Choyan [KVI]
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Language type
Not specified
Species
Human/humanoid
About Choyan
Choyan, also written Choian, Kviit follows regular and simple rules though pronunciation can prove to be challenging due to many consonant clusters. The language follows an SOV word order and has 4 cases. Kviit possesses grammatical gender (masculine, feminine, neuter) but adjectives do not have to agree in any form with the nouns they modify, as is true with adverbs and verbs.
The alphabet is as follows with IPA beneath:
a, á, b, d, e, é, f, g, h, i, ï, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, v
/a/, /æ/, /b/, /d/, /e/, /ei/ /f/, /g/, /h/, /i/, /ai/, /k/, /l/, /m/, /n/, /o/, /p/, /r/, /s/, /t/, /u/, /v/
There are two diphthongs, /ai/ and /ei/, represented by ï and é, respectively
Example sentences:
Fsikon kturan vïget - The cat sees the dog
Kmojan kvurane tmibet dirïget - The boy gives the dog a bone
Fsorilon bé skvote rumïget - The girl sleeps at home
The alphabet is as follows with IPA beneath:
a, á, b, d, e, é, f, g, h, i, ï, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, v
/a/, /æ/, /b/, /d/, /e/, /ei/ /f/, /g/, /h/, /i/, /ai/, /k/, /l/, /m/, /n/, /o/, /p/, /r/, /s/, /t/, /u/, /v/
There are two diphthongs, /ai/ and /ei/, represented by ï and é, respectively
Example sentences:
Fsikon kturan vïget - The cat sees the dog
Kmojan kvurane tmibet dirïget - The boy gives the dog a bone
Fsorilon bé skvote rumïget - The girl sleeps at home
Language family relationships
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | h | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||
| Blends | kv |
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Near-open | æ | |||
| Open | a | |||
| Polyphthongs | ei | ai |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Choyan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ChoyanOrthography | ||||||||
| Áá/æ/ | Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | Éé/ei/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ |
| Ïï/ai/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ |
| Qq/kv/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Zz/z/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | ||||||||
