Sūkan Drātu

Sukanian, (natively known as Sukan Drātu [sukan ˈdɾaːtu] in the Miton dialect and Sukan Datu [ˈsugan ˈdadu] in the Tapu dialect), is a language natively spoken by a large majority of Sukan, excluding the Nama region in the south. Sukan Dratu is pretty widely spoken along the southeastern gulf and is an official language in the bordering nations Quisoria and Vintiago.

Geography
Sukan is a nation located on the southern shore of the continent Vashtir. It borders Quisoria to the west, Vintiago to the north and east, Sorelia to the southeast, and the Jaku Sea and Ovilican Archipelago to its south. Sukan's capital city is Lōtang, located on the southern coastline. Some of its major cities are Yakur, Dēiwa, Risu, and Zor. Sukan has about 7.2 million people, with the most populated city being the capital, with 1.4 million of the people. There are four main regions of Sukan. Tāra is the largest and most populated region (2.6 million people), taking up the south and east of Sukan. It holds three out of the five major cities, with those being Lōtang, Risu, and Zor. Tang is located in the north of Sukan, and it is mostly uninhabited because of its mountainous terrain. Next up, we have Tslamē, a region taking up central Sukan. It is well populated, and has the second largest city in Sukan, Yakur. It is mostly grasslands, and it is the heart of Sukan's agriculture. Finally, we have Nama. Nama takes up most of southern Sukan, and it has the major port city Dēiwa. The western part of Nama is rainforest, with the northern and eastern parts being grasslands. It's south is hot and humid, with a massive beach that stretches across the entire Namese coast.

Culture
Sukan has its own unique culture called Īra. The people worship three goddesses. Tsanīra, the goddess of water, Fatonesīra, the goddess of nature, and Zuletīra, the goddess of the sun. The main god they worship is Koyamelīra, the god of life. The main tradition in Sukan is Matu Daōres. It celebrates the gods and goddesses. It is celebrated with colorful parades and delicious foods, such as Sukan's national dish, Derokaferu ji Taifēr, which literally means lamb and sauce. It is a bowl dish that composes of sliced lamb with a spicy chili-based sauce and long, hollow cylinder-shaped noodles. It also has vegetables such as chopped up chili peppers, corn, caramelized onions, and diced tomato slices. The lamb can be substituted with chicken, beef, or fish.

Classification and Dialect
Sukanian is a Dariti language. This is shared with Quisorian, Vintiagan, Lasivian, Sorelian, and Ovilican. There are two main dialects of Sukanian. The Tapu dialect, spoken in the northern mountains of Sukan has a few pronunciation changes and has different morphology rules. The Miton dialect, spoken in southern and western plains Sukan differs from Tapu Sukan in the same way. However, The Miton dialect is considered the "correct" Sukan language, as over 70% of the native speakers use Miton Sukan. Because of this, I will focus on the Miton dialect for the article. I could make the Tapu dialect if enough people want me to.

Phonotactics
Sukanian's phonotactics are relatively simple, though they change with dialect. I will use Miton Sukan's phonotactics for now. The maximum syllable structure is (C)(G)V(C). The first (C) stands for all* consonants, the (G) stands for the glides** /w, l, ɾ, j/. The V includes all vowels, and the second (C) stands for every consonant.

* The letter /ŋ/ is not allowed to start a syllable. It is exclusively syllable final.

** /ɾ/ can only happen after stops. (p, b, t, d, k, g)

Long Vowels
Sukanian has long variants of the five vowels. Long vowels are represented by a macron (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū), and they are always stressed. Also, a long vowel can only happen once every six syllables, meaning that a word needs to be greater than six syllables to have more than one long vowel. If there isn't a long vowel in a word, the stress is penultimate (falls on the second-to-last syllable). Ex. sina (dog) vs. sinā (to kill). That's why it is important to use stress correctly so that you don't say something you didn't mean to say.