Jakvalat

Introduction

Goals

To create an aesthetically pleasing, yet easily pronounceable (for me), language for the setting of a habitable alternative Venus.

Setting

The setting is a Venus with a thinner crust which enables convection of heat within the planet's core and, despite Venus' slower rotation, the subsequent generation of a magnetic field sufficient to prevent the loss of the planet's oceans.

Common Venerian (ComVen: Lanakwa) is the predominant lingua franca spoken on Venus (ComVen: Lhinla). It originated from the environs of the mercantile city of Suliriyal on the continent of Yehadramit.

Phonology

Orthography

Native Script	Practical Orthography	IPA
⟨o⟩	⟨p⟩	/p/
⟨ɵ⟩	⟨ph⟩	/f/
⟨c⟩	⟨b⟩	/b/
⟨ɔ⟩	⟨m⟩	/m/
⟨s⟩	⟨w⟩	/w/
⟨v⟩	⟨t⟩	/t/
⟨ʌ⟩	⟨th⟩	/θ/
⟨w⟩	⟨d⟩	/d/
⟨ʍ⟩	⟨n⟩	/n/
⟨x⟩	⟨s⟩	/s/
⟨ɴ⟩	⟨r⟩	/ɹ/
⟨ɛ⟩	⟨x⟩	/ɬ/
⟨ɜ⟩	⟨l⟩	/l/
⟨n⟩	⟨k⟩	/k/
⟨u⟩	⟨kh⟩	/x/
⟨m⟩	⟨ɡ⟩	/ɡ/
⟨ɯ⟩	⟨q⟩	/ŋ/
⟨ʜ⟩	⟨y⟩	/j/
⟨z⟩	⟨h⟩	/h/

Consonants

	Labial	Central Coronal	Lateral Coronal	Dorsal	Glottal
Plosive
-voiceless	/p/	/t/		/k/
-voiced	/b/	/d/		/ɡ/
Fricative
-sibilant		/s/	/ɬ/
-spirant	/f/	/θ/		/x/
-aspirate					/h/
Sonorant
-nasal	/m/	/n/		/ŋ/
-lateral			/l/
Approximant
-rhotic		/ɹ/
-semivowel	/w/			/j/

Vowels

	Front	Back
High	/i/	/u/
Low	/ɛ/	/ɑ/