Sicaron

Sicaron is a fictional language created by Slayermoon for a novel in progress, which takes place in a future where the United States of America has long since broken up. In the story, English has become altered in different ways in the various new nations of North America. Sicaron is the language of Sicaro, a new nation in western North America, and one with a strong national identity at that.

Orthography
Despite being derived from American English, Sicaron is written in the Cyrillic script, like Russian. The Sicaron alphabet consists of 29 letters, named and pronounced as follows: Note: All vowels are pronounced clearly and distinctly, never reduced to a schwa as in English or Russian. The voiceless stops К, П and Т are always aspirated, that is: released with a puff of air, before a vowel, Ұ or Р (К and П also before Л or Ь) except after С, Ц, Ч or Ш. The alveolar stops Д and Т are never reduced to a flap as in American English, but are always clearly enunciated as in British English. There are five diphthongs, which are considered vowel-semivowel pairings:
 * А а - аь [a] low central vowel, like a in taco
 * Б б - би [b] voiced bilabial stop, like b in binge
 * В в - ви [v] voiced labiodental fricative, like v in vine
 * Ҕ ҕ - еҕ [ŋ] velar nasal, like ng in lung
 * Г г - ги [ɡ] voiced velar stop, like g in green
 * Д д - ди [d] voiced alveolar stop, like d in dark
 * Е е - еь [ɛ] low-mid front unrounded vowel, like e in smell
 * Ұ ұ - ұаь [w] bilabial-velar semivowel, like w in weed
 * Ж ж - жеь [ʒ] voiced palatoälveolar fricative, like si in lesion
 * З з - зед [z] voiced alveolar fricative, like z in zone
 * И и - и [i] high front unrounded vowel, like ee in sleep
 * К к - кеь [k] voiceless velar stop, like c in corn
 * Л л - ел [ɫ] velar-alveolar lateral, like ll in American dull
 * М м - ем [m] bilabial nasal, like m in mine
 * Н н - ен [n] alveolar nasal, like n in north
 * О о - оұ [ɔ] low-mid back rounded vowel, like aw in British raw
 * П п - пи [p] voiceless bilabial stop, like p in pitch
 * Р р - ар [ɻ] retroflex semivowel, like r in American rip
 * С с - ес [s] voiceless alveolar fricative, like s in south
 * Т т - ти [t] voiceless alveolar stop, like t in torch
 * У у - у [u] high back rounded vowel, like oo in spoon
 * Ф ф - еф [f] voiceless labiodental fricative, like f in finch
 * Х х - хеь [h] voiceless glottal fricative, like h in hold
 * Ц ц - цеь [ʦ] voiceless alveolar affricate, like tz in quartz
 * Ч ч - чи [ʧ] voiceless palatoälveolar affricate, like ch in cheese
 * Ш ш - аш [ʃ] voiceless palatoälveolar fricative, like sh in shell
 * Ь ь - ьу [j] palatal semivowel, like y in yoke
 * Ю ю - ю [y] high front rounded vowel, like u in French tu
 * Я я - яц [œ] low-mid front rounded vowel, like ö in German Löffel
 * аұ [aw] like ou in loud
 * аь [aj] like i in kind
 * еь [ɛj] like ai in pain
 * оұ [ɔw] like o in gross
 * оь [ɔj] like oi in void

Phonotactics
Every vowel (А Е И О У Ю Я) forms the core of its own syllable, and whenever two adjacent vowels appear adjacent in a word, they’re considered to be in separate syllables. The following consonant clusters are permitted at the beginning of a syllable, before the vowel: Б БҰ БЛ БР БЬ В ВҰ ВЛ ВР ВЬ Г ГҰ ГЛ ГР ГЬ Д ДҰ ДР Ұ Ж ЖР З ЗҰ К КҰ КЛ КР КЬ Л М МЬ Н П ПҰ ПЛ ПР ПЬ Р С СҰ СК СКҰ СКЛ СКР СКЬ СЛ СМ СМЬ СН СП СПЛ СПР СПЬ СТ СТР СФ Т ТР ТҰ Ф ФҰ ФЛ ФР ФЬ Х Ц Ч Ш ШЛ ШМ ШН ШР Ь. The following consonant clusters are permitted at the end of a syllable, after the vowel: Б БД БЗ В ВД ВЗ Ҕ ҔД ҔЗ ҔК ҔС ҔСТ ҔТ Г ГД ГЗ Д ДЖ ДЗ Ұ ҰБ ҰБД ҰБЗ ҰВ ҰВД ҰВЗ ҰҔ ҰГ ҰГД ҰГЗ ҰД ҰДЖ ҰДЗ ҰЖ ҰЖД ҰЗ ҰЗД ҰК ҰКС ҰКТ ҰМ ҰМД ҰМЗ ҰН ҰНД ҰНЗ ҰНТ ҰП ҰПС ҰПТ ҰС ҰСТ ҰТ ҰФ ҰФС ҰФТ ҰЦ ҰЦТ ҰЧ ҰЧТ ҰШ ҰШТ Ж ЖД З ЗД К КС КСТ КТ Л ЛБ ЛБД ЛБЗ ЛВ ЛВД ЛВЗ ЛД ЛДЖ ЛДЗ ЛЖ ЛЖД ЛЗ ЛЗД ЛК ЛКС ЛКТ ЛМ ЛМД ЛМЗ ЛН ЛНД ЛНЗ ЛП ЛПС ЛПТ ЛС ЛСК ЛСТ ЛТ ЛФ ЛФС ЛФТ ЛЦ ЛЦТ ЛЧ ЛЧТ ЛШ ЛШТ М МД МЗ МП МС МСК МСТ МТ МФ Н НД НЖ НЗ НС НСК НСТ НТ НШ НШТ П ПС ПСК ПСТ ПТ Р РБ РБД РБЗ РВ РВД РВЗ РГ РГД РГЗ РД РДЖ РДЗ РЖ РЖД РЗ РЗД РК РКС РКТ РМ РМД РМЗ РН РНД РНЗ РП РПС РПТ РС РСК РСТ РТ РФ РФС РФТ РЦ РЦТ РЧ РЧТ РШ РШТ С СК СП СТ Т Ф ФС ФСК ФСТ ФТ Ц ЦК ЦТ Ч ЧТ Ш ШТ Ь ЬБ БЬД ЬБЗ ЬВ ЬВД ЬВЗ ЬҔ ЬҔД ЬҔЗ ЬГ ЬГД ЬГЗ ЬД ЬДЖ ЬДЗ ЬЖ ЬЖД ЬЗ ЬЗД ЬК ЬКС ЬКТ ЬМ ЬМД ЬМЗ ЬН ЬНД ЬНЗ ЬНС ЬНТ ЬП ЬПС ЬПТ ЬС ЬСК ЬСТ ЬТ ЬФ ЬФС ЬФТ ЬЦ ЬЦТ ЬЧ ЬЧТ ЬШ ЬШТ. The semivowel Ұ never appears adjacent to the vowel У in a word, nor does the semivowel Ь ever appear adjacent to the vowel И.