Iakan

Iakan   
Iakan

The Iakan alphabet (iake talwu) is the creation of Isac Henningsson,
with help from friends. It is used to write the fictional language Iaka (iake
kimai
). Both the alphabet and the language was born late 2005 and it
has no real use yet exept for writing secret messages and to converse.

Iakan alphabet

Iakan alphabet

Notes

  • The vowels are pronounced as follows: Ih as win,
    Eh as in death, Uh = [ø],
    Oh = [o:], and Ah as in mud.
  • We can be both a vowel and a consonant. It is pronounced
    as in room before a consonant, and [w] before a vowel.

Sample text in Iakan

Sample text in Iakan

Transliteration

Nin nemiwu si seiwik pwkakima ateweng palowu.

Pwkakima tatnu fa otin fa iom ni tanaweng wainok.

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

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