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Kaponese
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Kaponese | |
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日本語 (Shikako-go) | |
File:Flag of Kapon full.png Flag of Kapon | |
Pronunciation | [ɕi̥kako̞ɡo̞] |
Created by | The Ramosian |
Date | 2023 |
Setting | Alt-history Asia, Japan |
Native to | Kapon |
Austronesian
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Early form | Proto-Kaponic
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Official status | |
Official language in | Kapon |
Kaponese (本日語, Shikakogo, [ɕi̥kako̞ɡo]) is an Austronesian language spoken by the Kaponese people. It has around 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Kaponese diaspora worldwide.
Etymology
Shikakogo (本日語) is a Sino-Xenic compound of shikako and go, shikako means 'origin of the sun, east', from Proto-Austonesian *Si-₂ + *qaljaw.
History
Phonology
Main article: w:Japanese phonology
Orthography
Kaponese uses three Main writing systems: Atchikaka (Tatātchikaka, Horātchikaka), and Kanji
Vocabulary
Kaponese has 3 sourses for words: Native, Han, and Loaned.
English | Proto-Austronesian | Conlangs | Natlangs | |||||
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Kaponese | Heaheawlan | Tagalog | Malay | Javanese | Hawaiian | Maori | ||
way | *zalan | kara 道 | þealn | daan | jalan | dalan | ala | ara |
sun | *qajaw | kako 日 | N/A | araw | N/A | N/A | ao | ao |
star | *bituqən | hitsu 星 | biþȳn | bituin | bintang | (Old) wintaṅ | N/A | N/A |
moon | *bulaN | fura 月 | blæn | buwan | bulan | wulan | N/A | pura |
south or east wind | *timuR | chimo 東 | tīm | timog | timur | timur | kimu | N/A |
one | *əsa | osa 一 | æs | isa | esa | N/A | N/A | he |
wood, tree | *kaSiw | kashi 木 | heah | kahoy | kayu | kayo | lā'au | rākau |
sky, heaven | *laŋiC | raki 天 | langeþ | langit | langit | langit | lani | rangi |