Spoken in the Empire of Rokhana.
Phonology
Consonants
- Labials: m /m/ my /mj/ p /p/ py /pj/ b /b/ by /bj/ f /f/ fy /fj/ v /v/ vy /vj/
- Coronals: n /n/ ny /ɲ/ t /t/ ty /tj/ d /d/ dy /dj/ c /ts/ ch /tʃ/ dz /dz/ j /dʒ/ s /s/ sh /ʃ/ z /z/ zh /ʒ/ l /l/ ly /lj/ r /r/ ry /rj/ y /j/
- Velars: k /k/ k /kj/ g /g/ gy /gj/ kh /x/ khy /ç/ h /ɣ/
Vowels
a /ɐ/ â /a:/ e /ɛ/ ê /e/ i /ɪ/ î /i/ o /ɔ/ ô /o/ u /ʊ/ û /u/
Derivation
- -n-: patient
- -z-: agent
- -nts-: augmentative (absolutive)
- -v-: augmentative (ergative)
- -y-: diminutive (ergative)
- -gV-: abstract
- -nV-: collective
Morphology
Noun Declension
There were twelve noun declensions in the original language, but over the years they’ve been subsumed into one another, until at last there are only three, with two subsets each.
First Declension
Some nouns are masculine/feminine, others neuter.
First Declension
Absolutive Sing.
Absolutive Pl.
Ergative Sing.
Ergative Pl.
Prepositional Sing.
Prepositional Pl.
Masculine/Feminine
-ar
-aro
-ori
-ari
-oru
-aru
Neuter
-a
-an
-an
-omi
-e
-omu
TO BE CONTINUED…
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