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'''Sohcahtoan'''(外事語, ''sō-kato-gū'' pronounced [soːkatogɯː]) is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 ''açucar'', 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'' pronounced [soːkatogɯː]) is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 ''açucar'', meaning "sugar") and modern Japanese(共和国, ''kū-a-gugeō''([ˈkɯːagɯgeoː]) from Japanese 共和国, ''kyōwakoku'', meaning "republic"). | ||
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Sohcahtoan(外事語, sō-kato-gū pronounced [soːkatogɯː]) is a 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 açucar, meaning "sugar") and modern Japanese(共和国, kū-a-gugeō([ˈkɯːagɯgeoː]) from Japanese 共和国, kyōwakoku, meaning "republic").
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
| Labial | Dental/ alveolar |
Post- alveolar/ palatal |
Velar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||
| Stop | p | b | t | d | k | ɡ | ||
| Affricate | t͡s | |||||||
| Fricative | s | z | ʃ | |||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||
| Lateral | l | |||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɯ | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open | ä | |||