Makka Pakkan language

Makka Pakkan
Märkanpalkajënsik
Pronunciation	/mɑrkanpaːlkˈajɛnsiːk/
Native to	Makka Pakka
Ethnicity	Rakanen
Native speakers	94,000,000 (2025)
Language family	Okchon Old Rakanen Middle Rakanen Southern Rakanen Makka Pakkan
Early forms	Szecënkabäratön Southern-Rakanen Old Makka Pakkan Middle Makka Pakkan
Writing system	Latin script (Makka Pakkan alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Makka Pakka
Regulated by	Jënsikalyorganąrzen val Märkanpalka
Language codes
ISO 639-1	mp
ISO 639-3	mkp

Makka Pakkan (Makka Pakkan: Märkanpalkajënsik [mɑrkanpaːlkˈajɛnsiːk]) is an Rakanen language of the Okchon family. Its closest relatives are the other Rakanens languages, becoming the most dominant of the language branch. Today, over 94,000,000 people speak Makka Pakkan with 95% living in Makka Pakka and 5% across Telrova. Makka Pakkans have migrated throughout Telrova and established communities, especially throughout Elisia and Laurentia, which has spurred on numerous dialects and even creole languages, most notably Ḳeltekesëmärkaṇaparkajënsek.

History

Makka Pakkan orignated from Szetënkabäratön and is considered to be a relatively new language, developing from a South Rakanen dialect to a fully-fledged language in the 14th Century BCE. This late development compared to other South Rakanen languages which had developed into languages by the 20th-19th Century BCE - this is because of Szecënkabäratön's geogrpahic isolation as the region is formed around a forested vale which did hinder contact from others and political isolation as the Kingdom of Grättan and its rulers - the House of Lechenclüdzem - adopting a policy of isolation for almost 500 years, so, Makka Pakkan retained much of the South Rakanen phonology after several other neighbouring dialects were transformed or assimilated by other languages.

Old Makka Pakkan

By the time the House of Aturanclüdzem would replace the House of Lechenclüdzem following the death of Aleksander II val Lechenclüdzem in 1533 BCE, Early Old Makka Pakkan was a young language, having only existed for nearly 100 years and was still resemblant to South Rakanen and even after the lifting of the policy of isolation and improvement of trade-networks, Early Old Makka Pakkan was largely untouched and remained as a South Rakanen remnant and even after the kingdom started expanding, Old Makka Pakkan remained relatively the same until the 9th Century BCE when several linguistic changes occurred following the conquest of Grättan by the Ëlberenclüdzemęl Empire. Though a short-lived state - lasting only 54 years - the influence of North Rakanen languages created Late Old Makka Pakkan and still permeate today with the phonemes [d͡ɮ] and [d͡ʒ]. Late Old Makka Pakkan would then remain the same after the collapse of the Ëlberenclüdzemęl Empire despite the re-established Kingdom of Grättan began conquering their neighbours.

Middle Makkka Pakkan

Middle Makka Pakkan would begin to develop after the Kingdom of Grättan entered its golden age in the 2nd Century BCE, expanding its territory and trade connections which saw several influences on culture and language as the arts begn to expand with Makka Pakkan literature and architecture inspired by the story-telling of foreigners. However, by the turn of the 2nd Century, the Okchon Empire began conquering several Rakanen states and created a confederation of Okchonic client states. For the next 100 years, Okchonic culture seeped into mainly the North Rakanen states though it did affect the nearby South Rakanen states with a few cultural and linguistic changes.

Modern Makka Pakkan

The Makka Pakkan Renaissance marked the beginning of Modern Makka Pakkan as the fine ideas of culture: art, literature, architecture, became revitalised from foreign influences and the language changed with foreign words entering the vocabulary of groups of the Enlightenment and high society. After the establishment of the 1st Republic and the Revolutionary War, these foreign influences trickled down to everyday words as societal barriers were broken down and liberties expanded - allowing upper-class and working people to contact in public instituitions without heavy scrutiny.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes of Standard Makka Pakkan

	Bilabial		Labiodental		Alveolar		Post-alveolar		Retroflex		Palatal		Labialvelar		Velar		Uvular		Glottal
Nasal		m				n
Plosive	p	b	t	d						ɖ					k	ɡ	q
Affricate			p͡f				t͡s	d͡z			t͡ʃ	d͡ʒ
Lateral affricate								d͡ɮ
Fricative			f	v	s	z	ʃ	ʒ	ʂ	ʐ					x				h	ɦ
Approximant				ʋ				l		ɭ		j		w
Trill								r										ʀ

Vowels

Vowel phonemes of Standard Makka Pakkan

Oral

	Front		Central	Back
	unrounded	rounded
Close	i~iː	y		u~uː
Near-close	ɪ	ʏ		ʊ
Close-mid	e~eː			o~oː
Mid			ə
Open-mid	ɛ			ɔ
Open			a	ɑ

Nasal

	Front		Back
	unrounded	rounded
Open-mid	ɛ̃		ɔ̃
Open			ɑ̃

Writing system

Makka Pakkan has utilised the Latin alphabet for nearly 1900 years since its introduction by Christian missionaries, gradually replacing the Runic alphabet that had been used since the days of the Old Rakanen nomads, however some rural communities mostly in the north and east still use runes alongside the Latin alphabet. The modern alphabet consists of 45 letters; 32 consonants and 13 vowels.