Midikan
The Language of Midiakh

1.Phonetics

1.1 Vowels
a as in dug, mug, rug
à as in cat, rat, mat
á as in father, law, claw
â as in stay, ray, day
e as in met, let, set
i as in bit, kit, sit
í as in machine, green, sheen
o as in crow, low, row
u as in moon, dune, food

1.2 Diphthongs
ai as in file, Nile, aisle
ei as in freight, eight, gate
ae as in may, day, lay

1.3 Consonants

k as in kick, kill, cat
kh as in k but with more aspiration
t as in tin, tan, tale
p as in pet, pick, pan
g as in gill, gap, go
b as in big, bat, bar
d as in dig, date, door
h as in hot, hill, hole
s as in sit, soft, sat
v as in view, vole, vat
m as in me, mine, more
n as in no, not, nine
l as in lie, live, low
r as in rat, real, row
w as in water, wall, will
ph as in far, fear, fly

(NOTE: The apparent inconsistency of recording the unvoiced velar stop with both c and k goes back to the days when Midikan was first begun. Those words spelled with c are words borrowed directly from the original Halflic, while those with k are original or borrowed from Mannic and Dwarvish.)

Wordlist
ádrid Adrid, judge and “priest” of Midiakh
ákh land
àleph chief, first rank
àlephkàm law enforcement organization
álívrá
áncra dream
bág large
bágsen
bakin
bâteph under-chief, second rank
bàk big
cro foot
delteph under-chief, fourth rank
epsileph under-chief, fifth rank
gàmeph under-chief, third rank
hai greeting
kàm organization
kàn
kel
kin
krug town
làn hope
leng
luwán a drink similar to Orange Juice, but from a native Midikan fruit.
mína
midí green
pel
sai A particle of respect, such as English "Sir"
sàn interjection, equivalent of English "Wow!"
sei A particle of respect similar to English “Ma’am”
sen
slae