Buerkaans
| Buerkantch | |
|---|---|
| Buerkáns | |
| Pronunciation | [[w:Help:IPA|buɛ̯ɾ'kaːns]] |
| Created by | – |
| Native speakers | No Census Data (2014) |
Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | bu |
| ISO 639-2 | bue |
| ISO 639-3 | bue |
 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,
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]