Classic Hoku [HKGSH]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Classic Hoku
Hoku Kugasha, "Proper-Language of Hoku", is one of the native languages of the planet Hokushoku, second planet of the Nebeza binary system, which is inhabited by the Hoku, a race of warm-blooded reptile-like humanoids.
Commonly referred to as Classic Hoku, as one of the oldest and most diffused parent languages in this world I've build.
Hoku Kugasha has a left-to-right writing/reading and is written through logography (at the moment), that is, individual symbols have their own meanings, and complex words are written through the combined meaning of various symbols (CVN like), and read through pronouncing their sounds / character names in full (there are some exceptions to this rule as well), and it is more likely a proto-language as it is now.
The anatomy of a hoku's mouth allows them to pronounce the words in their natural state, but a human being does not have the same structure as the elongated jaw or resonating box at the top of the mouth that would allow the words to be clearly highlighted. This obstacle can be reasonably circumvented by projecting the voice in front of the mouth, pouting as the words are spoken.
Commonly referred to as Classic Hoku, as one of the oldest and most diffused parent languages in this world I've build.
Hoku Kugasha has a left-to-right writing/reading and is written through logography (at the moment), that is, individual symbols have their own meanings, and complex words are written through the combined meaning of various symbols (CVN like), and read through pronouncing their sounds / character names in full (there are some exceptions to this rule as well), and it is more likely a proto-language as it is now.
The anatomy of a hoku's mouth allows them to pronounce the words in their natural state, but a human being does not have the same structure as the elongated jaw or resonating box at the top of the mouth that would allow the words to be clearly highlighted. This obstacle can be reasonably circumvented by projecting the voice in front of the mouth, pouting as the words are spoken.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | q | |||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʒ | ɕ | ʝ | χ | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | t͡ɕ | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɽ | |||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | ʉ | u | |||
| Close-mid | o | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | |||||
| Near-open | ɐ | |||||
Syllable StructureEvery consonant is never pronounced alone, individually each has a name to be called by.
K not K, but Kho
S not S, but Sa
X not X, but Xa
KP is read as Khopa ("to MAKE something")
When followed by Vowels, consonants voice that vowel.
Kho + Ah = Kha
Kho + Oh = Koo
K not K, but Kho
S not S, but Sa
X not X, but Xa
KP is read as Khopa ("to MAKE something")
When followed by Vowels, consonants voice that vowel.
Kho + Ah = Kha
Kho + Oh = Koo
Stress informationStress is often put on the first and last letters.
Hokushoku is read as HOkushokU (Civilized World / World)
Some foreign words have their own stress.
Hokushoku is read as HOkushokU (Civilized World / World)
Some foreign words have their own stress.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Classic Hoku. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 Classic HokuOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| A a Ah /ɐ/ | B b Beh /b/ | C c Chi /t͡ɕ/ | D d Deh /d/ | E e Eh /ɛ/ | F f Fi /f/ | G g Gue /g/ | H h Ho /χ/ | I i Ie /i/ |
| J j Je /ʒ/ | K k Kho /k/ | L l Lil /l/ | M m Men /m/ | N n Nen /n/ | O o Oh /o/ | P p Pa /p/ | Q q Que /q/ | R r Ra /ɽ/ |
| S s Sassa /s/ | T t Tchi /t/ | U u Uo /u/ | V v Vil /v/ | W w Uk /ʉ/ | X x Xa /ɕ/ | Y y Yu /ʝ/ | Z z Za /z/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
