Kyogerian
| Kyogerian 부漢 Katoshi | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Kyoger, Ralker |
| Total declared fluent or learning speakers: | 3,457,758,180 (July 2010) |
| Genetic classification: | Japanese |
| Official status | |
| Official language of: | 3 countries |
| Regulated by: | Tadeshita No Katoshi |
| Language codes | |
| ISO-639-1 | KGRN |
| ISO-639-2 | KOY |
| SIL | KN |
| Top Nations | |
| Kyoger | 3,456,231,893 |
| Ralker | 1,453,276 |
Kyogerian (부漢; or Katoshi) is the official language of Kyoger and Ralker. It is a mix of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Thai languages. Approximately 5.23 billion people speak Kyogerian worldwide. For over a millennium, Kyogerian was written with adapted Chinese characters called torii, complemented by phonetic systems like hyangchal, gugyeol, and idu. In the 15th century, a national writing system called toriu was commissioned by Sejong the Great, but it only came into widespread use in the 20th century, because of the yangban aristocracy's preference for toriu. Most historical linguists classify Kyogerian as a language isolate while a few consider it to be in the controversial Altaic language family. The Kyogerian language is agglutinative in its morphology and SOV in its syntax.
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Pronunciation
Vowels
i - ee (as in tree)
e - eh (as in may)
oe - weh (as in when)
ae - ai (as in try)
a - ah (as in are)
o - oh (as in troll)
u - oo (as in true)
eo - yeo (as in so)
eu - yu (as in you)
ui - yui (as in we)
ye - ye (as in yes)
yae - yay (as in yay)
ya - yaa (as in car)
yo - yo (as in old)
yu - yu (as in you)
yeo - yeao (as in haseo)
wi - wee (as in wea)
we - wea (as in where)
wae - wae (as in way)
wa - wa (as in want)
wo - woa (as in whoa)
Consonants
b - buh
c - ss or kuh (or ss before i and e)
d - duh
f - ff or fuh
g - guh or goo
h - huh
j - juh or jj
k - kk or kuh
l - ll or luh
m - mm or muh
n - nn
p - pp or puh
r - rr or ruh
s - ss or sh
t - tt or tuh
v - vuh
w - wuh
x - cks
y - yuh (yy before vowel)
z - zuh
Dipthongs
ie - ai (as in long 'a' sound)
we - we (as in way)
ue - we (as in way)
Dialects
Dialects are different in different parts of Kyoger. Standard Kyogerian is found mostly in the southern parts of Kyoger which is more traditional (Kitayama Region, Zoyutaya Region, Tamitaya Region, Ibituu Region, ect.). But dialects are different and less heavy in cities like Coranz and Icheon. People who stress the 'r', 't', 's' and or 'i' have a more southern dialect. Northern dialects don't stress the 'r', 't', 's', and or 'i', but stress the 'g', 'h', 'k', 'a', 'e' and or 'b'.
Stress
Stress falls on the end of a word containing the vowels 'e' and 'a'. Usually words like "watanimasen" are stressed towards the end, so the watani wouldn't be stressed, because of the even number of vowels and consonants, but in masen, the tone would go downwards, so saying watanimasen (which is the word forward in Kyogerian) would be stressed. Words containing the vowels 'u' and 'i' would be stressed towards the beginning, so in words like huteinoji, so hutei would be stressed but nojim wouldn't be stressed because of the odd number of consonants to vowels. Exceptions like Tadashi and Kotaku are not stressed, and most words are not stressed.
