Buerkaans
| Buerkantch | |
|---|---|
| Buerkáns | |
| Pronunciation | [[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
Buerkáns has a large phonology, similar to that of Dutch or Afrikaans, mixed slightly with Danish. There is a large vowel inventory of 13 distinct vowel quantities.
Vowels
| Phonemes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Central | Back | |
| Closed | i y | u | |
| Near-closed | ɪ | ||
| Mid-closed | e ø | o | |
| Mid-open | ɛ | ə | ʌ ɔ |
| Near-open | æ | ||
| Open | a |
Consonants
| Phonemes | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p b | t d | k g | |||||
| Affricate | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ (ŋg) | |||||
| Fricative | f v | s | ɕ tɕ | (ç) | h | |||
| Approximant | ɾ | j | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | l |
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k
[k] l [l]/[ɫ] velarized to [ɫ] often when word-initial m [m] n [n] ng [ŋ] p [p] r [ɾ] trilled when word-initial, tapped in other positions s [s] |