Kõraakii
Kõraakii
| Kõraakii | |
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| Kõraakii | |
| Pronunciation | [[Help:IPA|kø:'ra:'ki:]] |
| Created by | Marvin Johanning |
Kõraakii
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| Official status | |
| Regulated by | Institute for Jeïos |
This is the second conlang of Marvin Johanning, created in 2015. He considers it a creole language between Germanic and Uralic. It is designed to be a language that looks like a Uralic language, but which is easier to learn and with Germanic words.
About the language
The goal of the language is to make a language that is rather easy to learn, but sounds and looks like a Uralic language, whilst using mainly Germanic derived words.
History
The language was created in school, during biology class. Marvin had an idea to make a Uralic-looking language for quite some while, so he decided to start. The first words created were: "Ikka, paalika, mõri, tuukaa" (I, to speak, with, you), and the first sentence was "Ikka paalikka mõri tuukaa". Because his last language Jeïos was quite complicated, he tried making this one easier to learn. The name for the language does not have any meaning and was just created.
Grammar
The grammar of Kõraakii is simple.
Phonology
Kõraakii's phonology is influenced by German and Uralic languages. It has a large vowel inventory, but a comparatively small consonant inventory.
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short | |
| Close | i: y: | ɪ ʏ | u: | ʊ | ||
| Mid | e: ø: ɛ: | ɛ oe | ə | o: | ɔ | |
| Open | æ: a: | æ a | ɐ | |||
| Bilibial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | ||||||
| Affricative | t͡s | ||||||||
| Fricative | f v | s z | ʃ | h | |||||
| Approximant | j | w | |||||||
| Trill | r r̥ | ||||||||
| Lateral fric. | |||||||||
| Lateral app. | l | ||||||||
| Flap | ɾ |
Pronouns
| English | Kõraakii |
|---|---|
| I | Ikka |
| You | Tuuka |
| He | Hitta |
| She | Siika |
| It | Ässa |
| One | Mäka |
| We | Vűkka |
| You (pl.) | nůkka |
| They | täika |
To indicate posession, the suffix -sse is added
| English | Kõraakii |
|---|---|
| Mine | Ikkasse |
| Your | Tuukasse |
| His | Hittasse |
| Her | Siikasse |
| Its | Ässasse |
| Ones | Mäkasse |
| Our | Vűkkasse |
| Your (pl.) | nůkkasse |
| Their | täikasse |
Conjugation
There is no conjungation, that means, if there is a verb, you do not change it for any person. Let's take the word wõri [wø:ri] (to be). If you want to say "You are", you write "Tuuka wõri" and so on. To indicate past and future, prefixes are added. These are cã- for past and ců- for future. An example: "Ikka cãgjőrikka" = I did.
Negation
To negate a sentence, the prefix nää- is added to the verb. An example: "Ikka nää-wõri" = I am not.
Questions
To indicate a question, the word order is changed (like in English) and the suffix -zõ is added onto the verb. An example: Ikka wõri = I am
Wõrizõ ikka? = Am I?