Cruckeny

Cruckeny
Crucunee
Pronunciation	[ˈkʰɻʌk(ə)nɪi]
Created by	Dillon Hartwig
Date	2023
Setting	West Virginia and Kentucky, United States
Language family	Indo-European Celtic Cruckeny
Early form	Irish

Cruckeny /ˈkrʌkəni/ (Cruckeny: Crucunee [ˈkʰɻʌk(ə)nɪi]) is a Celtic language spoken in central Appalachia.

Etymology

Cruckeny is from Crucunee, from Irish cnoc-theanga "hill speech."

Orthography

Cruckeny is rarely written and does not have a standard orthography, with most texts using ad hoc English-based orthographies. Linguifex documentation of Cruckeny uses the following:

A a	Aa aa	Au au	Ai ai	B b	By by	C c	Ch ch	Cy cy	D d
/æ/	/aː/	/æɒ/	/eɪ/	/b/	/bʲ/	/k/	/t͡ʃ/	/kʲ/	/d/
E e	Ee ee	Er er	F f	Fy fy	G g	Gh gh	Gy gy	H h	I i
/ɛ/	/ɪi/	/ɚ/	/f/	/fʲ/	/g/	/ɣ/	/gʲ/	/h/	/ɪ/
J j	Kh kh	Khy khy	L l	Ly ly	M m	My my	N n	Ny ny	Ng ng
/d͡ʒ/	/x/	/xʲ/	/ɫ/	/lʲ/	/m/	/mʲ/	/n/	/nʲ/	/ŋ/
Ngy ngy	O o	Oa oa	Oar oar	Oi oi	Oo oo	Ou ou	Our our	P p	Py py
/ŋʲ/	/ɑ/	/əᵿ/	/oɻ/	/oi/	/ᵿʉ/	/ɑɒ/	/ɔɻ/	/p/	/pʲ/
R r	S s	Sh sh	T t	U u	V v	Vy vy	W w	Y y
/ɻ/	/s/	/ʃ/	/t/	/ə,ʌ/	/v/	/vʲ/	/w/	/j/

Syntax

Constituent order

Cruckeny word order is strictly SVO outside of music, where VSO also occurs.

Example texts

Linguifex-hosted translations

• Translated works in Cruckeny
• Cruckeny/Test Case Sentences
• Cruckeny/Corpus

Conlang Atlas of Language Structures-hosted translations

• CALS translations

Other resources

CALS