolar | Post-
Alveolar |
(Aveolo)-
Palatal |
Velar | Labial-
Velar |
Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | |||||||
| Affricate | d͡z | d͡ʒ | ||||||||
| Fricative | f v | θ¹ | s z | ʃ ʒ | ɕ ʑ | χ | h | |||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | w | |||||||
| Lateral | l |
₁the phonemic sound /θ/ is virtually non-existant, with its occurence only being in a handful of words.
| IPA | Letter | Example
(in english) |
|---|---|---|
| m | m | met |
| n | n | name |
| p | p | pot |
| b | b | ban |
| t | t | tan |
| ɹ | r | ran, red, rot, car |
| d | d | dad |
| k | k | sky |
| g | g | gone |
| d͡ʒ | j | judge |
| f | f | fat |
| v | v | van |
| θ | th | math |
| s | s | sun |
| z | z | zeal |
| ʃ | ch | shun |
| ʒ or ʑ | hź | pleasure |
| h | h | head |
| w | w | went |
| l | l | lad |
| ɕ | sh | she |
| χ | ȟ | ȟomyk (home) |
| d͡z | dz | beds |
- Latin Letter "C" is pronounced solely like /s/
- Latin Letter "H" is mute at the begginning of words and after consonants "k", and before and after "d".
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
- Past: reports what already happened
- Present: reports what is happening
- Future: reports what is going to happen in the future
