Cokkel
Cokjazik ([ˈtʃokˌjazik]) is an artistic and to a lesser degree international auxiliary language deriving its vocabulary from false cognates and commonly recognized words that don't differ cross-linguistically, while shifting away from Eurocentrism whenever possible. Its grammar is largely influenced by Turkish and Hungarian with grammar that calls for agglutination and allows for pronoun dropping.
Etymology
The name of this language derives from the words "cok", meaning "many, much" and "jazik" meaning "language". This refers to the fact that this language derives its vocabulary and part of its grammar from many languages.
Orthography
The Cokjazik alphabet contains all 26 letters of the Latin alphabet, each corresponding to one sound. Cokjazik is analyzed as having 6 vowels and 20 consonants.
| Letters in Cokjazik | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aa | Bb | Cc | Dd | Ee | Ff | Gg | Hh | Ii | Jj | Kk | Ll | Mm | Nn | Oo | Pp | Rr | Ss | Tt | Uu | Vv | Ww | Xx | Yy | Zz | |
All of these are pronounced exactly like their IPA counterpart except for ⟨c⟩, ⟨q⟩ and ⟨x⟩.
- ⟨c⟩ is pronounced as /tʃ/, that is, like the "ch" in "China"
- ⟨q⟩ is pronounced as /ʔ/, that is like the pause of airflow in "uh-oh"
- ⟨q⟩ is pronounced as /ks/, that is like the "x" in "taxi"
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Coronal | Dorsal | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Stop | p b | t d | k ɡ | ʔ | |
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | ks* | |||
| Fricative | f v | s z | h | ||
| Approximant | w | l | j | ||
| Trill | r | ||||
* "ks" is technically not widely deemed an affricate. However it is analyzed in this language as such to fit phonotactical rules.
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i y | u |
| Close-mid | e | o |
| Open | a | |