Bahikan [BAH]
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Language type
A priori
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Species
Human/humanoid
About Bahikan
Bahikan, i ŋār Bǣhikæ [i ŋɑ:ɾ bæ:xikæ] is a language spoken in the country of Bahika, with nearly 4,000,000 speakers it is the most widely spoken language of the Bahikan family, spoken natively by around 60% of Bahikan nationals.
It is notable for its small consonant inventory of only 13 consonants and strict front-back vowel harmony that affects the entire word.
Bahikan is a largely analytical language that relies on word order and particles to convey grammatical tense, aspect, mood and case. It also heavily uses definite and indefinite articles for every noun, proper noun, and adjective (adjectives only use ē).
Bahikan, i ŋār Bǣhikæ [i ŋɑ:ɾ bæ:xikæ] is a language spoken in the country of Bahika, with nearly 4,000,000 speakers it is the most widely spoken language of the Bahikan family, spoken natively by around 60% of Bahikan nationals. It is notable for its small consonant inventory of only 13 consonants and strict front-back vowel harmony that affects the entire word.
Bahikan is a largely analytical language that relies on word order and particles to convey grammatical tense, aspect, mood and case. It also heavily uses definite and indefinite articles for every noun, proper noun, and adjective (adjectives only use ē).
Sample of Bahikan[view] Ō Papā dǣ pūs sā i kēnrim, / Ie ānabo naŋko i pumōŋ dǣ ō. / Ie pipæ maku i demæn dǣ ō. / Ie nasubo i mǣŋī dǣ ō sā i Bafo rēsin sā i kēnrim. / Te nēgǣbe hunusamur i sadūŋ dǣ i samur dǣ pūs; / Te sunobo pūs sō mæŋēh dǣ pūs, midæ ba suno pūs gu sō tepimæŋēh dǣ pūs. / Te meŋehæbe fūs pūs hæ i kōsā, te kurobo enrer pūs gu sō tepihiri. / Pubo kūmu...[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g |
| Fricative | ɸ | s | x | |||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||
| Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||
| Near-open | æ æ: | |||
| Open | ɑ ɑ: | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Bahikan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| BahikanOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/ɑ/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/ɸ/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/x/ | Ii/i/ | Kk/k/ | Mm/m/ |
| Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Ææ/æ/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
