Yanikan

The Yanikan language is the official language of Yaniko. An Omawatic language, it is spoken by an estimated 11.4 million people nationwide.

Writing systems

The official writing system for Yanikan used within Yaniko is Cyrillic. The language has been written under said script since 1933 as means to increase local literacy rates.

Alphabet

Letter	Latin	Name	IPA
А а	A a	a	[a]
Ә ә	Ä ä	ä	[æ]
Б б	B b	be	[b]
В в	V v	ve	[v]
Ғ ғ	G g	ge	[g]
Г г	GH gh	ghe	[ɢ]
Д д	D d	de	[d]
Е е	E e	e	[e]
Ё ё	YO yo	yo	[jo]
Ж ж	ZH zh	zhe	[ʒ]
З з	Z z	ze	[z]
И и	I i	i	[i]
Й й	Y y	yï'	[j]
К к	K k	ke	[k]
Қ қ	Q q	qe	[q]
Л л	L l	el	[l]
М м	M m	em	[m]
Н н	N n	en	[n]
Ң ң	NG ng	eng	[ŋ]
О о	O o	o	[o~ɔ]
Ө ө	Ö ö	ö	[œ]
П п	P p	pe	[p]
Р р	R r	er	[r]
С с	S s	es	[s]
Т т	T t	te	[t]
У у	U u	u	[u]
Ў ў	W w	we	[w]
Ү ү	Ü u	ü	[y]
Ф ф	F f	ef	[f]
Х х	KH kh	khe	[χ]
Һ һ	H h	he	[h]
Ц ц	TS ts	ts	[ts]
Ч ч	CH ch	che	[tʃ]
Ҹ ҹ	J j	je	[dʒ]
Ш ш	SH sh	she	[ʃ]
Ы ы	Ï ï	ï	[ʃ]
Э э	YE ye	ye	[je]
Я я	YU yu	yu	[ju]
Я я	YA ya	ya	[ja]