Okan

General information
Okan is spoken in China by an Aryan like group who's culture is very much influenced by the Chinese.

Relation with Proto-Indo-European

 * P - F


 * B - P


 * Bh - Ph


 * T - Sh


 * D - T


 * Dh - Th


 * K - Q


 * G - K


 * GH - Kh


 * H1 - H


 * H2 - C


 * H3 - Hv

Vowels
Okan has four tones, high, low, rising, & falling.

Alphabet
Okan writing looks like Chinese, but Okan actually uses an alphabet. It is based after the Traditional Mongolian Alphabet. Their are additional charecters used to indicate the tone. They are placed before the vowel.

Standard romanization: A E Ei I W O Y U N Ng P Q K M L S Sh T Ts J R F Kh C H Ph Th Ch V.

Tones are indicated with accent marks when writing with the latin alphabet.

Oftenly, the symble ' is used to distinguish when one syllable ends & where another begins.

Phonotactics
While syllables a built like that of Chinese & Tibetan, words are not limited to just one syllable.

Traditionally, j & v are considered as final consonants, but, in reality, they merge with the vowels & thus form diphthongs. Vowel i does not link with final j. Vowel u does not link with final v. Vowels y & w does not link with final j nor v. Additionally, y & w does not link with initial j, v, nj, mj, nv, mv, pv, pj, kv, kj, tv, cv, shj, shv, hj, hv, qj, & qv.

Adjectives
Adjectives do not have suffixes.

Adverbs
Adverbs are borrowed from Chinese. Just like adjectives, adverbs do not have suffixes.

Nouns
Nouns have four cases (genetive, ablative, dative, & comitative) & two numbers (singular & plural).

Pronouns
Personal pronouns have 3 cases (genitive, ablative, dative), three persons (third, second & third), & two numbers (singular & plural). Additionally, there is an ordinary/honorific/pejorative distinction. Demonstratives have thre cases (genetive, ablative, & dative), two numbers, & a distal/proximal distinction.

Verbs
Verbs have two tenses(past & present) & aspects (stative, Perfective, & imperfective).

Articles
A - Sim

The - His