Buerkaans

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Buerkantch
Buerkáns
Pronunciation[[Help:IPA|buɛ̯ɾ'kaːns]]
Created by
Native speakersNo Census Data (2014)
Language codes
ISO 639-1bu
ISO 639-2bue
ISO 639-3bue
Buerkáns.png
The flag of De Huylands

Background

Buerkáns is spoken in the fictitious country of De Huylands, known as such in English, even though the translation is literally The Highlands. I like to imagine De Huylands exists in the same world as Alska:Alska, where it would be known in Alska as Højlandene.

Buerkáns takes influences from Dutch/Afrikaans, English, and the Scandinavian Languages. I wanted to make something in between all three, with the primary vocabulary a mix of Dutch-Danish/Swedish-derived roots and grammar closer to a simpler version of German.

Phonology

Buekáns has a large phonology, similar to that of Dutch or Afrikaans, mixed slightly with Danish. There is a large vowel inventory,

Template:IPA chart vowels

Vowels

Phonemes
Front Central Back
Closed i y u ʊ
Mid-closed e ø ʌ o
Mid-open ɛ ɔ
Open a ɑ

a [æ] á [a:] b [b] d [d] e [ɛ]/[ə] often reduced to [ə] when unstressed é [e:] f [f] g [x] h [h] i [ɪ]/[ʌ] |sometimes pronounced [ʌ] í [i:] j [j] |k [k] l [l]/[ɫ] velarized to [ɫ] often when word-initial m [m] n [n] ng [ŋ] o [ɔ] ó [o:] p [p] r [ɾ] trilled when word-initial, tapped in other positions s [s]