AKIAL [AKIAL]
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Language type
International Auxiliary Language (IAL)
Species
Human/humanoid
About AKIAL
AKIAL stands for AK's International Auxiliary Language. (AK being my initials.)
A not so Eurocentric auxlang with only 13 sounds, and a lexicon taken from the 20 most spoken natural languages from around six unique families.
Built with the simplicity of Toki Pona and the capabilities of natural languages.
Its autonym, QQA, is an acronym for Qakti qaktis asik, or “people's language”.
A not so Eurocentric auxlang with only 13 sounds, and a lexicon taken from the 20 most spoken natural languages from around six unique families.
Built with the simplicity of Toki Pona and the capabilities of natural languages.
Its autonym, QQA, is an acronym for Qakti qaktis asik, or “people's language”.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
| Plosive | p | t | k | |||||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | |||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open | a | |||
Syllable StructureCVC, but many words stick to CV with an optional C at the end.
The only exception is that ⟨h⟩ cannot end a syllable.
The only exception is that ⟨h⟩ cannot end a syllable.
Stress informationStress always goes on the first syllable of the word, except for conjugated verbs in which case the stress is on the first syllable of the actual verb root.
OtherAKIAL is extremely allophonic:
⟨q⟩ can be pronounced /ŋ/, /ɲ/, or /ɴ/; ⟨h⟩ can be pronounced /h/ or /x/; ⟨r⟩ can be pronounced /r/, /ɾ/, /ɹ/, /ɻ/, or /l/; all stop consonants can be pronounced voiced or unvoiced; ⟨a⟩ can be pronounced /a/, /ɑ/, or /æ/; ⟨o⟩ can cover basically all rounded vowel space from /y/ to /u/ to /ɒ/ to /ɶ/.
⟨q⟩ can be pronounced /ŋ/, /ɲ/, or /ɴ/; ⟨h⟩ can be pronounced /h/ or /x/; ⟨r⟩ can be pronounced /r/, /ɾ/, /ɹ/, /ɻ/, or /l/; all stop consonants can be pronounced voiced or unvoiced; ⟨a⟩ can be pronounced /a/, /ɑ/, or /æ/; ⟨o⟩ can cover basically all rounded vowel space from /y/ to /u/ to /ɒ/ to /ɶ/.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for AKIAL. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 AKIALOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||||
| Aa a /a/ | Ee e /e/ | Hh ha /h/ | Ii i /i/ | Kk ka /k/ | Mm mi /m/ | Nn ni /n/ | Oo o /o/ | Pp pa /p/ | Qq qa /ŋ/ | Rr re /ɾ/ | Ss so /s/ | Tt to /t/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||||||
Additional NotesMany of these syllabic letter names are inspired by musical Solfège, and in fact a recognizable progression of seven syllables exists:
To Re Mi Pa So Qa Ni To
To Re Mi Pa So Qa Ni To
