Aakan [VANA]
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Aakan
Akänha̋üṇḳon [ə:kən̪ˈhaʉᵑkʼɔ:n̪]

Akänha̋üṇḳon [ə:kən̪ˈhaʉᵑkʼɔ:n̪]
Registered by
cemeteryghoul on 15 November 2020
Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Aakan
A liturgical language.
Sample of Aakan[view] dümaḥjéëṭuhätuṭu, köëṇtűsëhätuṭu ḳavatékjumogë.
Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.[view all texts]
Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.[view all texts]
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Epiglottal | Glottal | ||||||||||
Nasal | m | n̪ | [ŋ]1 | |||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | t̪ | d̪ | [c]2 [cʼ]3 | [ɟ]4 | k kʼ | g | |||||||||||||
Fricative | v | ð | s̪ | ʒ | [ʑ]5 | [ç]6 | x | ʜ | h h̪͆ | |||||||||||
Affricate | [d̪ð]7 | [t͡s̪]8 | [k͡x]9 | |||||||||||||||||
Click | ǃ |
- allophone of /n/ before velars
- realisation of /kʲ/
- realisation of /kʼʲ/
- realisation of /ɡʲ/
- realisation of /ʒʲ/
- realisation of /hʲ/
- allophone of /ð/ when prenasalised
- allophone of /s̪/ when prenasalised
- allophone of /x/ when prenasalised
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | y | [ʉ]1 | u: | |||
Close-mid | e: | o | ||||
Mid | [ə]2 [ə:]3 | |||||
Open-mid | ɛ [ɛ:]4 | ɔ: | ||||
Open | a a: |
- unstressed allophone of /y/
- unstressed allophone of /a/
- unstressed allophone of /a:/
- unstressed allophone of /e:/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Aakan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
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a/a:/, [ə:]1 | ä/a/, [ə]2 | c/h̪͆/ | d/d̪/ | e/e:/, [ɛ:]3 | ë/ɛ/ | g/g/ | h/h/ | j/ʲ/ |
k/k/ | m/m/ | n/n̪/, [ŋ]4 | o/ɔ:/ | ö/o/ | p/p/ | s/s̪/, [t͡s̪]5 | t/ǃ/ | u/u:/ |
ü/y/, [ʉ]6 | v/v/ | x/x/, [k͡x]7 | z/ð/, [d̪ð]8 | ḥ/ʜ/ | ḳ/kʼ/ | ṇ/ⁿ/ | ṭ/t̪/ | ẓ/ʒ/ |
✔ Shown in correct order |
- unstressed allophone of /a:/
- unstressed allophone of /a/
- unstressed allophone of /e:/
- allophone of /n/ before velars
- allophone of /s̪/ when prenasalised
- unstressed allophone of /y/
- allophone of /x/ when prenasalised
- allophone of /ð/ when prenasalised
Additional NotesVowels have accented forms with acutes on long vowels (á, é, ó, ú) and double acutes on short vowels (a̋, e̋, ő, ű)