Jakian language
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| Jakian Yaakovit | ||
| Pronunciation | IPA: /jæqoviːtˤ/ | |
| Spoken in | Jakeland | |
| Total speakers | 14,000,000 est. natively Several billions officialy | |
| Genetic classification |
Afro-Asiatic | |
| Writing system | Latin alphabet Hebrew alphabet Arabic alphabet | |
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| Official language | Jakeland | |
| Regulated by | The Royal Academy of the Jakian language al-Akademia al-Malkhotit lil-leshon al-Yaakovit | |
The Jakian language (Jakian: al-siffa al-Yaakovit, אלסיפא אליעקבית, السيفا الياكوفية) is a semitic language, that is, by some scholars, refered to as a "combination between biblical Hebrew and classical Arabic". It is the official language of the Holy Empire of Jakeland, and also the national one. The language used mostly the Latin alphabet, because it's well known, and understood to everyone. But, with the Latin alphabet, this language uses the Hebrew alphabet and the Arabic alphabet.
Alphabet
The Homeshian language has 28 letters:
| Letter | Hebrew equivalent | English approximate | Arabic equivalent |
| А,а | א | father | ا |
| Е,е | א | bed, head, said | ا |
| I,i | י | ski | إ، ي |
| O,o | ו | north | و |
| U,u | ו | nuclear | و |
| B, b | ב | brother, boot | ب |
| V,v | ו, ב | voice, have | ف, و |
| G,g | ג | get, go | ج, غ |
| J,j | 'ג', ז | joy, edge, pleasure | ج |
| D,d | ד | door, dish | د |
| H,h | ה | heart, have | ه |
| Z,z | ז | zoo, rose | ز |
| Kh,kh | ח, כ, ך | as in Arabic Hussein, pronounced by Oriental Hebrew speakers; Similar to Scottish loch | ح, خ |
| T,t | ט, ת | tower, toast | ت, ط |
| Th,th | 'ת | think, tough | ث |
| Y,y | י | yard, year, youth | ي |
| Q,q | ק | skin | ق |
| K,k | כ | cow | ك |
| L,l | ל | learn, life | ل |
| M,m | מ | meat, morning | م |
| N,n | נ | nice, never | ن |
| S,s | ס | see, city, pass | س, ص |
| P,p | פ (Hard pei) | speak, spin | ب, ف |
| F,f | פ (soft Pei) | fool, enough, leaf, philosophy | ف |
| Ts,ts | צ | tsunami, pizza, cats | ص, تس |
| Ch,ch | 'צ | chalk, chief | تش |
| R,r | ר | right (gluttural R) | ر |
| Sh,sh | ש | shark, sharp | ش |
