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Inspiration: Dravidian languages, Marathi
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''nủtufỉxi'', from ''nủtu'' 'Pategian' + ''fỉxi'' 'language') is a [[Pategic languages|Pategic]] language spoken by the [[Verse:Tricin/Pategia|Pategian]] people in [[Verse:Tricin|Tricin]].


'''Barcan''' (''BAR-kən''; natively ''ṇtūgopaḷkha'', [[Skellan]]: ''brits Barca'') is the indigenous language of Barca. Today it has few speakers.
It is inspired by Welsh, Hungarian, and classical IE languages (Latin, Greek and Avestan). Pategian is also analogous to Hungarian from a diachronic perspective: roots that are disyllabic in other Pategic languages are often monosyllabic in Pategian.


Capital of Barca: Yrðamrona (Barcan: Ḷdamrōṇa)
==Dialects==
Pategian has 4 main dialects:
*Tảmhẻxra
*Fathrẩc
*Kẻlet
*Ảnfihẻzi


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
Barcan allows retroflex dental clusters word-initially (like ḷd-) but not retroflex-retroflex clusters.
Clusters (also allowed initially): NC-, lC-, ɳC-, ɭC-
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
m n
p t ts tc k b d dz dq g ph th s c kh h f x z q m n l r lh rh j


p ph b t th d ṭ ṭh ḍ c ch j k kh g
/p t ts tʃ k b d dz dʒ g f θ s ʃ x h v ð z ʒ m n l r ɬ rʰ j/
 
s ṣ ś z h
 
v r l ḷ y
 
Retroflexes are subapical.


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
a i u ā ī ū e o
a â e i o u y ả ẩ ẻ ỉ ỏ ủ ỷ
/a ɑ e i o u ɨ a: ɑ: e: i: o: u: ɨ:/


==Morphology==
===Pitch accent===
Applicatives and incorporation


==Todo==
Old Pategian had a pitch accent in long vowels which could be rising (written ả) or falling (written ạ). The distinction is neutralized in Modern Pategian.


''ṇnaṇuna''
===Phonotactics===
No initial clusters, geminates allowed


''Calvaḷuṭṭu ḷnāṇahē paḍataprōti muḷdāruṭa''
Stress follows the Dreimorengesetz.


''vaṇa'' = old
==Morphology==
 
''Kaḷēvaḷa'' = Barcan national epic?
 
''sāḷda'' = hall
 
''ḷkaḷaṇālā''


''ḷdakūna'' = gap
==Poetry==


Numbers: ḷkāma, aḷda, khecha, tubaḷa, makaśa, pazīma, albāṇa, ṇthāvata, zaṇata, yāta, zāḷūta
Most ancient Pategian poetry was written in flexible quantitative meters reminiscent of Vedic Sanskrit, but a few authors have experimented with the stricter quantitative meters used in [[Sowaár]] poetry. Stress-accentual meters and rhyming unmetric verse, influenced by [[Windermere]] poetry, are also common.


Colors:
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:Conlangs]]
pittā = red
[[Category:Pseudo-Uralic]][[Category:Languages]]
pirai/pira = orange
[[Category:Pategic languages]]
cūḍi = yellow
peru = green
māḷē = blue
aru = indigo / dark blue
ḷdāḷā = violet
ettān = white
mara = brown
vādē = black
taḍa = gray
vōḷdi = pink
ṇāzu = maroon
ḷkāṭā = silver
ḷōpa = chartreuse

Latest revision as of 01:35, 28 March 2024

Pategian (nủtufỉxi, from nủtu 'Pategian' + fỉxi 'language') is a Pategic language spoken by the Pategian people in Tricin.

It is inspired by Welsh, Hungarian, and classical IE languages (Latin, Greek and Avestan). Pategian is also analogous to Hungarian from a diachronic perspective: roots that are disyllabic in other Pategic languages are often monosyllabic in Pategian.

Dialects

Pategian has 4 main dialects:

  • Tảmhẻxra
  • Fathrẩc
  • Kẻlet
  • Ảnfihẻzi

Phonology

Consonants

p t ts tc k b d dz dq g ph th s c kh h f x z q m n l r lh rh j

/p t ts tʃ k b d dz dʒ g f θ s ʃ x h v ð z ʒ m n l r ɬ rʰ j/

Vowels

a â e i o u y ả ẩ ẻ ỉ ỏ ủ ỷ /a ɑ e i o u ɨ a: ɑ: e: i: o: u: ɨ:/

Pitch accent

Old Pategian had a pitch accent in long vowels which could be rising (written ả) or falling (written ạ). The distinction is neutralized in Modern Pategian.

Phonotactics

No initial clusters, geminates allowed

Stress follows the Dreimorengesetz.

Morphology

Poetry

Most ancient Pategian poetry was written in flexible quantitative meters reminiscent of Vedic Sanskrit, but a few authors have experimented with the stricter quantitative meters used in Sowaár poetry. Stress-accentual meters and rhyming unmetric verse, influenced by Windermere poetry, are also common.