Яжык Аркеоский (Jažyk Arkéoskij)
Arkhéan [aɾ.'ke.n̩] or Arkhéo [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/
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 | å | tap, bat, bad |
| ɛ | e | bet |
| e | é | bay, face |
| o | o | road |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ɪəɹ | ýr | ear, fear |
| ɛəɾ | ĕr | air, fair |
| ɔɾ | or | for, pour |
| ɛɹ | yr | butter |
Allophony
- /æ/ is an allophone of /a/, word initially
- /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 | |||||||
| Nasal | m | mʲ | n | ɲ | ||||||||
| Stop | p b | pʲ bʲ | 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 | x | χ | h | ||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||
| Rhotic Consonant | r⁽¹⁾ | |||||||||||
| Lateral | l | |||||||||||
- ⁽¹⁾The Arkhéan [r] can be either an Alveolar Approximant [ɹ] or an Alveolar Tap [ɾ], as both consonant sounds are 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 | music |
| n | n | name |
| ɲ | ň | new |
| p | p | pot |
| pʲ | ṕ | pure |
| b | b | ban |
| bʲ | ƃ | no english equvalent |
| t | t | tan |
| ɹ or ɾ | r | ran, red, rot, car |
| d | d | dad |
| k | k | sky |
| kʲ | q | cute |
| x | ɋ or ǩ | loch |
| g | g | gone |
| ǧ | gʲ | argue |
| 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 | no english equivalent |
| d͡z | dz | beds |
