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===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Nouns=== | |||
Arnic nouns are inflected by number, animacy and case. | |||
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All nouns are categorised by animacy: either animate or inanimate. Case markings for nouns and pronouns change based on the animacy of a noun. As an example, take the noun ''meshal''("man"). ''Meshal'' is animate, so the surrounding case markings change as so: | |||
: '''''Yach''' meshal damoch'''elin''' madai.'' | |||
: <small>DEM</small>.<small>APUD</small>.<small>SG</small>.<small>ANIM</small> man-<small>NOM</small> food-<small>ANIM</small>-<small>ACC</small> eat-<small>PRES</small>. | |||
: This man eats food. | |||
If ''meshal'' were an inanimate word, the noun case would be as so: | |||
: '''''Reh''' meshal damoch'''arin''' madai.'' | |||
: <small>DEM</small>.<small>APUD</small>.<small>SG</small>.<small>INAN</small> man-<small>NOM</small> food-<small>INAN</small>-<small>ACC</small> eat-<small>PRES</small>. | |||
: This man(inanimate) eats food. | |||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
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| Arnic | |
|---|---|
| Arakite | |
| iguro Arnah | |
| Pronunciation | [igʲʏro aɾn̯ɐh] |
| Created by | Jukethatbox |
| Date | 2022-2024 |
| Setting | Radael |
| Native to | Arnah, Northern Gibidum |
Early forms | Proto-Yeldhic
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Dialects |
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| Official status | |
Official language in | Arnah |
Recognised minority language in | Moshurian Empire |
| Regulated by | Arnah Bureau of Linguistics(ABL) |
Arnic(iguro Arnah, Arnic: [igʲʏro aɾn̯ɐh]), also called Arakite, is a Gadaïc language and the official language of the Moshurian vassal of Arnah. It is one of six majority languages in Gadah, and is the second most spoken there after Ösrish.
Arnic is a Proto-Gadaïc-derivative, meaning it primarily derives from the Paleogadaic derivative, Proto-Gadaïc. This differs from Psér, which is a direct derivative from Paleogadaic.
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Velar | Palatal | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | q[1] | ||||
| Nasal | m | (ɱ) | n | ŋ | ɲ | ɴ[2] | ||
| Tap or flap/Trill | ɾ/r | |||||||
| Fricative | f v | s z | ʃ ʒ | x ɣ[3] | ç | ʁ | h | |
| (Lateral) Approximant | w | l | ɫ |
Palatalisation & labialisation
When a plosive is followed by a front close or near-front near-close vowel, the plosive palatalises, as so:
- /g/ + /i/ → [gʲi]
When a plosive is followed by a back vowel like /u/, the plosive instead labialises instead, as so:
- /g/ + /u/ → [gʷu]
Vowels
| Front | Near-front | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Near-close | (ɪ) ʏ | ||
| Close-mid | e ø | o | |
| Open | a (œ) |
Prosody
Stress
Arnic, unlike other Gadaïc languages, does not have a strict stress order across all words, though some groups of words have certain stress pattern. For example, many words from Psér preserve their original stress pattern, that being prototonic stress, such as keri, from Psér kri, "self".
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Nouns
Arnic nouns are inflected by number, animacy and case.
Animacy
All nouns are categorised by animacy: either animate or inanimate. Case markings for nouns and pronouns change based on the animacy of a noun. As an example, take the noun meshal("man"). Meshal is animate, so the surrounding case markings change as so:
- Yach meshal damochelin madai.
- DEM.APUD.SG.ANIM man-NOM food-ANIM-ACC eat-PRES.
- This man eats food.
If meshal were an inanimate word, the noun case would be as so:
- Reh meshal damocharin madai.
- DEM.APUD.SG.INAN man-NOM food-INAN-ACC eat-PRES.
- This man(inanimate) eats food.