Pikolan language

Pikolan
Pikoliśų inźuvīs
Traditional Pikolan festival
Pronunciation	/ˈpɪ.kɔˌlɪ.sʲũː ˈɪn.zʲʊ.viːs/
Native to	Dazhdinia Yalivia
Ethnicity	Pikolans
Native speakers	~2,000,000
Language family	Euro-Argisian Balto-Slavic Baltic Pikolan
Dialects	Literary Pikolan
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Dazhdinia Yalivia Transbaltia
Recognised minority language in	Dazhdinia Sirania
Language codes
ISO 639-1	YA
ISO 639-2	YAV
ISO 639-3	YVL

The Pikolan language (Pikolan: Pikoliśų inźuvīs) is a Baltic language spoken in the Yalivian Republic of Dazhdinia and parts of eastern Transbaltia.

Orthography

A a /ɐ/	Ā ā /äː/	Ą ą /ɑ̃/	B b /b/	C c /t̪͡s/	Ć ć /t̪͡ʃ/	D d /d̪/	Dz dz /d̪͡z/	Dż dż /d̪͡ʒ/	E e /ɛ/
Ē ē /eː/	Ę ę /ɛ̃/	Ę̄ ę̄ /æː/	F f /f/	G g /ɡ/	Ǵ ǵ /ɟ/	H h /ɣ/	H́ h́ /x/	I i /ɪ/	Ī ī /iː/
Į į /ĩː/	J j /j/	K k /k/	Ḱ ḱ /c/	L l /l/	Ĺ ĺ /ʎ/	M m /m/	N n /n̪ ~ ŋ/	Ń ń /ɲ/	O o /ɔ ~ o/
P p /p/	Q q /kv/	R r /ɾ/	S ſ s /s̪/	Ṡ ẛ ṡ /ʃ ~ ɕ/	Ś ſ́ ś /s̪ʲ/	T t /t̪/	U u /ʊ/	Ū ū /uː/	Ų ų /ũː/
V v /v/	W w /w/	X x /ks/	Y y /ɪː/	Z z /z̪/	Ż ż /ʒ ~ ʑ/	Ź ź /z̪ʲ/

Names of the letters
№	Symbol		Name	IPA
1	A a		Ā	ɐ
2	Ā ā		Garasē Ā	äː
3	Ą ą		Nosinē Ā	ɑ̃
4	B b		Bē	b
5	C c		Cē	t̪͡s
6	Ć ć		Ćē	t̪͡ʃ
7	D d		Dē	d̪
8	Dz dz		Dzē	d̪͡z
9	Dż dż	Dƶ dƶ	Dżē	d̪͡ʒ
10	E e		Ē	ɛ
11	Ē ē		Garasē Ē	eː
12	Ę ę		Nosinē Ē	ɛ̃
13	Ę̄ ę̄	Æ æ	Garasē AE	æː
14	F f		Ef	f
15	G g		Gē	ɡ
16	Ǵ ǵ		Ǵē	ɟ
17	H h		Hā	ɣ
18	H́ h́		H́ā	x
19	I i		Mīkastē Ī	ɪ
20	Ī ī		Garasē Ī	iː
21	Į į		Nosinē Ī	ĩː
22	J j		Jē	j
23	K k		Kā	k
24	Ḱ ḱ		Ḱē	c
25	L l		El	l
26	Ĺ ĺ		Eĺ	ʎ
27	M m		Em	m
28	N n		En	n ~ ŋ
29	Ń ń		Eń	ɲ
30	O o		O	ɔ ~ o
31	P p		Pē	p
32	R r		Er	ɾ
33	S ſ s		Es	s̪
34	Ṡ ẛ ṡ	Ꞩ ẜ ꞩ	Eṡ	ʃ ~ ɕ
35	Ś ſ́ ś		Eśi	s̪ʲ
36	T t		Tē	t̪
37	U u		Ū	ʊ
38	Ū ū		Garasē Ū	uː
39	Ų ų		Nosinē Ū	ũː
40	V v		Vē	v
41	Y y		Grūtē Ī	ɪː
42	Z z		Zet	z̪
43	Ż ż	Ƶ ƶ	Żet	ʒ ~ ʑ
44	Ź ź		Eźi	z̪ʲ

Allography

Allography for Ṡ and Ż

Ꞩẜꞩ Ƶƶ
Ꞩẜꞩ Ƶƶ

There are multiple allography variants of writing characters differnetly, most notably and commonly used are:

• Ꞩ ẜ ꞩ for Ṡ ẛ ṡ, especially in graphical design and in fine prints to help better distinctions between Ṡ and Ś
• Ƶ ƶ for Ż ż, especially in graphical design and in fine prints to help better distinctions between Ż and Ź
• Dƶ dƶ for Dż dż, especially in graphical design and in fine prints to help better distinctions between Ż and Ź

Allography for accute symbols

And less commonly, allographic variants are used for softened letters G, K and H, as well as joining of the digraph DŻ:

• Ģ ģ for Ǵ ǵ, using Cedillae instead of Accute accent mark
• Ḩ ḩ for H́ h́, using Cedillae instead of Accute accent mark
• Ķ ķ for Ḱ ḱ, using Cedillae instead of Accute accent mark
• Đ đ for Dż dż/Dƶ dƶ, merging the strikethrough with the letter D

Allography for Dz and Dż

Ʒʒ Ʒ̇ʒ̇
Ʒʒ Ʒ̇ʒ̇

See also: Dazhdin Thaw

And relatively rarely, especially in the Pikolan-majority municipalities in Syrania, under the influence of Dazhdin orthography, digraphs are replaced:

• Ʒ ʒ for Dz dz, is equivalent to Dazhdin letter Dzet (Ʒ)
• Ʒ̇ ʒ̇ or Ʒ́ ʒ́ for Dż dż, is equivalent to Dazhdin letter Dzhet (Ǯ)

This version was official only for 3 years during the Dazhdin Thaw as an attempt to form a centralised orthographic unit for Dazhdinia.

Long Æ (Garasē AE)

Ę̄ ę̄
Ę̄ ę̄

And finally, commonly happening, the letter Ę̄ ę̄ can appear to be replaced with a Æ æ.

This version was commonly used in historical texts, up to the mid 18th cenutry, and still can appear commonly in some texts today.

Grammar

TBA

Examples

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