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Dezaking
Dezak
Deszänikä
Pronunciation/d̪es̪æ̃n̪ĩkæ/
Language family
DialectsCobenan, Miroz, Evanese
Writing systemMadim Script
Official status
Official language inCongaval
CWS codeNCO

Background

Dezaking started as a language on Dezaking Island in southern modern-day Rovenia. Three different countries claimed Dezaking Island as theirs, and a language evolved from those three languages called "Deszanika" (Dezaking Language). When Rovenia formed from those three countries, Dezaking was chosen to be the official language, and it was kept when Rovenia became Congaval.


Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Labio-dental Dental Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal Other
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive p b t d c ɟ k g ʔ
Fricative f v s̪ z̪ ʃ ʒ x
Approximant ʋ j ɰ w ɥ
Lateral l ɬ ɮ χ͡l̪̊

Vowels

Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
Close i y ĩ ỹ ɯ u ɯ̃ ũ
Near-close ɪ ʏ ɪ̃ ʏ̃ ʊ ʊ̃
Close-mid e ø ẽ ø̃ ɤ o ɤ̃ õ
Mid ə ə̃
Open-mid ɛ œ ɛ̃ œ̃ ʌ ɔ ʌ̃ ɔ̃
Near-open æ æ̃
Open a

Phonotactics

Dezaking has a syllable structure of (C)V(N), unless it's the last syllable of a word, then it's (C)V(N)(C). All nasals nasalize the previous vowel, and isn't pronounced unless the next letter is a vowel. So, "An" is /ɒ̃/ while "Ana" is /ɒ̃n̪ɒ/. At the end of a word, consonants are silent unless the first letter of the next word is a vowel or it's the end of a sentence (which in this case, it's always devoiced).

Orthography

a - /ɒ/ or /ɑ/ à - /æ/ or /ɶ/ b - /b/ c - /c/ d - /d̪/ e - /e/ or /ø/ è - /ɛ/ or /œ/ f - /f/ g - /g/ h - /ʔ/ i - /i/ or /y/ ì - /ɪ/ or /ʏ/ j - /ɟ/ k - /q/ l - /l̪/ ł - /χ͡l̪̊/ m - /m/ n - /n̪/ ñ - /ɲ/ ń - /ɴ/ o - /u/ or /ɯ/ ò - /o/ or /ɤ/ p - /p/ r - /ʋ/ s - /s̟/ ś - /θ/ or /ɬ/ š - /ɕ/ t - /t̪/ u - /ə/ v - /v/ x - /χ/ z - /z̟/ ź - /ð/ or /ɮ/ ž - /ʑ/

Grammar

Morphology

Dezaking has 4 cases: Adessive, Inessive, Locative, and Genitive. They each have two forms depending if the noun is definite or indefinite.

Indefinite Definite
No case R- No prefix
Adessive K- G-
Inessive P- B-
Locative L- Ł-
Genitive C- J-

Syntax

The word order of Dezaking is OSV.