Neo Moon

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Neo Moon
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Flag of Neo Moon
Motto: Faith First
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Region Galadil
Capital Yh thoo Soysno
Official Language(s) Arkian, Baroon
Leader Rith Guine Baron
Population 3.467 Billion
Currency Counterfeit Coran 
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Physical

The Holy Empire of Neo Moon is located on an enormous continent on the planet of Arko'oinath. It coveres the entire continent which is about 7,500 miles across and 3,700 miles from North to South. The continent is part of an archipelago of continents that covers aproximately one-fourth of the planet Arko'oinath.

Several mountain ranges spread across the central portion of the nation. These ranges include the Trans-Alterian Mountains in the South, the Ish Mountains, and the Iy'yw' Mountains in the North. Several major rivers cross the land in various places. The major rivres are the Fiw'w'noo River and the Alterian River. Lake Ish is a man-made lake on the Alterian River.


Languages

The languages of Neo Moon include Arkian and Baroon. Arkian is the national language while Baroon is used only by the Baroon people of Alteria. I will not go into depth with the technicalities of these languages but i will give you a basic understanding of the pronunciation of each.

Arkian uses doubled letters and letters with an apostrophe to denote different sounds. Also diphtongs are pronounced differently than in English.

Pronunciation key for Arkian *eg. a'(transliteration)=a(pronunciation)-apple(example)

Letter Short Sound - Normal Sound - Long Sound
   A    a'=a-apple     a=a-arm       aa=A-make
   C        -          c=s-cent      cc=K-care
   E        -          e=e-enter     ee=E-eat 
   G    g'=j-genie     g=g-gate         -
   I    i'=E-meet      i=i-mit       ii=I-ice
   K    k'=kh-khaki    k=k-keep    kk=K[stressed]
   L    l'=eL-wall     l=L-land         -
   N    n'=eN-turn     n=N-new          -
   O    o'=oo-book     o=o-fond     oo=O-over
   R        -          r=r-rock     rr=r[trilled]
   S    s'=z-rose      s=s-sad     ss=S[stressed]
   U    u'=oo-zoo      u=u-mud      uu=U-unit
   W   w'=[throaty h]  w=w-water        -
   X   x'=xh[" " soft] x=x-ox      xx=z-xylophone
   Y    y'=I-Tyre      y=y-year     yy=E-cary

All other letters have their usual values.

Diphtongs (two vowels that combine sounds eg. oi-as in foil) also have a different pronunciation than in English.

Diphtong pronunciation *eg. ae(value)-Ie(pronuciation)aye(clarifier)*

    ae-Ie aye      ai-I I     ao-ow ow     au-oow zoo
    ea-ya yuh      ei-I I     eo-Ao mayo   eu-oo zoo
    ia-ya yah      ie-ye     io-yo yo-yo   iu-yu you
    oa-wa wuh     oe-we way   oi-oi boy    ou-ou ow

Note one exception. oi used at end of words is pronounced wee and is used to denote plurals.