Zhinekan [ZKE]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Place & SpeakersZhinekan is spoken in the Zhinekan Republic.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Zhinekan
Herīdžakē!
Welcome!
Zhinekan is a language that I've been working on since early 2024, mostly just for fun, but also for some assistance in worldbuilding.
Note that this is my first* conlang so some stuff may be rough around the edges. I will try my best to clean up any loose details, though! As a result, many details may not be set in stone and are subject to change.
Early Modern Zhinekan may act as a hub for old features that I feel would work as part of a predecessor.
Herīdžakē!
Welcome!
Zhinekan is a language that I've been working on since early 2024, mostly just for fun, but also for some assistance in worldbuilding.
Note that this is my first* conlang so some stuff may be rough around the edges. I will try my best to clean up any loose details, though! As a result, many details may not be set in stone and are subject to change.
Early Modern Zhinekan may act as a hub for old features that I feel would work as part of a predecessor.Language family relationships
Language treeZhinekanic
⤷ Proto-Zhinekanic
⤷ Classical Zhinekanic
⤷ Early Modern Zhinekan
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Zhinekan
⤷ Proto-Zhinekanic
⤷ Classical Zhinekanic
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Early Modern Zhinekan⤷
Zhinekan[view] About ZhinekanicLanguage family of ZKE and its predecessors.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | [n̥]1 | n | [ŋ]2 | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | t | d | k | g | [q]3 | ʔ | |||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | h | [ɦ]4 | |||||||||
| Affricate | [t͡s]5 | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
- word-initial, allophone of /n/
- before velars, allophone of /n/
- before /r/, allophone of /k/
- intervocalic, allophone of /h/
- intervocalic before /i/, allophone of /t/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | [y]1 [y:]2 | ʉ ʉ: | [u]3 [u:]4 | ||
| Close-mid | [o]5 [o:]6 | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | [ɜ]7 [ɜ:]8 | ɔ ɔ: | |||
| Near-open | [æ]9 [æ:]10 | |||||
| Open | a a: | |||||
| Polyphthongs | ɔɛ ɔɛ: | oʉ oʉ: | aɛ aɛ: | aʉ aʉ: | ɜi ɜi: |
- after /h/ or /s/, allophone of /i/
- after /h/ or /s/, allophone of /i:/
- after /h/ or /s/, allophone of /ʉ/
- after /h/ or /s/, allophone of /ʉ:/
- after /h/ or /s/, allophone of /ɔ/
- after /h/ or /s/, allophone of /ɔ:/
- after /h/ or /s/, allophone of /ɛ/
- after /h/ or /s/, allophone of /ɛ:/
- after /h/ or /s/, allophone of /a/
- after /h/ or /s/, allophone of /a:/
Syllable Structure(C)(C)V(C)
Stress informationStress on the third-to-last syllable, unless the second-to-last syllable contains a long vowel.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Zhinekan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| ZhinekanOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa A /a/, [æ]1 | Āā Aa /a:/, [æ:]2 | Dd D /d/ | Ee E /ɛ/, [ɜ]3 | Ēē Ee /ɛ:/, [ɜ:]4 | Ff F /f/ | Gg G /g/ | Hh H /h/, [ɦ]5 | Ii I /i/, [y]6 | Īī Ii /i:/, [y:]7 |
| Jj J /d͡ʒ/ | Kk K /k/, [q]8 | Ll L /l/ | Mm M /m/ | Nn N /n/, [n̥]9, [ŋ]10 | Oo O /ɔ/, [o]11 | Ōō Oo /ɔ:/, [o:]12 | Pp P /p/ | Rr R /r/ | Ss S /s/ |
| Šš Sh /ʃ/ | Tt T /t/, [t͡s]13 | Uu U /ʉ/, [u]14 | Ūū Uu /ʉ:/, [u:]15 | Yy Y /j/ | Zz Z /z/ | Žž Zh /ʒ/, [ʃ]16 | ʼ Spōf /ʔ/ | ||
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||
- after /h/ or /s/
- after /h/ or /s/
- after /h/ or /s/
- after /h/ or /s/
- intervocalic
- after /h/ or /s/
- after /h/ or /s/
- before /r/
- word-initial
- before velars
- after /h/ or /s/
- after /h/ or /s/
- intervocalic before /i/
- after /h/ or /s/
- after /h/ or /s/
- in coda
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