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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 ==
== 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
* ''uppe:'' - all, every
* ''yungkarL'' - human
* ''yungkarL'' - human
* ''ngāyu'' '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 ==
== 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 ===
=== Vowels ===
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Head-final like Tamil
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]]
[[Category:Pulchric languages]]

Latest revision as of 00:36, 24 June 2025

In 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.

Lexicon

  • ya:D - treble harp brought by Theic (chiefly Shei²¹ A¹¹Mi³⁵)-speaking immigrants
  • uppe: - all, every
  • yungkarL - human
  • 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

Consonants

Wyacker has 18 phonemic consonants. It lacks fricatives.

Labial Coronal Palatal Dorsal
plain emph. plain emph. plain emph.
Nasal m /m/ M /mˤ/ n /n/ N /n̪ˤ/ ng /ŋ/ NG /ɴ/
Stop p /p/ P /pˤ/ t /t/ T /t̪ˤ/ k /k/ K /q/
Trill/Tap (rr /ʀː/)
Approximant central w /ʋ/ D /ð̞ˤ/ y /j/ r /ʕ/
lateral l /l/ L /l̪ˤ/

Initial liquids are prohibited.

Vowels

i /i/ i: /iː/ e /e/ e: /eː/ a /a/ a: /aː/ o /o/ o: /oː/ u /u/ u: /uː/ ai /aj/ au /aw/

By default, these vowels sound like [i e æ o u ɛj ɛw]; in RTR environments, [ɪ ɛ ɑ ɔ ʊ ɑj ɑw]. An RTR envionment is any vowel adjacent to an emphatic consonant.

Hiatus is always indicated with a diaeresis over the second vowel.

Grammar

Head-final like Tamil

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'

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