Boyani

Boyani (in Boyani: je bojaniska [je jaˈʂeka boˈjani]) is a language spoken throughout Dokuan (my conplanet) by ethnic Boyans. It is related to the Lemaro-Kuyistic family of languages, with which it shares many root words and — at times — even similar expressions and other various elements. The Boyan language had evolved through this group of people travelling through the various countries, picking up new vocabulary and so forth. There are numerous dialects, but this page will explain the aspects of the largest dialect called Kenry Boyani (je bojaniska khenreltri). Other dialects will also be mentioned, but only to give an idea of the varying words and pronunciations..

Alphabet
A B C D E F G H X I J K L M N O P R Ř S Š T U V Z Ž ’

Other characters, which are expressed in the dictionary, but not used in formal writing are: Ã, Ê, Î, and Ô.

These are differing sounds from the main vowels, but are simply taunt and remembered by native speakers. For learning and understanding purposes by foreign language speakers, these are included alongside the prefered writing.

And the character ’ attaches to certain consonants to create Ć, Ď, Ň, Ľ, Ś, Ť, Ŕ and Ź as opposed to writing CJ, DJ, LJ, SJ, TJ, RJ and ZJ respectfully.

Pronunciation
Some rules to the language for dipthongs and consonant clusters.
 * Dipthongs consist of JA, JE, JI, JO, and JU. Understand the letters affected by ’ to have a J after it: ďa [dʲa], ťo [tʲo], ľe [lʲe] and so forth.
 * NG is always pronounced as one sound [ŋ]
 * H, following consonants, creates a puff of air. For instance TH is aspirated and sounds like English "tar" with the TH becoming [tʰ].
 * ČH, ŠH and ŽH sound closer to ČJ, ŠJ and ŽJ. In some dialects this spelling has even been adopted.
 * E after Č, Š, and Ž sounds like [ɛ].

Stress

 * In nouns the stress falls on the first syllable, but the second if there are more than two syllables in the noun. For example: jašéka, míjã, phijéšo, and geklésta. But when cases are involved stress falls onto them, like in jašekíl.
 * In verbs the stress falls on the last syllable before the infinitive ending (before "če"). Once the verb is conjugated the stress falls on the last syllable.