Koinean

Koinean is a brief sketchlang, attempting to take the growing non-configurationality of vernacular Korean and extend it to the level of Koiné/Attic Greek. While Ancient Greek could match distant words by Case/Number/Gender, Koinean matches by Case/Honor/Class. The verb inflectional structure is as big as a λυω chart. It is written in the polytonic Greek alphabet, and requires the extension of Unicode by combining characters to write upsilons with iota subscript. It is also meant as an instructional aide to Korean in learning NT Greek.

Introduction

ἀννῃνγἁσηιᾠ! ζωἑαἁζι ἰηνηδοδ?

Phonology

Orthography

α - /아/, β - /v/, γ - /ㄱ/, δ - /ㄹ/, ε - coda /h/, ζ - /ㅈ/, η - /어/, θ - /ㅌ/, ι - /이/, κ - /ㅋ/, λ - /l/, μ - /ㅁ/, ν - /ㄴ/, ξ - /ks/, ο - /으/, π - /ㅂ/, ρ, σ - /ㅅ/, τ - /ㄷ/, υ - /우/, φ - /ㅍ/, χ - /ㅊ/, ψ - /ps/, ω - /오/

Smooth breathing, rough breathing, acute, grace, circumflex, diaeresis, iota ad/subscript.

Consonants

• Nasals
  • /m/ ㅁ -> μ or Μ
  • /n/ ㄴ -> ν or Ν
  • /ŋ/ ㅇ -> νγ (coda only)
• Approximants
  • /w/ -> diphthongs (initial ο or ω)
  • /j/ -> iota subscript
  • /ɾ/ -> δ or Δ (only for native words, typically coda)
  • /l/ -> λ or Λ (only for foreign words)
  • /r/ -> ρ or Ρ (only for foreign words)
    • Can be further specified as ῤ or ᾽Ρ or even ῥ or Ῥ
• Fricatives
  • /h/ -> rough breathing mark
  • /s~ɕ/ -> σ/ς, σσ/ςς, Σ, ΣΣ
  • /v/ -> β or Β (foreign words)
  • /f/ -> φ̔ or ῾Φ (foreign words)
• Stops
  • Simple
    • /b~p/ -> π or Π (tense ππ)
    • /d~t/ -> τ or Τ (tense ττ)
    • /g~k/ -> γ or Γ (tense γγ)
  • Aspirated
    • /pʰ/ -> φ or Φ
    • /tʰ/ -> θ or Θ
    • /kʰ/ -> κ or Κ
• Affricates
  • /tɕ~dʑ/ -> ζ or Ζ (tense ζζ)
  • /tɕʰ/ -> χ or Χ
  • /ks/ -> ξ or Ξ
  • /ps/ -> ψ or Ψ

Vowels

• There are six regular vowels, corresponding to Korean 아,이,어,오,으,우 -> ἀ,ἰ,ἠ,ὠ,ὀ,ὐ.
• Iotized vowels (y on-glide) is written with an iota subscript: 야,여,요,유 -> ᾀ,ᾐ,ᾠ,ὐͅ.
• Iotized Diphthongs 위, 외, 애, 에, 의 -> ὐι, ὠι, ἀι, ἠι, ὀι
• Triphthongs 얘, 예, 웨, 왜 -> ᾀι, ᾐι, ὐηι, ὠαι