Konai lingua

Vowels

 * /a/ is an open central vowel;
 * /e/ is a close-mid front vowel, similar to English e in bed;
 * /i/ is a close front vowel;
 * /o/ is close-mid rounded back vowel;
 * /u/ is close back compressed vowel, similar to Japanese 'u'.

Orthography
The following letters of Latin alphabet are used to write Konai:

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Rr Ss Tt Uu Ww Yy Zz

The following rules apply:
 * /c/ is written a 'ch'; this is the only context when 'c' is used;
 * /ɟ/ is written as 'j'; 'j' is always pronounced as /ɟ/, never as /y/;
 * /ɕ/ is written 'sh';


 * /ʑ/ is written 'zh';


 * /ʍ/ is written 'wh';


 * /w/ is written 'w';


 * /j/ is written 'y'; 'y' is always used for 'j' consonant sound, never for 'i' or 'y' vowels.

Long vowels are written as follows: To distinguish between long vowels /o:/, /e:/ and vowel sequences /ou/, /ei/ diaeresis on second letter can be used.
 * /a:/ is written 'aa';
 * /o:/ is written 'ou';
 * /u:/ is written 'uu';
 * /e:/ is written 'ei';
 * /i:/ is written 'ii'.

Noun particles
Three particles (nominative, accusative, genetive) are written together with preceding noun. All other particles separated by a space.

For accusative -n is used after vowels, -en after n-final nouns.

Genetive case is the only case which can be used as noun's modifier. Some particles can be used as a noun modifier by adding genitive marker -i:

Mashin gan koi homin '(the) man with (the) machine gun'

Dictionary
Word roots are mainly devised from Latin roots with changing sounds, if it's necessary to meet konai's phonology. For nouns of 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Latin declentions, root with thematic vowel -o is used:

1st: aqua > akua

2nd: hortus > horuto (with -u- insertion to keep CV syllable structure); filius > filio

4th: domus > domu; manus > manu

5th: dies > die; facies > fakie

For the third declention, pure root (as it's seen is genetive case) is used:

homo, hominis > homin