Zakurian [ZKU]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Zakurian
!Зало́одзтЕ Иие́це си .Заку́ри-ую́лекЕ
Hello! This is Zakurian.
This was my first attempt at a conlang. It sucks. It's a complete mess. I recommend
Vezarish if you want to see a "good" lang of mine.
Notable features:
SVO word order
Adjectives/adverbs before nouns/verbs
Question particle indicating a question
4 plural suffixes
Comparative and superlative prefixes
Cyrillic script
No noun cases such as nominative and accusative
Imperative verb case
Word milestones:
100th: Ма́азтрур (master)
200th: А́ия (his/her/its)
300th: Wе́емом (only)
400th: Фа́велат (lettuce)
500th: Ко́кразин (compliment)
600th: Лоо (behind)
Did you know?
About 90% of Zakurian words contain the letter A.
Zakurian words are based on Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian, but some just have made up elements.
!Зало́одзтЕ Иие́це си .Заку́ри-ую́лекЕ
Hello! This is Zakurian.
This was my first attempt at a conlang. It sucks. It's a complete mess. I recommend
Vezarish if you want to see a "good" lang of mine.Notable features:
SVO word order
Adjectives/adverbs before nouns/verbs
Question particle indicating a question
4 plural suffixes
Comparative and superlative prefixes
Cyrillic script
No noun cases such as nominative and accusative
Imperative verb case
Word milestones:
100th: Ма́азтрур (master)
200th: А́ия (his/her/its)
300th: Wе́емом (only)
400th: Фа́велат (lettuce)
500th: Ко́кразин (compliment)
600th: Лоо (behind)
Did you know?
About 90% of Zakurian words contain the letter A.
Zakurian words are based on Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian, but some just have made up elements.
Sample of Zakurian[view] Вı-ка́скииıсам на́бели ду .wариO: / 1. Вабриие́дут то́ви жамби́ вıт до́охуМ / 2. / 3.
Wario's tips for summer: / 1. drink all the shampoo in the house / 2. / 3.[view all texts]
Wario's tips for summer: / 1. drink all the shampoo in the house / 2. / 3.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | ʔ1 | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʒ | ɕ | ʝ | x | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | [j]2 | ʍ | w | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||
| Blends | ʝu [ʝu:]3 | ʝɑ [ʝɑ:]4 |
- Used in between two words when the first ends with a vowel and the second begins with a vowel.
- Replaces /ʝ/ when after a consonant, allophone of /ʝ/
- Stressed form of /ʝu/, allophone of /ʝu/
- Stressed form of /ʝɑ/, allophone of /ʝɑ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i [i:]1 | u [u:]2 | ||||||||
| Near-close | ɪ [ɪ:]3 | ʊ | ||||||||
| Close-mid | e [e:]4 | o [o:]5 | ||||||||
| Mid | [ə]6 | |||||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | |||||||||
| Near-open | æ [æ:]7 | |||||||||
| Open | [a:]8 | ɑ | ɒ [ɒ:]9 | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | eɪ [eɪ:]10 | [oʊ]11 [oʊ:]12 |
- Stressed form of /i/, allophone of /i/
- Stressed form of /u/, allophone of /u/
- Stressed form of /ɪ/, allophone of /ɪ/
- Stressed form of /ɛ/, allophone of /ɛ/
- Stressed form of /o/, allophone of /o/
- Replaces /ɑ/ when at the end of a word, allophone of /ɑ/
- Stressed form of /æ/, allophone of /æ/
- Stressed form of /ɑ/, allophone of /ɑ/
- Stressed form of /ɒ/, allophone of /ɒ/
- Stressed form of /eɪ/, allophone of /eɪ/
- Beginning form of /o/, allophone of /o/
- Stressed form of /oʊ/, allophone of /o/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Zakurian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ZakurianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Iı/ɪ/ | Í ı́[ɪ:]1 | Ww/w/ | Аа/ɑ/, [ə]2 | А́ а́[a:]3 | А́А а́а[æ:]4 | АА аа/æ/ | Бб/b/ | Вв/v/ | Дд/d/ | Ее/ɛ/, [ə]5 |
| Е́ е́[e:]6 | Е́Е е́е[eɪ:]7 | ЕЕ ее/eɪ/ | Жж/ʒ/ | Зз/z/ | Ии/i/ | И́ и́[i:]8 | ИИ ии/ʝ/ | Кк/k/ | Лл/l/ | Мм/m/ |
| Нн/n/ | Оо/o/, [oʊ]9 | О́ о́[oʊ:]10, [o:]11 | О́О о́о[ɒ:]12 | ОО оо/ɒ/ | Пп/p/ | Рр/ɾ/ | Сс/s/ | Тт/t/ | Уу/u/ | У́ у́[u:]13 |
| Фф/f/ | Хх/x/ | Цц/t͡s/ | Чч/t͡ʃ/ | Шш/ɕ/ | Юю/ʝu/ | Ю́ ю́[ʝu:]14 | Яя/ʝɑ/ | Я́ я́[ʝɑ:]15 | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
- Stressed form of /ɪ/.
- Replaces /ɑ/ when at the end of a word.
- Stressed form of /ɑ/.
- Stressed form of /æ/.
- Replaces /ɛ/ when at the end of a word.
- Stressed form of /ɛ/.
- Stressed form of /eɪ/.
- Stressed form of /i/.
- Beginning form of /o/.
- Stressed form of /oʊ/.
- Stressed form of /o/.
- Stressed form of /ɒ/.
- Stressed form of /u/.
- Stressed form of /ʝu/.
- Stressed form of /ʝɑ/.
Additional NotesThe stressed vowels aren't actually part of the alphabet; they're there so I can type them on mobile with the side bar without needing to copy and paste.
