Kodin language

Kodin
Tiskai-Louzi
Кодьинщай - Kodȷinŝaj
Kodin ethnic flag
Pronunciation	/kɔɟɪnʃcaj/
Region	Slavic Belt in Thuadia
Native speakers	L1: 8,958,000 L2: 1,105,000 FL: >500,000
Language family	Thuado-Thrismaran Zarav-Slavic Slavic Kento-Polyash Tiskai subgroup Kodin
Writing system	Modified Govoric alphabet Modified Latin alphabet
Official status
Official language in	Qazhshava Kodin Autonomous Republic
Recognised minority language in	Qazhshava Lakkathan Autonomous Republic Nohchat Province
Language codes
ISO 639-1	KD
ISO 639-2	KDN
ISO 639-3	KDN
File:KodinLangMap.png Distribution of the language   Absolute majority   >30% of native speakers

Alphabet

Govoric alphabet:

А а /a ~ ɑ/	Б б /b/	В в /v/	Г г /h ~ ɦ/	ГЪ гъ /ɣ ~ g/	Д д /d ~ ɖ/	ДЬ дь /ɟ ~ dʲ/	Е е /ɛ ~ e/	Є є /jɛ ~ ʲɛ/	Ж ж /ʒ/	З з /z/
I i /i ~ ʲi/	И и /ɪ/	Й й /j/	К к /k/	Л л /l/	ЛЬ ль /lʲ ~ ɫ/	М м /m/	Н н /n/	НЬ нь /ɲ ~ nʲ/	О о /ɔ ~ o/	П п /p/
Р р /r/	РЬ рь /ɹ/	РЪ ръ /r̠̊/	С с /s/	Т т /t ~ ʈ/	ТЬ ть /c ~ tʲ/	У у /u ~ ʊ/	Ў ў /w ~ ʋ/	Ф ф /f/	Х х /x/	Ц ц /ʦ/
Ч ч /t͡ʃ ~ t͡ɕ/	Ш ш /ʃ ~ ɕ/	Щ щ /ʃt ~ ʃc/	Ꙑ ꙑ /ɤ ~ ɯ/	Ъ ъ -Silent-	Ы ы /ɨ/	Ы̆ ы̆ /ʝ/	Ь ь /◌ʲ/	Ю ю /ju ~ ʲu/	Я я /ja ~ ʲa/	Ԙ ԙ /jæ̝ ~ æ̝/

Latin alphabet:

A a /a ~ ɑ/	Â â /ja ~ ʲa/	B b /b/	C c /ts/	Č č /t͡ʃ ~ t͡ɕ/	D d /d ~ ɖ/	Dȷ dȷ /ɟ ~ dʲ/	E e /ɛ ~ e/	Ě ě /jɛ ~ ʲɛ/	F f /f/	G g /h ~ ɦ/
G̀ g̀ /ɣ ~ g/	H h /x/	İ i /i ~ ʲi/	I ı /ɪ/	J̇ j /j/	J ȷ /◌ʲ/	K k /k/	L l /l/	Lȷ lȷ /lʲ ~ ɫ/	M m /m/	N n /n/
Nj nj /ɲ ~ nʲ/	O o /ɔ ~ o/	P p /p/	Q q /kv/	R r /r/	Rȷ rȷ /ɹ/	R̈ r̈ /r̠̊/	S s /s/	Š š /ʃ ~ ɕ/	Ŝ ŝ /ʃt ~ ʃc/	Tt /t ~ ʈ/
Tȷ tȷ /c ~ tʲ/	U u /u ~ ʊ/	Û û /ju ~ ʲu/	V v /v/	Ƿ ƿ /w ~ ʋ/	X x /ks/	Ү ү /ɨ/	У у /ʝ/	Z z /z/	Ž ž /ʒ/	’ -Silent-

Special govoric characters

Those characters are not regulairly used, but still exist rather from old traditional Kodin scripts

Ѵ ѵ /i/

Ꙩ ꙩ /ɔ ~ o/

Ꙭ ꙭ /ɔ ~ o/

Ꙫ ꙫ /ɔ ~ o/

ꙮ /ɔ ~ o/

Ꚙ ꚙ /ɔ ~ o/

Ꚛ ꚛ /ɔ ~ o/

Ѻ ѻ /ɔ ~ o/

Ꙟ ꙟ /ɨ/

• Ѵже - Used in the term for "which" - "Ѵже"
• Ꙩко - Used for all terms which feature the word "eye" in singular form - Nom. "Ꙩко"
• Ꙭчи - Used for all terms which feature the word "eye" in dual form - Nom. "Ꙭчи"
• Ꙫка - Used for all terms which feature the word "eye" in plural (paucal) form - Nom. "Ꙫка"
• Многоꙮчный - Used for all terms which feature the word "eye" in plural form. The main example is the term "many-eyed" - Nom. "Многоꙮчный"
• Двꚙй - Used for all terms which feature the words "twice" and "both" - Nom. "Двꚙй", "Ꚙба"
• Вокꚛл - Used for all terms as well as derived terms from the word "around" - "Вокꚛл", "Кꚛлем"
• Ѻгень - Used for words, which have a Root, which begins with "O", such as the word for "fire" - Nom. "Ѻгень"
• Щꙟпка - Used for the declension of the word "arrow" - Nom. "Щꙟпка"

Proposed changes

Ii Îî
Ii Îî

Jj Ĵĵ
Jj Ĵĵ

Yy Ŷŷ
Yy Ŷŷ

One change that was discussed for a long time is a change to the Ii/Îî, Jj/Ĵĵ, Yy/Ŷŷ taking advantage of dots above the miniscules, creating new sets:

• İi - Change to Ii (both Govoric and Latin), representing close front unrounded vowel (/i/)
• J̇j - Change to Йй / Ĵĵ, representing voiced palatal approximant (/j/)
• Iı - Change to Ии / Îî, representing near-close near-front unrounded vowel (/ɪ/)
• Jȷ - Change to Ьь / Jj, representing palatalization (/◌ʲ/)
• Үү - Change to Yy / Ыы, representing close central unrounded vowel (/ɨ/)
• Уу - Change to Ŷŷ / Ы̆ы̆, representing voiced palatal fricative (/ʝ/)