Kăinin

General information
Kăinin is mainly spoken in the country of Kăinim.

Phonology
Kăinin have relatively simple phonetics. All vowels except "o" has a long and a short version. Long vowels are written with a macron over the letter (ā, ē, ū), the only exception is the long "i" which is written "iy". Ă and Ĕ are pronounced like A and E but with an almost silent "w-sound" after it. The ə-sound occurs only when "n" comes after another consonant, like in "kăinimn" [kaʷiniɱən]. The only difficult consonant is "m" which is pronounced [ɱ] (labiodental nasal).

Alphabet
Alphabet:

Aa [a]

Ăă [aʷ]

Bb [b]

Xx [ɕ]

Dd [d]

Ee [e]

Ĕĕ [eʷ]

Gg [g] (only used in loan-words.)

Hh [ʔ] (only used in onomatopoeia.)

Ii [i]

Kk [k]

Ll [l]

Mm [ɱ]

Nn [n]

Oo [o]

Pp [p]

Rr [ɾ]

Ss [s]

Tt [t]

Uu [ʊ]

Vv [v]

Yy [ʝ, i]

Zz [z]

Ʒʒ [ʑ] (very rarely used.)

Other letters:

Āā [a:]

Ēē [e:, æ:]

Iy iy [i:]

Ūū [ʊ:]

Phonotactics
Consonant clusters are never longer than two letters. Most consonants are followed by a vowel.

Dictionary
Numbers:

Other words:

Grammar
Ĕnora - like

Ĕnora tek - to like

Ĕnorate - liking

Ĕnora tiy - (have) liked

Ĕnora tik - (I, she, he, they etc.) liked

Ĕnora nū - (had) liked

Ĕnora iy - (is going to) like

Kăra anmiy nim - Kăra is a girl

Kăra anmiy nim yo? - Is Kăra a girl?

Kăra anet nim e - Kăra is the girl

Nimn e kalxă an Kăra - The girl's name is Kăra

Example text
Tăsūyak anete sūyak ă diyĕemn sūvid eta xēmate ĕ kiy xēma tik katete ūxati.

Stone Age is the period in human history that begun when they started making tools.