Kaipanese Language

"Kaipanese" and "Kaipaī" redirect here. For the country, see Kaipa.
This article contains incomplete sections. Revisions should be made to correct the lack of information. (June 2025)

Kaipanese
Language family	Okamic
Era	2025 to present
Writing system	Kaipanese (current) Kanji (former) Katakana (former)
Official status
Spoken in	The Republic of Kaipa
Speaker
Demonym	Kaipanese
Number of speakers	Unknown
Technical information
Usage	Government language Colloquial language
Language code	KAI

Kaipanese (カイパ語 Kaipagon, [kai̯.pa.gon]) is the official language spoken in the Republic of Kaipa. It is a member of the Okamic language family.

History

This section is incomplete. (June 2025)

Distribution

This section is incomplete. (June 2025)

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar-Uvular
Plosive	Voiced	/b/	/d/			/g/
	Voiceless	/p/	/t/			/k/
Fricative	Voiced		/z/	/ʒ/ ( /dʒ/ ) ¹
	Voiceless		/s/	/ʃ/ ( /tʃ/ ) ¹	( /ç/ ) ²	/x~h/
Nasal		/m/	/n/			/ŋ/
Liquid		/ʋ/	/ɾ/		/j/

¹ The postalveolar fricatives are pronounced as affricates word-initially and fricatives elsewhere.
² /x~h/ is pronounced /ç/ after front vowels /i/ and /e/.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	/i/		/ɯ/
Mid	/e/		/o/
Open		/a/

The following nine diphthongs are also valid: /ai̯/, /aɯ̯/, /ao̯/, /ei̯/, /eɯ̯/, /eo̯/, /oa̯/, /oi̯/, /oe̯/.

Phonotactics

Kaipanese syllables follow a (C)V(D)(N) structure, where C is any consonant, V is any vowel, D is any valid diphthong that can follow the vowel, and N is a final nasal.

Orthography

Kaipanese Script

This section contains placeholders for Kaipanese text, and is thus incomplete. (June 2025)

The current Kaipanese script is an alphasyllabary, with markings for vowels, final nasals, voicing, and diphthongs. The following table names onsets in the top row, and codas in the left column.

Kaipanese Alphasyllabary
		∅	K	G	S	Z	T	D	C	J	N	H	P	B	M	Y	R	W
Short Vowels	A	a	ka	ga	sa	za	ta	da	ca	ja	na	ha	pa	ba	ma	ya	ra	wa
	AN	an	kan	gan	san	zan	tan	dan	can	jan	nan	han	pan	ban	man	yan	ran	wan
	I	i	ki	gi	si	zi	ti	di	ci	ji	ni	hi	pi	bi	mi		ri	wi
	IN	in	kin	gin	sin	zin	tin	din	cin	jin	nin	hin	pin	bin	min		rin	win
	U	u	ku	gu	su	zu	tu	du	cu	ju	nu	hu	pu	bu	mu	yu	ru
	UN	un	kun	gun	sun	zun	tun	dun	cun	jun	nun	hun	pun	bun	mun	yun	run
	E	e	ke	ge	se	ze	te	de	ce	je	ne	he	pe	be	me		re	we
	EN	en	ken	gen	sen	zen	ten	den	cen	jen	nen	hen	pen	ben	men		ren	wen
	O	o	ko	go	so	zo	to	do	co	jo	no	ho	po	bo	mo	yo	ro	wo
	ON	on	kon	gon	son	zon	ton	don	con	jon	non	hon	pon	bon	mon	yon	ron	won
Long Vowels	Á	á	ká	gá	sá	zá	tá	dá	cá	já	ná	há	pá	bá	má	yá	rá	wá
	ÁN	án	kán	gán	sán	zán	tán	dán	cán	ján	nán	hán	pán	bán	mán	yán	rán	wán
	Í	í	kí	gí	sí	zí	tí	dí	cí	jí	ní	hí	pí	bí	mí		rí	wí
	ÍN	ín	kín	gín	sín	zín	tín	dín	cín	jín	nín	hín	pín	bín	mín		rín	wín
	Ú	ú	kú	gú	sú	zú	tú	dú	cú	jú	nú	hú	pú	bú	mú	yú	rú
	ÚN	ún	kún	gún	sún	zún	tún	dún	cún	jún	nún	hún	pún	bún	mún	yún	rún
	É	é	ké	gé	sé	zé	té	dé	cé	jé	né	hé	pé	bé	mé		ré	wé
	ÉN	én	kén	gén	sén	zén	tén	dén	cén	jén	nén	hén	pén	bén	mén		rén	wén
	Ó	ó	kó	gó	só	zó	tó	dó	có	jó	nó	hó	pó	bó	mó	yó	ró	wó
	ÓN	ón	kón	gón	són	zón	tón	dón	cón	jón	nón	hón	pón	bón	món	yón	rón	wón
Diphthongs	AI	ai	kai	gai	sai	zai	tai	dai	cai	jai	nai	hai	pai	bai	mai	yai	rai	wai
	AIN	ain	kain	gain	sain	zain	tain	dain	cain	jain	nain	hain	pain	bain	main	yain	rain	wain
	AU	au	kau	gau	sau	zau	tau	dau	cau	jau	nau	hau	pau	bau	mau	yau	rau	wau
	AUN	aun	kaun	gaun	saun	zaun	taun	daun	caun	jaun	naun	haun	paun	baun	maun	yaun	raun	waun
	AO	ao	kao	gao	sao	zao	tao	dao	cao	jao	nao	hao	pao	bao	mao	yao	rao	wao
	AON	aon	kaon	gaon	saon	zaon	taon	daon	caon	jaon	naon	haon	paon	baon	maon	yaon	raon	waon
	EI	ei	kei	gei	sei	zei	tei	dei	cei	jei	nei	hei	pei	bei	mei		rei	wei
	EIN	ein	kein	gein	sein	zein	tein	dein	cein	jein	nein	hein	pein	bein	mein		rein	wein
	EU	eu	keu	geu	seu	zeu	teu	deu	ceu	jeu	neu	heu	peu	beu	meu		reu	weu
	EUN	eun	keun	geun	seun	zeun	teun	deun	ceun	jeun	neun	heun	peun	beun	meun		reun	weun
	EO	eo	keo	geo	seo	zeo	teo	deo	ceo	jeo	neo	heo	peo	beo	meo		reo	weo
	EON	eon	keon	geon	seon	zeon	teon	deon	ceon	jeon	neon	heon	peon	beon	meon		reon	weon
	OA	oa	koa	goa	soa	zoa	toa	doa	coa	joa	noa	hoa	poa	boa	moa	yoa	roa	woa
	OAN	oan	koan	goan	soan	zoan	toan	doan	coan	joan	noan	hoan	poan	boan	moan	yoan	roan	woan
	OI	oi	koi	goi	soi	zoi	toi	doi	coi	joi	noi	hoi	poi	boi	moi	yoi	roi	woi
	OIN	oin	koin	goin	soin	zoin	toin	doin	coin	join	noin	hoin	poin	boin	moin	yoin	roin	woin
	OE	oe	koe	goe	soe	zoe	toe	doe	coe	joe	noe	hoe	poe	boe	moe	yoe	roe	woe
	OEN	oen	koen	goen	soen	zoen	toen	doen	coen	joen	noen	hoen	poen	boen	moen	yoen	roen	woen

Former Writing Systems

The Republic of Kaipa is currently in the process of phasing out its use of Japanese Katakana and Kanji to write Kaipanese.

Kaipanese Romanization

The Jadoan system of romanization, named for the province of Jado, is the standard in Kaipa. Long vowels are written with acute accents, and places that need to distinguish that a final N is separate from the next syllable is written with a hyphen after the N.

		Labial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar-Uvular
Plosive	Voiced	B b	D d			G g
	Voiceless	P p	T t			K k
Fricative	Voiced		Z z	J j
	Voiceless		S s	C c	( H h ) ¹	H h
Nasal		M m	N n			( N n ) ²
Liquid		W w	R r		Y y

	Front	Central	Back
Close	I i		U u
Mid	E e		O o
Open		A a

¹ H is pronounced /ç/ after front vowels /i/ and /e/.
² Final N before another velar-uvular consonant is pronounced as /ŋ/.

Grammar

This section is incomplete. (June 2025)

Word Order

Primarily, Kaipanese is a Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) language. However, it also makes use of topic referencing, in order to aid in conversation.

Personal Pronouns

Kaipanese makes use of both third and fourth person pronouns, where the third person pronoun specifies a nearby party, and the fourth person specifies a party far away.

	1st Person	2nd Person	3rd Person	4th Person
Singular	wo	ni	ta	reo
Plural	wanyo	anyo	teyo	raiyo

Personal pronouns also act as nominal words, except in the context of pronoun dropping, which occurs when a pronoun does not need to be referenced as a topic. For instance, wo ha ókamie dera ("I am a wolf") can instead be rendered as just ókamie dera (lit. "wolf be").

Non-Personal Pronouns

The bulk of non-personal pronouns can be neatly organized by the specific genre of pronoun and whether what is being referenced is used in a topical or non-topical context. Additionally, these non-personal pronouns can be neatly organized into the following table of demonstratives:

	Topical	Non-Topical
Object	nan	one
Location	kon	koa
Time	ajin	ji
Person	anton	toa
Manner	áden	dei
Amount	anwen	wei

A non-personal pronoun can be modified to an interrogative with the prefix den.

Ajin ha sanji. "It is three o'clock."
Den-ajinzó ka? "What's the time?"

Non-personal pronouns are also marked with suffixes for proximity.

• su marks for proximity to the speaker.

Nansu ha suika da wo.
"This is my melon."

• ku marks for proximity to the listener.

Dennanku ha da ni, daine?
"That's yours, right?"

• ru marks for distance from both the speaker and listener.

Hute da Rika-seu ha konru.
"Rika's house is over there."

• zó marks for both unknown proximity and indefinite amounts, when referring to anything other than objects or locations.

A, ni ha konku keinta me anwenzó ho kakeira ka?
Ah, do you know how much this sword costs?

Nouns

This section is incomplete. (June 2025)

Verbs

This section is incomplete. (June 2025)

Adjectives and Adverbs

This section is incomplete. (June 2025)

Vocabulary

This section is incomplete. (May 2025)

Example Text

The following is a translation of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Kaipanese, Japanese, and English:

Example Text
Kaipanese カイパ語	Script	incomplete translation
	Romanized	incomplete translation
	IPA	incomplete translation
Japanese 日本語	Script	すべての人間は、生まれながらにして自由であり、かつ、尊厳と権利とについて平等である。 人間は、理性と良心とを授けられており、互いに同胞の精神をもって行動しなければならない。
	Romanized	Subete no ningen wa, umarenagara ni shite jiyū de ari, katsu, songen to kenri to ni tsuite byōdō de aru. Ningen wa, risei to ryōshin to o sazukerarete ori, tagai ni dōhō no seishin o motte kōdō shinakereba naranai.
English		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