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-In [[Verse:Angai|Angai]], '''Wyacker''' (natively ''wi:akkarung''; [[Thackish]]: ''Wỵạckẹr wụttle'') is a head-final language inspired by Tamil, Pama-Nyungan languages, Polynesian languages, Danish, Arabic, and German. It belongs to the Pulchric (natively ''puLKarar yaDorLai''; Thackish: ''Pụlkér yạzórlýe'') family. It is spoken in the Wyacker Confederacy (''wi:akkar ngauëNTung'', Thackish: ''Wỵạckẹr Ngọwẹndíng'') in the continent of Ghalki. Many Ghalkian languages in the area such as [[Thackish]] are Wyacker-xenic.
+In [[Verse:Angai|Angai]], '''Wyacker''' (natively ''wi:akkarung'') is a head-final language inspired by Tamil, Pama-Nyungan languages, Polynesian languages, Danish, Arabic, and German. It belongs to the Pulchric (natively ''puLKarar yaDorLai'') family. It is spoken in the Wyacker Confederacy (''wi:akkar ngauëNTung''). Many languages in the area are Wyacker-xenic.
+Wyacker was the eighth-most spoken language worldwide in 2025, with 290 million L1 and L2 speakers. Wyacker is one of the six official languages of the Angaian United Nations.
-Pạtácọng Wạlạdóalẹen's romanization of Turkish: a e ı i o ö u ü -> <á ạ í ị ó ọ ú ụ>
 == Lexicon ==
-* ''ya:D'' - treble harp brought by Zzeic (chiefly Shei²¹ A¹¹Mi³⁵)-speaking immigrants
+* ''ya:D'' - treble harp brought by Theic (chiefly Shei²¹ A¹¹Mi³⁵)-speaking immigrants
 * ''uppe:'' - all, every
 * ''yungkarL'' - human
-* ''nga:yu'' '1'
+* ''i-'' / ''ingk-'' - (copula)
+* ''i:pu'' 'I, me'
+* ''oKKu'' 'name'
+** ''i:pung oKKu intta:r (ingkad).'' 'My name is Inthar.'
+* ''poe, toe, koe, oe?'' are pronominal demonstratives
+* ''wataL'' (from Thackish ''wụttle'' 'speech') 'talk, prattling; nonsense'
+** ''poe wataL oe ingkad?'' 'What nonsense is this?'
+* ''arKa'' 'crow'
 == Phonology ==
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-Initial emphatics and liquids are prohibited. That is, the only initial consonants are: ''p t k m n ng w y''.
+Initial liquids are prohibited.
 === Vowels ===
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 Head-final like Tamil
-Complementizer ''=nga'' or ''=NGa'' (depending on the C it attaches to)
+=== Nouns ===
+Cases, plural marker
+Gen. -ung
+=== Verbs ===
+Closed class, adjectives are verbs
+Past and nonpast
+Lots of converbs (Korean-style)
+Wi:äkkar ingk-aD-a:n (Wyacker_person be-3-PL)
+-d could be the 3rd person suffix, -a:n the plural suffix
+=== Particles ===
+Complementizer ''=nga'' or ''=NGa'' (depending on the C it attaches to) (like Korean 고)
+=== Numerals ===
+nga:yu '1'
+oLaNu '2'
+we:NGu '3'
+ingkutu '4'
+ye:npu '5'
+ka:Lu '6'
+puDaTu '7'
+yo:ku '8'
+aimu '9'
+ngaNTu '10'
+=== Ideophones ===
+Initial emphatics are allowed in ideophones; emphatic-nonemphatic alternation functions like Korean ideophone vowel harmony
+* ''tattutattu'' 'in regular rhythm, with smaller motions'; ''TaTTuTaTTu'' 'in regular rhythm, with bigger motions'
+* ''pikkupikku'' / ''PiKKuPiKKu'' 'with mischief'
+* ''arangka'' 'flagrantly (doing wrong); (something embarrassing) in public view'
+* ''mukkumukku'' / ''MuKKuMuKKu'' 'wolfing down food'
+* ''wangkuluwangkulu'' 'periodically'
+* ''yenguyengu'' 'slippery'
+* ''mingimingi'' 'watery, bland'
+Predicate ideophones are used with the 'be' verb ''i-'': ''enpangku TaTTuTaTTu i-rr-a:'' '[Someone's] heart beat heavily'
+''intta:R wangkuluwangkulu pongngu:rad'' 'Inthar comes here periodically'
 [[Category:Pulchric languages]]