Lanyan

Classification and Dialects
Lanyan (simply meaning language) is a posteriori international auxiliary language created by CompactStar. Lanyan is designed to be small and easy-to-learn.

Phonotactics
Lanjan uses a (C)V(C) syllable structure.

Prepositions
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Syntax
SOV word order is used.

Adjectives precede nouns.

Nouns can be used like adjectives for possession, for example "their child" can be translated to [many] [he, she, it] [child] ("lit. many he/she child")

Lexicon
Excluding place names, each word in Lanyan's vocabulary is derived from up to 2 source words from other languages that have the same meaning. For example, the Lanyan word wa is derived from Hindi क्या (kya) and English what. This maximises recognizability. The most common languages used as sources are, in descending order: English, Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish, French, and Arabic, the 6 most widely-spoken languages.

All words are modified to be fairly short, as well as fit in Lanyan's phonemic inventory and phonotactics.

Main vocabulary
In this table, English words in brackets represent words that haven't had corresponding Lanyan translations added yet.

Place names
All place names are derived from endonyms. TBA