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{{Infobox language | |||
== | |image = Namaktavaka.png | ||
|imagesize = 250px | |||
|name = Namic | |||
|nativename = Nāmmaktavāka | |||
|pronunciation = /naːmːat͡ʃtavaːka/ | |||
|region = [[w:South Asia|South Asia]] | |||
|states = [[w:Iran|Iran]] | |||
|speakers = 245,000 | |||
|date = 2012 | |||
|familycolor = Language isolate | |||
|fam1 = [[Attamian languages|Attamian]] | |||
|fam2 = [[Attamian languages#Neumatic languages|Neumatic]] | |||
|fam3 = [[Attamian languages#Central|Central]] | |||
|fam4 = [[Namic]] | |||
|ancestor = [[Namic#Middle Namic|Namic]] | |||
|dia1 = Namic Proper | |||
|dia2 = Rayan | |||
|dia3 = Parsa | |||
|map = Namastan.jpg | |||
|mapcaption = Map picturing the Namastan region in [[w:Iran|Iran]], south of the [[w:Caspian Sea|Caspian Sea]] | |||
|iso1 = na | |||
|iso2 = nam | |||
|iso3 = nam | |||
|script = [[Natscript:Devanagari|Devanagari]], [[w:Latin script|Latin]] | |||
|agency = Akadēmia Nāmmaktavāka | |||
|notice = IPA | |||
}} | |||
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. | '''Namic''', /ˈnɑːmɪk/ or /ˈnɛɪ̯mɪk/ (Namic Devanagari: '''नाम्मकतवाक¨''', Latin: '''Nāmmaktavāka''' [[IPA for Namic|/naːmːat͡ʃtavaːka/]]) is an [[Attamian languages|Attamian]] language, a constructed ''a priori'' language related to both [[Attian]] and [[Damian]]. It draws inspiration from mainly the [[w:Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]] branch of the [[[[w:Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] languages, with inspiration from the nonconcatenative morphology of the [[w:Semitic|Semitic]] languages. | ||
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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:Namastan.jpg|thumb|400px|Namic language on Google Maps.]] | |||
==Setting== | ==Setting== | ||
The Namic language is an Attamian language with a number of speakers totalling over | The Namic language is an Attamian language with a number of speakers totalling over 245,000. It is designed to be closely related to the [[w:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]] language with clear influence from the [[w:Old Avestan|Old Avestan]] language. Namic is spoken in [[w:Central Asia|Central Asia]], not far from the Attamian Urheimat in [[w:Caucasia|Caucasia]], and is not the official language of any region. | ||
The language has remained extant especially in the | The language has remained extant especially in the Namastan and Maharaya regions in [[w:Iran|Iran]] and [[w:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] despite the lack of official status. There is an exclave of speakers of the Parsa dialect of the Namic language in Iran, sometimes classified as a proper language. The dialect is heavily influenced by the [[w:Farsi|Farsi language]]. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
The following table portraits | The following table portraits Namic'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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|+Phonology and Orthography | |+Phonology and Orthography | ||
! colspan="2" rowspan="2"| | ! colspan="2" rowspan="2"| | ||
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Please note that the phonemes without brackets are the non-lenitioned consonants. | Please note that the phonemes without brackets are the non-lenitioned consonants. | ||
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|+Allophony | |+Allophony | ||
! colspan="2" rowspan="2"| | ! colspan="2" rowspan="2"| |