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| name = Sohcahtoan
| name = Sohcahtoan
| nativename = 外事語(''sō-kato-gū'')
| nativename = 外事語
| pronunciation = ˈsoːkatogɯː
| pronunciation = ˈsoːkatogɯː
| pronunciation_key = IPA for Sohcahtoan
| pronunciation_key = IPA for Sohcahtoan
| state = Republic of Sohcahtoa
| state = Sohcahtoa
| created = 2022
| created = 2022
| creator = User:Jukethatbox
| familycolor = Altaic
| familycolor = Altaic
| fam1 = [[w:Altaic languages|Altaic]]
| speakers = 26 million
| date = 2023
| fam2 = [[w:Japonic languages|Japonic]]
| fam2 = [[w:Japonic languages|Japonic]]
| fam3 = ''part.'' Ryukyuan
| fam3 = ''part.'' Ryukyuan
| fam4 = Sohcahtoic
| fam4 = Sohcahtoic
| dia1 =
| stand1 = Standard dialect(標準方言)
| dia2 =
| dia1 = Yū-mage dialect(王町方言)
| dia2 = Tugu dialect(蛸方言)
| dia3 = Pakū dialect(拍方言)
| dia4 = Nānpa-semā dialect(長島方言)
| ancestor = [[Ancient Sohcahtoan]]
| ancestor = [[Ancient Sohcahtoan]]
| creator = [[User:Jukethatbox|Jukethatbox]]
| script1 = Jpan
| script = Japanese, Latin
| script2 = Latn
| notice = IPA
| agency = Sohcahtoan Ministry of Linguistic Regulation
| nation = Republic of Sohcahtoa
| nation = Republic of Sohcahtoa
| minority = Japan
| minority = Japan
| notice = IPA
}}
}}
'''Sohcahtoan'''(外事語, ''sō-kato-gū'' pronounced [[IPA for Sohcahtoan|[ˈsoːkatogɯː]]]) is a [[w:Japonic languages|Japonic]] conlang spoken on the fictional island of Sohcahtoa. Its phonology, lexical base and grammar are all firmly Japonic, although more recently loanwords from other languages such as Portuguese(ッアスカ,'' 'asuka''([ˈʔasɯka]) from Portuguese ''açúcar'', meaning "sugar") and modern Japanese(共和国, ''kū-a-gugeō''([ˈkɯːagɯgeoː]) from Japanese 共和国, ''kyōwakoku'', meaning "republic").
'''Sohcahtoan'''(外事語, ''sō-kato-gū'' <small>Sohcahtoan:</small> [[IPA for Sohcahtoan|[ˈsoːkatogɯː]]]) is a [[w:Japonic languages|Japonic]] conlang spoken on the fictional island of Sohcahtoa. Its phonology, lexical base and grammar are all firmly Japonic, although more recently loanwords from other languages such as Portuguese(ッアスカ,'' 'asuka''([ˈʔasɯka]) from Portuguese ''açúcar'', meaning "sugar") and modern Japanese(共和国, ''kū-a-gugeō''([ˈkɯːagɯgeoː]) from Japanese 共和国, ''kyōwakoku'', meaning "republic").
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===Orthography===
===Orthography===
Modern Sohcahtoan uses all three scripts used in the Japanese language today: [[w:Hiragana|Hiragana]], [[w:Katakana|Katakana]] and [[w:Kanji|Kanji]], and each script more of less retain their original purpose as in Japanese. However, some hiragana are pronounced differently than in Japanese, most notably <を> being pronounced [(w)o] in Japanese and [oː] in Sohcahtoan, and <は> being pronounced [ha] or [wa] in Japanese and [aː] in Sohcahtoan.
Modern Sohcahtoan uses all three scripts used in the Japanese language today: [[w:Hiragana|Hiragana]], [[w:Katakana|Katakana]] and [[w:Kanji|Kanji]], and each script more of less retain their original purpose as in Japanese. However, some hiragana are pronounced differently than in Japanese, most notably ⟨を⟩ being pronounced [(w)o] in Japanese and [oː] in Sohcahtoan, and ⟨は⟩ being pronounced [ha] or [wa] in Japanese and [aː] in Sohcahtoan.
 
Additionally, while Japanese kanji have two ways to read a kanji(''onyomi'' and ''kunyomi''), Sohcahtoan kanji have only one way to read a kanji.
 
Ancient Sohcahtoan uses the [[w:Latin alphabet|Latin script]], as some sounds like [ə] can not be represented using solely Hiragana or Katakana. The Ancient Sohcahtoan alphabet is heavily based on the Portuguese alphabet, such as how <ã> is used to represent [ə].


Additionally, while Japanese kanji have two ways to read a kanji(''onyomi'' and ''kunyomi''), Sohcahtoan kanji have only one way to read a kanji, usually corresponding to its Japanese ''onyomi''.
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
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Ancient Sohcahtoan and modern [[Sohcahtoan]] both have very similar grammar to [[w:Japanese language|Japanese]].
Ancient Sohcahtoan and modern [[Sohcahtoan]] both have very similar grammar to [[w:Japanese language|Japanese]].
===Constituent order===
===Constituent order===
Ancient Sohcahtoan uses an '''S-O-V'''(subject-object-verb) format as in Japanese, however when asking a question the language uses a '''V-O-S'''(verb-object-subject) structure, e.g. ''ānu ā bōru ka adusata''(The dog has a ball) and ''Adusata ka bōru ānu?''(does the dog have a ball?)
Ancient Sohcahtoan uses an '''S-O-V'''(subject-object-verb) format as in Japanese, however when asking a question the language uses a '''V-O-S'''(verb-object-subject) structure, e.g. ''ānu ā bōru ka adosata''(犬はボールかあどさた, The dog has a ball) and ''Adosata ka bōru ānu?''(あどさたかボール犬?, does the dog have a ball?)
===Noun phrase===
===Noun phrase===
'''"The dog" - "ānu"'''
: ''ānu''(犬)
: dog-<small>NOM</small>
 
Sohcahtoan, like Japanese, doesn't have a word for "the", unless you are also specifying the '''location''' of something, e.g. if you wanted to say "the dog", it would be simply "ānu"(犬literally "dog"), but if you wanted to say "this dog" or "that cat" it would be "げん犬"(gen inu) or "がん猫"(gan nero) respectively.


Sohcahtoan, like Japanese, doesn't have a word for "the", unless you are also specifying the '''location''' of something, e.g. if you wanted to say "the dog", it would be simply "ānu"(literally "dog"), but if you wanted to say "this dog" or "that cat" it would be "gen ānu" or "gan nero" respectively.
===Sentence phrase===
: ''ēshi ā kosa ō chigarā''(牛は草を食らー)
: cow <small>TOP</small> grass <small>OBJ</small> eat
In this sentence, ''[[Contionary:ēshi|ēshi]]''(牛 cow, oxen) is the subject, ''[[Contionary:kosa|kosa]]''(草 grass) is the object and ''[[Contionary:chigarā|chigarā]]''(食らー to eat, to consume) is the verb.


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