Amrikan [AMK]
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Amrikan
Amrikëst [ˈamɾɪkʲɛʃ]
AmrikanAmrikëst [ˈamɾɪkʲɛʃ]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Amrikan
My first (serious) attempt at conlanging! This a priori language is intended for speech by humanoid beings who can make the same sounds us humans can!
Sample of Amrikan[view] Öş arin "Lïnjé vekk" ve, u zolïlün pär för.
Any man who must say "I am the king" is no true king.[view all texts]
Any man who must say "I am the king" is no true king.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[view] About ElðaA fictional language family consisting of conlangs created by Eli Henson (DarcX).
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Velar | Uvular | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ŋ]1 | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | θ | ð | s | z | [ʃ]2 | [ʒ]3 | ʂ | [ɕ]4 | χ | |||||
| Affricate | ʈ͡ʂ | ɖ͡ʐ | [t͡ɕ]5 | [d͡ʑ]6 | ||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | [ɹ]7 | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
- Before velar consonants, allophone of /n/
- When palatalized, allophone of /s/
- When palatalized, allophone of /z/
- When palatalized, allophone of /ʂ/
- When palatalized, allophone of /ʈ͡ʂ/
- When palatalized, allophone of /ɖ͡ʐ/
- When palatalized, allophone of /ɾ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | ɯ ɯ: | u ʲu ʲu: u: | |||
| Near-close | ɪ ʲɪ ʲɪ: ɪ: | |||||
| Close-mid | e e: | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ʲɛ ʲɛ: ɛ: | ʌ ʌ: | ɔ ʲɔ ʲɔ: ɔ: | |||
| Near-open | æ æ: | |||||
| Open | a ʲa ʲa: a: | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Amrikan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 AmrikanOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Áá/æ/ | Aa/a/ | Ää/ʲa/ | AA aa/a:/ | ÁÁ áá/æ:/ | ÄA äa/ʲa:/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/θ/ | Dd/d/ | Ëë/ʲɛ/ |
| Ee/ɛ/ | Éé/e/ | ÉÉ éé/e:/ | EE ee/ɛ:/ | ËE ëe/ʲɛ:/ | Ff/ɸ/ | Gg/g/ | Ii/ɪ/ | Íí/i/ | Ïï/ʲɪ/ |
| ÏI ïi/ʲɪ:/ | II ii/ɪ:/ | ÍÍ íí/i:/ | Jj/ɖ͡ʐ/, [d͡ʑ]1 | Kk/k/ | KK kk/χ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/, [ŋ]2 | Oo/ʌ/ |
| Óó/ɔ/ | Öö/ʲɔ/ | OO oo/ʌ:/ | ÓÓ óó/ɔ:/ | ÖO öo/ʲɔ:/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɾ/, [ɹ]3 | Ss/s/, [ʃ]4 | Şş/ʂ/, [ɕ]5 | Tt/t/ |
| Uu/ɯ/ | Úú/u/ | Üü/ʲu/ | ÚÚ úú/u:/ | ÜU üu/ʲu:/ | UU uu/ɯ:/ | Vv/β/ | Xx/ʈ͡ʂ/, [t͡ɕ]6 | Zz/z/, [ʒ]7 | Ðð/ð/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- When palatalized
- Before velar consonants
- When palatalized
- When palatalized
- When palatalized
- When palatalized
- When palatalized
