Sohcahtoan

Sohcahtoan
外事語(sō-kato-gū)
Pronunciation	[ˈsoːkatogɯː]
Created by	User:Jukethatbox
Date	2022
Native to	Republic of Sohcahtoa
Language family	Japonic Sohcahtoan
Early form	Ancient Sohcahtoan

Sohcahtoan(外事語, sō-kato-gū pronounced [ˈsoːkatogɯː]) is a Japonic conlang spoken on the fictional island of Sohcahtoa. Its phonology, lexical base and grammar are all firmly Japonic, although more recently loanwords from other languages such as Portuguese(ッアスカ, 'asuka([ˈʔasɯka]) from Portuguese açucar, meaning "sugar") and modern Japanese(共和国, kū-a-gugeō([ˈkɯːagɯgeoː]) from Japanese 共和国, kyōwakoku, meaning "republic").

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial		Dental/ alveolar		Post- alveolar/ palatal		Velar		Glottal
Nasal		m		n
Plosive	p	b	t	d			k	ɡ		ʔ
Affricate			t͡s
Fricative	s	z	ʃ
Approximant						j
Lateral				l
Flap				ɾ

Vowels

	Front		Central	Back
Close	i			ɯ
Close-mid	e			o
Open			a

All vowels in Sohcahtoan(except [i]) have elongated versions, those being ō([oː]), ā([aː]), ē([eː]) and ū([ɯː]).

Syntax