Kăinin

General information
Kăinin is mainly spoken in the country of Kăinim. There are several dialects, though most of them are very similar.

Phonology
Kăinin have relatively simple phonetics. All vowels except "o" has a long and a short version. Long vowels are written with a macron over the letter (ā, ē, ū), the only exception is the long "i" which is written "iy". Ă and Ĕ are pronounced like A and E but with an almost silent "w-sound" after it.

Alphabet
Alphabet:

Aa [a]

Ăă [aʷ]

Bb [b]

Xx [ɕ]

Dd [d]

Ee [e]

Ĕĕ [eʷ]

Gg [g] (only used in loan-words.)

Hh [ʔ] (only used in onomatopoeia.)

Ii [i]

Kk [k]

Ll [l]

Mm [ɱ, m]

Nn [n]

Oo [o]

Pp [p]

Rr [ɾ]

Ss [s]

Tt [t]

Uu [ʊ]

Vv [v]

Yy [ʝ, i]

Zz [z]

Ʒʒ [ʑ] (very rarely used.)

Other letters:

Āā [a:]

Ēē [e:, æ:]

Iy iy [i:]

Ūū [ʊ:]

Phonotactics
Consonant clusters are rarely longer than than two letters. Most consonants are followed by a vowel.

Dictionary
Numbers:

Colours:

Blue - Pāzu

Yellow - Xiyk

Red - Kă

Green - Voyū

Blue-purple - Pasaza

Red-purple - Āndikă

White - Ini

Black - Udĕa

Grammar
Ĕnora - like

Ĕnora tek - to like

Ĕnorate - liking

Ĕnora tiy - (have) liked

Ĕnora nū - (had) liked

Ĕnora iy - (is going to) like

Kăra an miy nim - Kăra is a girl

Kăra an miy nim yok? - Is Kăra a girl?

Kăra anet nim xe - Kăra is the girl

Nimn xe kalxă an Kăra - The girl's name is Kăra

Example text
Tăsūyak anet ezāxa ă diyĕemn sūvid eta xēmate ĕ kiy xēma tek katete ūxati.

Stone Age is the period in human history that begun when they started making tools.