Asianlanguage

Asianlanguage is a constructed language designed for linguistic experimentation and speculative fiction alike. Developed by linguist A. N. Lee in 2010, it aims to explore how typological features commonly associated with Asian languages can interact within a single, coherent system. It is not a natural language and has no native speech community, but it has an active online community of learners and writers who study its grammar and lexicon.

Phonology centers on about 20 consonants and five vowel qualities. The syllable typically follows a simple (C)(C)V(C) pattern, with limited final consonants. The language is set up as tonally variable, featuring four pitch contrasts that can distinguish meaning at the word or morpheme level. Stress is generally secondary to tone, falling on the root syllable.

Asianlanguage favors an analytic to mildly agglutinative mix. It uses post-nominal particles to mark case and topic, and verb morphology marks tense and aspect through suffixes and clausal particles. The basic word order is subject–verb–object in neutral statements, though topic-prominent constructions and discourse particles allow flexible ordering. An honorific system mirrors forms found in East Asian languages, with verb forms and pronouns adjusting according to the addressee's social status.

A distinctive feature is its writing system, which combines a logographic script for content morphemes with a syllabic component for function words and inflections. A Latin transliteration is widely used for teaching and digital communication.

Asianlanguage is used primarily in educational materials, fan-fiction, and linguistic demonstrations. Studies on its features are published in grammar sketches and a growing English-language dictionary; learners can access corpora, example sentences, and teaching resources through dedicated online communities.