Яжык Аркеоский (Jažyk Arkéoskij)

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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

Arkhean Language contains a large phonemic inventory, most of the sounds it contains are shared with many Slavic languages, as well as sharing palatal secondary articulation. However, there are Phonemes not shared by Slavic languages, such as the Lateral Fricatives /ɮ/ and /ɬ/. It also contains one phoneme not shared by any natural language; The Lateral Trill, which is represent by IPA /ɺ͡r/ and Orthographically by <Ŀ ŀ>.

Vowels

Vowel Phonemes
Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Close-mid e o
Mid ə
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Open a ɒ
Phonemes
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
i cry
ɔɪj oj boy, joy
  • Vowel "A" becomes /ə/ when unstressed.
Followed by an R...
IPA letters Example
ɪər ýr ear, fear
ɛər ĕr air, fair
ɔr or for, pour
ɛr yr butter

Allophony Arkhean Allophony only occurs with vowels:

  • /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

Consonant Phonemes
Bilabial Labio-

Dental

Dental Alveolar Post-

Alveolar

(Aveolo)-

Palatal

Velar Uvular Glottal
hard soft hard soft hard soft hard soft
Nasal m 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
  1. 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
ḿ or mj music
n n name
ɲ ň or nj new
p p pot
ṕ or pj pure
b b ban
ƃ or bj no english equvalent
t t tan
ţ or tj no english equivalent
r r ran, red, rot, car
d d dad
ƌ or dj dew, adeiu
k k sky
q cute
x ǩ loch
g g gone
ǵ or gj argue
d͡ʒ judge
f f fat
ḟ, f́or fj fjord
v v van
ts c bats
tsʲ ć or cj no english equivalent
s s sun
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
č cheese
χ ȟ no english equivalent
d͡z dz beds