Khijovian language

Khijovian
Khijovi
Pronunciation	[‘kɨjoːvi]
Native to	Khijovia
Date	9th century AR
Era	Nova Antiquity
Language family	Khijovic Claronic Khijovian
Early form	Koritian
Writing system	Kveutonian (Khijovian alphabet)
Signed forms	Signed Khijovian
Official status
Official language in	Khijovia
Recognised minority language in	Kyldigard
Language codes
ISO 639-1	khj
ISO 639-2	khj
ISO 639-3	khj

Khijovian (endonym: Khijovi [‘kɨjoːvi]), also referred to as Modern Standard Khijovian, is an East Khijovic language within the Claronic branch, written in the Kveutonian script. With approximately 136 million speakers, it is the official language of the Ascended Kingdom of Khijovia and ranks among the most widely spoken languages in Sparkalia. Khijovian is also recognized as a minority language in the southwestern cantons of Kyldigard. Linguistically, Khijovian shares a close relationship with the Koritian language, from which it was originally derived. This relationship has led some linguists to classify Khijovian as a dialect of Koritian, although it has since evolved into a distinct language with its own standard form.

Classification

Khijovian belongs to the Claronic branch of the Khijovic language family, which also includes Kalkhovian, Carcassonian, Akrocanthian, and Koritian. Of these, Koritian is the most closely related to Khijovian, with the two languages sharing high mutual intelligibility.

History

The development of Khijovian as a standardized language began around 800 AR, drawing heavily from the Koritian language. Koritian exerted significant influence on early Khijovian literature, establishing it as the foundation for what would become the standard form of the language. This influence was largely due to the cultural prestige of numerous Koritian authors and the political and cultural importance of the Republic of Koritia during that period. Koritia's central location and linguistic characteristics also made it a bridge between the northern and southern languages of the region. By the 11th century, Khijovian had become the lingua franca of all Khijovian states. Following the unification of Khijovia on July 11, 1161, it was declared the national language of the Kingdom of Khijovia. The vocabulary of Modern Standard Khijovian has been extensively influenced by the various regional languages spoken throughout the nation.

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labio- dental	Linguo- dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post- Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal Epiglottal	Glottal
Nasal	m	ɱ			n		ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	p b				t̪ d̪		c ɟ	k g	q
Sibilant Fricative					s z	ʃ ʒ
Non-Silibant Fricative	β	f v		θ ð			ç ʝ	x ɣ			h
Approximant							j	w
Trill					r
Lateral Fricative							ʎ̝
Lateral Approximant					l		ʎ
Sibilant Affricate			t͡s d͡z	t͡ʃ d͡ʒ

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i y	ɨ	u
Near-Close
Close-Mid	e ø		o
Mid	e̞	ə	o̞
Open-Mid	ɛ		ɔ
Near-Open
Open		ä

Ortography

Alphabet

Khijovian alphabet

Majuscule forms (uppercase/capital letters)
A	Æ	B	C	Č	D	Đ	E	Ẹ	Ə	F	G	Ǧ	Ġ	H	I	J	K	L	M	N
O	Œ	Ø	Ọ	P	Q	R	S	Š	T	Þ	U	Ụ	V	X	Ẋ	Y	Z	Ž
Minuscule forms (lowercase/small letters)
a	æ	b	c	č	d	đ	e	ẹ	ə	f	g	ǧ	ġ	h	i(ı)	j	k	l	m	n
o	œ	ø	ọ	p	q	r	s	š	t	þ	u	ụ	v	x	ẋ	y	z	ž

Vowels

Grapheme	IPA
a	/ä/
æ	/æ/ or /ə/
e	/e/ or /e̞/
ẹ	/ɛ/
ə	/ə/
i	/i/ or /ɨ/
o	/o/
œ	/œ/
ø	/ø/
ọ	/ɔ/ or /o̞/
u	/u/
ụ	/y/
y	/i/ or /ɨ/