Ȗminoji

Classification
Ȗminoji is spoken by the people on an island around Japan and Russia near the East Sea (Sea of Japan) (in the alternate universe where this island exists). The language is still spoken in 2021. It's a child of Proto-Uminoji.

History (WIP)
In around 1800's, the island was colonised by the British. Which the new loanwords from English are being added to Uminoji, altering the language.

In around 1900's, around World War 2. The island was occupied by Japan. Japanese loanwords are also used in Uminoji, altering the language even more.

After the World War 2. The island was not under Japan's control. Being independent. The language changed by itself. New words in English like computer, phone, etc. were added. Also the /r/ sound is starting shift to /ɹ/ at this time.

Consonants
The language has 19 consonants. + w (Voiced labial-velar approximant)

+ t͡ɕ (Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate)


 * No Digraphs.

Vowels
The language has 8 vowels.

Phonotactics (WIP)

 * Long and short vowels do not change meanings.
 * The max syllable structure is CCVC
 * The possible ones are V, CV, CCV, VC, CVC, CCVC.
 * If the loanwords have more finals than this, an extra vowel will be added. (example: land -> lando (/lan.do/))
 * If there are more than 2 clusters, (nothing yet)

Writing System
There are 3 possible writing systems. The Latin script is the official script for Uminoji.

Latin
The Latin script was chosen by people on the island. So the script became the official script and being used by most people. Note:


 * When the vowels is pronounced with glottal stop (ʔ), the inverted-breve ( ̑ ) is placed above the vowel (example: ȃ (/a/)).


 * When there's a cluster, the Ligature Tie Below (‿) will be used under both to mark that both of them is pronounced together (example: t͜ra (/tra/)).
 * Same for the Diphthongs.

Cyrillic
The Cyrillic script was an another choice in the poll. But not many people want the Cyrillic script. It's used by some people in around 1960's before never being used again. Note:


 * When the vowels is pronounced with glottal stop (ʔ), the inverted-breve ( ̑ ) is placed above the vowel (example: ȃ (/a/)).


 * When there is a cluster, the Ligature Tie Below (‿) will be used under both to mark that both of them is pronounced together (example: т͜рa (/tra/)).
 * Same for the Diphthongs.

Hiragana (WIP)
The Hiragana was used during the occupation of Japan. During its usage it can't cover the whole language. It was also a choice in the poll. It's unused after the poll. Also, for some reasons, the Katakana and Kanji aren't used.

Grammar
WIP

Nouns
WIP

Verbs
WIP

Syntax
WIP

Lexicon
See Ȗminoji/Lexicon

Example text
''Note: The text is not in Uminoji but it's in Japanese. To show how Uminoji's Latin script works and how it looks like.''

Subete no niŋgeŋ va, ȗmarenagara ni ʃite jiyu de ȃri, kat͜su, songeŋ to keŋri to ni t͜su͜ite bi͜odo͜u de ȃru. Ningeŋ va, rise͜i to ri͜oʃiŋ to vo sasukerarete ȏri, taga͜i ni do͜uho͜u no se͜iʃiŋ vo motte ko͜udo͜u ʃinakereba narana͜i.

(All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.)

From Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.