Яжык Аркеоский (Jažyk Arkéoskij)
Arkhĕn [aɾ.'ke.n̩] or Arkhĕo [aɾ.'ke.o] 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 /'ʃænaɹ/
Álkavat (alphabet)
The Arkæn Alphabet is known as the Álkavat, the name of which came from the first four letters of Arkhæn's predecessor, Valerjao[væl'ɛɹwo]. The letters were Ál, Ka, Vāw and Hyt. The script consists of 35 letters, 9 of which are vowels.
Phonology
Listed below are the phonetics as they are pronounced in roman script.
Vowels
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u | ||
| Near-close | |||||
| Close-mid | e | o | |||
| Mid | ə | ||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |||
| Near-open | |||||
| Open | a | ɒ |
| IPA | Letter | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Monopthongs | ||
| ɒ | a | bra,father, lot, cot |
| a | á | tap, bat, bad |
| ɛ | e | bet |
| e | ĕ | bay, face |
| o | o | road |
| ə | u | under |
| u | ú | zoo |
| ɨ | y | roses |
| i | ý | bee |
| Dipthongs | ||
| aɪ | i | cry |
| ɔɪj | oj | boy, joy |
- Vowel "A" becomes /ə/ when unstressed.
| IPA | letters | Example |
|---|---|---|
| ɪəɹ | ýr | ear, fear |
| ɛəɾ | ĕr | air, fair |
| ɔɾ | or | for, pour |
| ɛɹ | yr | butter |
Allophony"
- /æ/ is allophonic to /a/, and in some cases indistinguishable.
- /ɐ/ is allophonic to /ə/.
- /ɪ/ is allophonic to /ɨ/ when it is word-initial.
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labio-
Dental |
Dental | Alveolar | Post-
Alveolar |
(Aveolo)-
Palatal |
Velar | Labial-
Velar |
Uvular | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hard | soft | hard | soft | hard | soft | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | mʲ | n | ɲ | |||||||||
| Stop | p b | t d | tʲ dʲ | k ɡ | kʲ ɡʲ | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s d͡z | t͡sʲ | t͡ʃ d͡ʒ | t͡ɕ | |||||||||
| Fricative | f v | s z | sʲ | ʃ ʒ | ɕ ʑ | χ | h | ||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | |||||||||||
| Flap or Tap | ɾ | ||||||||||||
| Lateral | l | ||||||||||||
- Voiced Alveolar Approximant [ɹ] is a free-variant of Voiced Alveolar Tap [ɾ], meaning they can be used interchangeably without changing the meaning of the word.
| IPA | Letter | Example
(in english) |
|---|---|---|
| m | m | met |
| mʲ | mj | music |
| n | n | name |
| p | p | pot |
| b | b | ban |
| t | t | tan |
| ɹ or ɾ | r | ran, red, rot, car |
| d | d | dad |
| k | k | sky |
| kʲ | q | cute |
| g | g | gone |
| ǧ | gʲ | gyuda |
| d͡ʒ | dž | judge |
| f | f | fat |
| v | v | van |
| ts | c | bats |
| s | s | sun |
| z | z | zeal |
| ʃ | š | shun |
| ʒ | ž | pleasure |
| h | h | head |
| l | l | lad |
| tʃ | č | cheese |
| χ | ȟ | ȟomyk (home) |
| d͡z | dz | beds |
