Konukuian

Konukuian
Kōnukūna
Pronunciation	[[koːnukuːnə]]
Created by	The Ramosian
Date	2025
Setting	Alt-history Hawaii]
Native to	Konuku
Native speakers	~300 (2007)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Konukuian
Early forms	Proto-Sino-Tibetan Old Chinese
Hawaiian is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

Konukuian (Konukuian: Kōnukūna) is a critically endangered language of the Sinitic language family that takes its name from Konuku, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed.

Name

The Konukuian language takes its name from the largest island in the Konukuian archipelago, Konuku. Linguists suggest it comes from Old Chinese 東島 /*toːŋ/ /*tuːwʔ/

Family and origin

Konukuian is a member of the Sinitic language family and is related to languages such as Mandarin, Cantonese, and Hokkien.

Orthography

Main article: w:Hawaiian alphabet

Phonology

Main article: w:Hawaiian phonology

Grammar

Konukuian, like most Sinitic is an analytic language with subject-verb–object word order.

Vocabulary Comparison

Unlike a majority of Sinitic languages, a majority a Konukuian's vocabulary consists of at least two moras. Many Konikuian words have cognates in other Chinese varieties. As compared to Mandarin, Konikuian prefer to use the monosyllabic form of words, without suffixes.

Meaning	Old Chinese	Konikuian	Mandarin	Cantonese	Hokkien	Wu
'I'	吾 *ŋa	nā	wú	ng4	ngô͘	6ngu
'you'	你 *nɯʔ	nū	nǐ	nei5	lí	1ni
'one'	一 *qliɡ	'uli	yī	jat1	it	7iq
'two'	二 *njijs	nī	èr	ji6	jī	6gni
'three'	三 *sum	hū	sān	saam1	saⁿ	1se
'four'	四 *hljids	lila	sì	sei3	sì	5sy
'five'	五 *ŋaʔ	nā	wǔ	ng5	gō͘	6ng
'six'	六 *C-rjuk	lu'u	liù	luk6	la̍k	8loq
'sun'	日 *njit	ni'i	rì	jat6	li̍t	8gniq
'name'	名 *mjeŋ	mie	míng	ming4	miâ	6min
'ear'	耳 *njəʔ	no'u	ěr	ji5	hī	6gni
'god'	神 *Cə.li[n]	holi	shén	san4	sîn	6zen
'fish'	魚 *ŋja	ni'a	yú	jyu2	hî	6ng
'air'	氣 *C.qʰəp-s	kūla	qì	hei3	khì	5chi
'bird'	鳥 *tˤiwʔ	kiu	niǎo	niu5	chiáu	5tiau
'death'	死 *sijʔ	hi	sǐ	sei2	sí	5shi