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==Background==

'''Namic''', /ˈnɑːmɪk/ or /ˈnɛɪ̯mɪk/, natively '''Nāmaktavāka'''/naːmat͡ʃtavaːka/ translated as "named constructed speech" and written "नँक्र्थावाक", in the Nāharā script. It is an [[Attamian]] language, a constructed ''a priori'' language related to both [[Attian]] and [[Damian]]. It draws inspiration from mainly the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages, with inspiration from the nonconcatenative morphology of the Semitic languages.

The language is tripartite and heavily fusional. Namic has lost the stress system of the Proto-Attamian language, and inherited a now grammaticalised tonal system which only applies to long and short vowels.

[[File:Namic language.jpg|thumb|400px|Namic language on Google Maps.]]

The Namic language is an Attamian language with a number of speakers totalling over 5.6 million. It is designed to be closely related to the Sanskrit language with clear influence from the Old Avestan language. Namic is spoken in Central Asia, not far from the Attamian Urheimat in Caucasia, but is not the official language of any region.

The language has remained extant especially in the Namasthani and Maharaya regions in India, Pakistan and Tibet, despite the lack of official status. There is an exclave of speakers of the Parsa dialect of the Namic language in Iran, spoken around the Sistan Lake. The dialect is heavily influenced by the [[wikipedia:Farsi|Farsi language]].

The following table portraits Nāmic's phonetic inventory of consonants. All consonants, except aspirated ones, may be geminated, which is phonemic, and represented by doubling the grapheme. The letter /h/ represents aspiration when succeding consonants, and breathy-voice when preceding vowels. "Nh", is an exception, being a velar nasal.

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