Koinean

Koinean is a brief sketchlang, attempting to take the growing non-configurationality of vernacular Korean and extend it to the level of Koiné Greek. While Ancient Greek could match distant words by Case/Number/Gender, Koinean matches by Case/Honor/Class. The verb inflectional structure is as big as a λυω chart. It is written in the polytonic Greek alphabet, and requires the extension of Unicode by combining characters to write upsilons with iota subscript. It is also meant as an instructional aide for Koreans in learning NT Greek.

Phonology

Orthography

α - /아/, β - /v/, γ - /ㄱ/, δ - /ㄹ/, ε, ζ - /ㅈ/, η - /어/, θ - /ㅌ/, ι - /이/, κ - /ㅋ/, λ - /l/, μ - /ㅁ/, ν - /ㄴ/, ξ - /ks/, ο - /으/, π - /ㅂ/, ρ, σ - /ㅅ/, τ - /ㄷ/, υ - /우/, φ - /ㅍ/, χ - /ㅊ/, ψ - /ps/, ω - /오/ Άλφα Βετα γάμμα δεδτα

Consonants

• Nasals
  • /m/ ㅁ -> μ or Μ
  • /n/ ㄴ -> ν or Ν
  • /ŋ/ ㅇ -> νν (coda only)
• Approximants
  • /w/ -> diphthongs
  • /j/ -> iota subscript
  • /ɾ/ -> δ or Δ (only for native words, or coda)
  • /l/ -> λ or Λ (only for foreign words)
  • /r/ -> ρ or Ρ (only for foreign words)
    • Can be further specified as ῤ or ᾽Ρ or even ῥ or Ῥ
• Fricatives
  • /h/ -> rough breathing mark
  • /s/ -> σ/ς, σσ/ςς, Σ, ΣΣ
• Stops
  • Simple

Vowels

• There are six regular vowels, corresponding to Korean 아/이,어,오,으,우: ἀ,ἰ,ἠ,ὠ,ὀ,ὐ.
• Iotasized vowels (y on-glide) is written with an iota subscribe: 야,여,요,유: ᾀ,ᾐ,ᾠ,ὐͅ.
• Diphthongs are written as in Hangul, including 애 and 에: 와,워,위,외,의: ὠα,ὐη,ὐι,ὠι,ὀι.
• Trigraphs: 얘,예,웨,왜: ᾀι,ᾐι,ὐηι,ὠαι.