Aterran Imperial

Modern Standard Imperial
Drikva Yakke
Pronunciation	[ˈdrik.vɑ ˈjɑk.ʃe]
Created by	BenJamin P. Johnson, creator of: Adzaay Aterran Languages Arbulian Modern Standard Imperial Hakdor Ashian Northern Western Braereth Tenibvreth Eomentesa Merineth Dlatci Gothic Romance Extemplar Latin Italian Gothic Bad Romance Grayis Maltcégj Northeadish Valthungian Griutungi Old Valthungian Middle Valthungian curator of: Brooding Nymeran
Date	2020
Setting	Planet Aterra

Drikva Yakke /ˈdrik.vɑ ˈjɑk.ʃe/, or Modern Standard Imperial, is a standardized analytic language developed from an earlier creolized form of of various ancient languages, though it still retains a rather deep orthography from an earlier form. It is written in the Imperial Script (Kuggi Yakke /ˈkuɡ.ʒi ˈjɑk.ʃe/), which is an alphabet originally written vertically in syllable blocks, but is now most commonly written left-to-right in individual letters. The block-form letters are still commonly used similarly to how majuscule letters are used in Latinate scripts.

Phonology

The Imperial Language is actually a snapshot of several languages over the course of several centuries. While the written language changed very little in that time, the spoken language changed significantly, and the word order and syntax became much more rigid. In a way, it is analogous to Latin, the Classical form of which would barely be understood by speakers of Vulgar Latin a few centuries later, but the word forms remained largely the same.

Consonants

	Labial	Dental	Coronal	Palatal	Dorsal
Stop	p · b	t · d			k · ɡ
Fricative	f · v	θ · ð	s · z	ʃ · ʒ	· h
Nasal	m		n		ŋ
Lateral		l	ɮ
Trill			r
Approximant				j

Vowels

	Front	Back
High	i ·	· u
	ɪ ·	· ʊ
Mid	e ·	· o
	ɛ ·	· ɔ
Mid	æ ·	· ɑ

Diphthongs

There were no diphthongs in Old Imperial; The modern diphthongs are contractions or earlier bi-syllabic constructions. E.g. meu ‘I’ was pronounced as /ˈme.u/ rather than the modern /mew/.

	Front	Back
Mid-High	ej	ew
Low-High	aj	aw