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	'''Lunarian''' is one of serveral attempts at sticking to a single joke language by Astaryuu. It was created ~~before~~ Muskian, Wharfordish, and Lunarian, but after the first version of 18 USC 2319. Proto-Protogen is therefore technically the second of Astaryuu's family of joke languages. However, 18 USC 2319 has been revamped since then, so Astaryuu considers Proto-Protogen ~~to be older now~~. Lunarian, natively known as '''Tukǝsaɟɟɇmga''' ([[Lunarian IPA\|IPA]]: {{ipa\|[tukɨ́sáɟːე̌mga]}}) is a {{wp\|Japonic languages\|pseudo-Japonic language}} spoken on the moon and in other places that have had contact with lunar species. It is the language of the Lunatic Kingdom.		'''Lunarian''' is one of serveral attempts at sticking to a single joke language by Astaryuu. It was created after Muskian, [[Wharfordish]], and [[Proto-Protogen]]. Lunarian, natively known as '''Tukǝsaɟɟɇmga''' ([[Lunarian IPA\|IPA]]: {{ipa\|[tukɨ́sáɟːე̌mga]}}) is a {{wp\|Japonic languages\|pseudo-Japonic language}} spoken on the moon and in other places that have had contact with lunar species. It is the language of the Lunatic Kingdom.

	==Dialectology==		==Dialectology==

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{{Infobox language
|name=Lunarian {{lunr|󴑔󴕉󴖊󴕕󴑷󴒔󴔩󴑪󴑙󴐁󴕧󴑽󴔯}}
|familycolor=Conlang
|pronunciation={{ipa|[tukɨ́sáɟːე̌mga]}}
|family=[[Nentan languages|Nentan]]
|early-forms=[[Classical Nenta]], [[Imperial Karanesa]]
|script={{unbulleted list|[[Lunarian runes]]|Hiragana|Katakana|Latin script|Cyrillic script|Han logograms}}
|nation=Lunatic Kingdom
|minority=Eientei
|demonym=Lunarian, Lunatic
|agency=Lunatic Linguistic Correction Facility
|iso3=LNR
|setting=[[Outrealm: Unidentified Frantic Incursion]]
}}

'''Lunarian''' is one of serveral attempts at sticking to a single joke language by Astaryuu. It was created before Muskian, Wharfordish, and Lunarian, but after the first version of 18 USC 2319. Proto-Protogen is therefore technically the second of Astaryuu's family of joke languages. However, 18 USC 2319 has been revamped since then, so Astaryuu considers Proto-Protogen to be older now. Lunarian, natively known as '''Tukǝsaɟɟɇmga''' ([[Lunarian IPA|IPA]]: {{ipa|[tukɨ́sáɟːე̌mga]}}) is a {{wp|Japonic languages|pseudo-Japonic language}} spoken on the moon and in other places that have had contact with lunar species. It is the language of the Lunatic Kingdom.

==Dialectology==
Lunarian is noted for being impossible for terrestrial beings to "correctly" pronounce. The reasons for this are manifold:
* [[Linguofascism]]: Particularly true for Standard Lunarian, the language is strongly affected by Lunatic policy regarding language use, preventing some of the most extreme features of Lunarian from simplifying.
* [[Imaginary phoneme]]s: Eleven of Lunarian's phonemes, including half of all vowels, are always pronounced (at least in Lunatic dialects) in ways that humans either find extremely difficult (for imaginary consonants) or physically impossible (for imaginary vowels). These eleven phonemes are referred to as "imaginary phonemes", and were the main reason for the creation of [[asterIPA]].
* [[Purity mutation]]: In specific environments, Lunarian phonemes can undergo "purity mutation" of either first-order or second-order. These are lenitions that are typically used in formal words or situations. Purity mutation is mandated in Jinhayan Lunarian, and causes many phonemes that otherwise aren't imaginary to have imaginary allophones.
* Imaginary mathematics: Lunarian's standard base is "raishnegahex", or base 4''i''. Additionally, Lunarian standards of mathematics differ from terrestrial standards.

There are three major varieties of Lunarian:
* Standard Lunarian: The legally-mandated variety for use in the Lunatic Kingdom. This dialect's hearth is the {{wp|Mare Tranquillitatis|Sea of Tranquility}}. There are three major sub-dialects: Jinhayan (also spelled "Jinghayan") Lunarian, the government-approved register which officials are required to use, Kriseon Lunarian, a "punk dialect" of the {{wp|Mare Crisium|Sea of Crises}} that intentionally diverges from Jinhayan norms, and Eienteyan Lunarian, used by refugees from the Lunatic Kingdom. Eienteyan Lunarian has significantly less influence from linguofascism than any of the Lunatic dialects.
* Impure, Terrible, Evil, Gross Lunarian: Also referred to simply as "Impure Lunarian." Spoken elsewhere that youkai are prominent, such as the two hells. Impure Lunarian generally does not use second-order purity mutation. The English name is an exonym translated from Standard Lunarian. Eienteyan Lunarian is considered an impure dialect by Lunatic officials, even though linguistically it is at best a creole between Standard Lunarian and Impure Lunarian.
* Disgusting, Awful, Repulsive, Terrestrial Lunarian: Also referred to as "Terrestrial Lunarian." Spoken in the "human world". This is by far the smallest dialect group. It is strongly suggested that {{wp|Area 51}} contains a treatise on Terrestrial Lunarian.

==Phonology==
{{main|Lunarian phonology}}
===Consonants===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Consonant phonemes
|-
! colspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | [[w:Labial consonant|Labial]]
! colspan="2" | [[w:Alveolar consonant|alveolar]]
! colspan="2" | [[w:Postalveolar consonant|Post- alveolar]]/ [[w:Palatal consonant|palatal]]
! colspan="2" | [[w:Velar consonant|Velar]]
! colspan="2" | [[w:Velar consonant|Uvular]]
! colspan="2" | [[w:Velar consonant|Laryngeal]]
|-
! colspan="2" | [[w:stop consonant|Stop]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless bilabial stop|p]] || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced bilabial stop|b]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless alveolar stop|t]] || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced alveolar stop|d]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless palatal stop|c]] || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced palatal stop|ɟ]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless velar stop|k]] || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced velar stop|g]]
| colspan="2" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Glottal stop|ʔ]] || style="border-left: 0;" |
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[w:fricative consonant|Fricative]]
! plain
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless bilabial fricative|ɸ]] || style="border-left: 0;" |
| colspan="2" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless palatal fricative|ç]] || style="border-left: 0;" | ([[w:Voiced palatal fricative|ʝ]])
| colspan="2" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced uvular fricative|ʁ]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless glottal fricative|h]] || style="border-left: 0;" |
|-
! [[w:sibilant consonant|sibilant]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Whistle|ѳ]] || style="border-left: 0;" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless alveolar sibilant|s]] || style="border-left: 0;" | ([[w:Voiced alveolar sibilant|z]])
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless palato-alveolar fricative|ʃ]] || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced palato-alveolar fricative|ʒ]]
| colspan="2" |
|-
! colspan="2" | [[w:Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced bilabial nasal|m]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced alveolar nasal|n]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced palatal nasal|ɲ]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced velar nasal|ŋ]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced uvular nasal|ɴ]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[Voiced laryngeal nasal|ն]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[w:Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
! plain
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced labiodental approximant|ʋ̟]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced alveolar approximant|ɹ]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced palatal approximant|j]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced labiovelar approximant|w]]
| colspan="2" |
| colspan="2" |
|-
! [[w:Lateral consonant|lateral]]
| colspan="2" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Voiceless alveolar lateral fricative|{{ipa|ɬ}}]] || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced alveolar lateral approximant|{{ipa|l}}]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced palatal lateral approximant|ʎ]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced velar lateral approximant|ʟ]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[Voiced uvular lateral approximant|լ]]
| colspan="2" |
|-
! colspan="2" | [[w:Trill consonant|Trill]]
| colspan="2" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Voiced alveolar trill|r]]
| colspan="2" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [[Voiced velar trill|ր]]
| colspan="2" |
| colspan="2" |
|}
====Notes====
* The Cyrillic letter fita <ѳ> is used in Astaryuu IPA extensions to refer to a "whistle fricative", even though this {{wp|s͎|has an extIPA symbol}}; Astaryuu defends this by saying that Lunarian considers the whistle fricative a labial sibilant, while <s͎> is clearly alveolar.
* All approximants (regardless of if they are lateral or not) become voiceless when before a voiceless plosive; [ɬ] just is the only voiceless approximant which is found outside of this context (though [ç] is often considered a voiceless /j/).

===Vowels===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Vowel phonemes
|-
! [[Nepo vowel|Nepo]]
|
| [[Nepo front unrounded vowel|ა]]
|
|-
! [[Dim vowel|Dim]]
| [[Dim-esolc front unrounded vowel|ო]]
| [[Dim central vowel|ჷ]]
| [[Dim-esolc back rounded vowel|ე]]
|-
! [[Esolc vowel|Esolc]]
| [[Esolc front unrounded vowel|უ]]
|
| [[Esolc back rounded vowel|ი]]
|-
! !! [[w:Front vowel|Front]] !! [[w:Central vowel|Central]] !! [[w:Back vowel|Back]]
|-
! [[w:Close vowel|Close]]
| [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]]
| [[w:Close central unrounded vowel|ɨ]]
| [[w:Close back rounded vowel|u]]
|-
! [[w:Close-mid vowel|Mid]]
| [[w:Close-mid front unrounded vowel|e]]
|
| [[w:Close-mid back rounded vowel|o]]
|-
! [[w:Open vowel|Open]]
|
| [[w:Open front unrounded vowel|a]]
|
|}

====Notes====
* In Impure and Terrestrial Lunarian, nepo, dim, and esolc vowels become the equivalent open, mid, and close vowels respectively, but with their backness and rounding flipped. For example, the dim ''front rounded'' vowel /ო/ becomes [ɤ], the mid ''back unrounded'' vowel. This is also why the {{wp|Georgian language|Georgian}} letters used for the imaginary vowels appear reversed compared to their actual values in Georgian.
* The vowels /e o ო ე/ are all true mid [e̞ o̞ ო̝ ე˔].

===Purity mutation===
{{main|Purity mutation}}

==Orthography==
Much like how Japanese technically uses four scripts at the same time, Lunarian technically uses six scripts at the same time. However, most dialects do not use all six scripts at the same time. The following scripts are ordered in order of how often they are used in Lunarian writing.
# [[Lunarian runes]] ({{term|ƿtadassja}}): An alphabet based on {{wp|man'yogana}} that functions similarly to {{wp|hangul}}. ''Ƿtadassja'' is considered the "native script" of Lunarian, and is usually written in the same direction as Sinitic or Japanese writing.
# {{wp|Katakana}} ({{term|terasja}}): Generally used for loanwords from Japanese and onomatopoeia. Ironically, the name ''ƿtadassja'' is often written in katakana, as it is literally "the correct characters" (with the word for ''correct'' coming from Japanese ''tadashii''.
# {{wp|Hiragana}} ({{term|ønnasja}}): Not used commonly in Lunatic dialects, but in Eienteyan and Impure dialects, hiragana are often used in place of katakana when the word would use hiragana in Japanese.
# {{wp|Latin script}} ({{term|romasja}}): Used for non-Japanese loanwords originally written in Latin script. Use of Latin script is banned by the Lunatic Linguistic Correction Facility and a third-order misdemeanor that can result in a sentence of up to 3 years or ¥300,0000 (the highest sentence that the Lunatic Constitution allows a non-felony to have).
# {{wp|Cyrillic script}} ({{term|bɏlgasja}}): Equivalent to Latin script, including its legal status in the Lunatic Kingdom.
# {{wp|Hanzi}} ({{term|hansja}}): Although Han characters are legal, they are considered old-fashioned in Lunatic dialects. The only common use for hanzi in modern Lunarian writing is in the numeral system.

Because the scripts see use in some dialects, there is also a complete romanization and cyrillization of Lunarian. However, only Terrestrial Lunarian uses these more than ''ƿtadassja''. Both are also considered to be badly designed, with heavy use of characters outside {{wp|Windows-1251}} (Cyrillic script) and {{wp|Windows-1252|-1252}} (Latin script). While there generally are commonly accepted digraphs that are within these standards, Impure Lunarian prefers to use the monographs, and so this extends to Terrestrial Lunarian.

==Morphology and grammar==
===Word order===
Like Japanese, Lunarian uses SOV word order. Likewise, clitics are applied after the word to indicate one of five cases (accusative, genitive, dative, instrumental/locative - nominative is unmarked), alongside the topical clitic ''ɟa'' which can occur in tandem with a case marker.

===Noun class===
Nouns are divided into one of thirteen classes based on perceived purity. For nouns that refer to people, this forms a formality hierarchy. When addressing someone, the correct marker must be applied to (or should replace) their name depending on their social standing relative to the speaker. Referring to a government official using the incorrect class is illegal in the Lunatic Kingdom (though unless the speaker disrespected the royal family or referred to any official using the earthly class while not in the royal family, the punishment is usually just a small fine).

It is easier to refer to these purity classes using a numerical ranking. The thirteen noun classes are ranked 13 ("heavenly"), 11, 10, 9, 8 ("pure"), 7, 6 ("average"), 5, 4 ("impure"), 3, 2, 1, -1 ("earthly"). Adjectives decline against this class, and all non-personal nouns can move up or down the ranking for different semantic reasons. Using a higher class for a noun than its "natural" class is called "purification", while using a lower class for a noun than its "natural" class is called "pollution".

Applying the standard honorific ''ƿ-'' to a noun that does not already have it is a first-degree purification.

Nouns that refer to people are much more strict with this system - they always have a natural purity rank of 6, and always end in -sa (likely an archaic marker of this rank). Names are personal nouns, but need not have a naturally average purity rank. These nouns also have a suite of rank-altering affixes which are mostly unique:
* {{term|-mistɣmpƿzden}}: the "dogwhistle affix", only used in Kriseon Lunarian. Borrowed from the name of a notorious Earthling politican who planned to nuke the moon and turn the Sea of Crises into a parking lot{{citation needed}}. Fourteenth-degree pollution, but adjectives applied to the noun conjugate as if no purity change occurred unless the speaker is not likely to be heard by a Lunatic Kingdom official. Not exclusive to people.
* {{term|tem-}}: Borrowed from Japanese ''temē''. Twelfth-degree pollution.
* {{term|yukȝrɨ}}: Name of the yukkuris. Reduces to Impure class, or third-degree pollution, whichever is more pollution.
* {{term|sɏka-}}: Borrowed from Russian ''сука''. Third-degree pollution.
* {{term|añ-}}: Second-degree pollution.
* Removing -sa: First-degree pollution that can stack with any other affix.
* {{term|-fwⱥ}}: First-degree purification.
* {{term|ƿ-}}: First-degree purification that can stack with any other affix. Not exclusive to people.
* {{term|-fwʉna}}: Second-degree purification.
* {{term|-mistapƿzden}}: Borrowed from English "Mr. President." Third-degree purification unless the root is explicitly a human.

===Numerals===
Lunarian typically uses base 4''i'', also known as "raishnegahex." However, simple negahex (base -16) and even plain hex (base 16) are also used commonly, and there is no standard marker for when a number is raishnegahex, negahex, or plain hex. Bilingual communities of Lunarian and a language that uses decimal may even use negaBCD or standard BCD (where BCD stands for {{wp|binary-coded decimal}}), where the words for Lunarian numbers are used, but they represent 10x rather than 16x, and the numerals for 10-15 are skipped. Again, no marker is standard. Additionally, unlike human languages, Lunarian mathematics makes frequent use of the so-called {{wp|surreal numbers|surcomplex}} {{wp|division by zero|wheel}}, so there are normal words for the numbers ω, ε, and ν (the inclusion of ν, the ''nullity'', makes this technically not the standard surcomplex numbers, but that is a topic for [[Lunarian mathematics|another page]]).

Out-of-universe, all variants of this number system are based on the numeral system of [[Proto-Protogen]], and all use the same words. However, unlike Proto-Protogen, English translations of Lunarian digits do not use prefixes. Instead, English words for 0 to 12 are used for their corresponding values, while 13 uses ''luck'', 14 uses ''fort'', and 15 uses ''comp''. The names for powers of 16 do still use Proto-Protogen-inspired names, though, such as ''nibble'' for 16, ''byte'' for 256, and ''short'' for 65536.

Lunarian typically represents its numeral system using Han characters, using the standard characters for 0-9 and the modern Japanese kanji for the days of the week for 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15. The Han characters for 10x are used for 16x. However, in recent years, argam numerals (an extension of Hindu-Arabic numerals; "argam" means "number" in Arabic) and standard hexadecimal code have become popular in some dialects. Particularly, "argamsja" is actually preferred over ''hansja'' in Kriseon Lunarian, because it is technically ''romasja'' and thus illegal, even though the Lunatic Court ruled that Arabic numerals were legal in ''Josutⱥ v. Lunatic Language Correction Facility'', owing to their rising use in Japanese.

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