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{{Infobox language | {{Infobox language | ||
|name = Alarine | |name = Standard Alarine | ||
|creator = Ronnie Lovell | |creator = Ronnie Lovell | ||
|nativename = Démfa Alaríne | |nativename = Démfa Alaríne | ||
|pronunciation = ˈde̞ɱfä äläˈɾine̞ | |pronunciation = ˈde̞ɱfä äläˈɾine̞ | ||
|setting = Alaria | |setting = Alaria | ||
|fam1 | |fam1 = [[w:Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] | ||
| | |familycolor = Indo-European | ||
| | |ancestor = [[Classical Alarine|Classical Alarine]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Alarine is a constructed language spoken in the fictional Kingdom of Alari, the central setting in an unnamed book series.<br> | '''Alarine'''(''démfa alaríne'', <small>Alarine:</small> [[Help:IPA|[ˈde̞ɱfä äläˈɾine̞]]]) is a constructed language spoken in the fictional Kingdom of Alari, the central setting in an unnamed book series.<br> | ||
It was developed as a means of enhancing realism within the series, and as a form of artistic expression in the real world. | It was developed as a means of enhancing realism within the series, and as a form of artistic expression in the real world. | ||
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{{anchor|Lenition}} | {{anchor|Lenition}} | ||
The phonemes /d/ and /ɡ/ are pronounced as voiced [[stop consonant|stops]] only after a pause, or after a [[nasal consonant]], <br> | The phonemes /d/ and /ɡ/ are pronounced as voiced [[stop consonant|stops]] only after a pause, or after a [[nasal consonant]], <br> | ||
in all other contexts, they are realized as [[ | in all other contexts, they are realized as [[fricative consonant|voiced fricatives]] /ð/, /ɣ/ | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
The Alarine phonemic inventory consists of five vowel phonemes (/ä/, /e̞/, /i/, /o̞/, /u/) | The Alarine phonemic inventory consists of five vowel phonemes (/ä/, /e̞/, /i/, /o̞/, /u/) | ||
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=== | Humans and animals are declined for their respective gender, and inflecting them for neuter creates a "default" or "non-conforming" state for the noun:<br> | ||
===Human=== | |||
== | * anéro - man/male | ||
* anéra - woman/female | |||
* anére - person(in general)/non-gender-conforming individual | |||
===Animal=== | |||
* múto - male cat | |||
* múta - female cat | |||
* múte - cat(in general)/feline | |||
==Adjectives== | |||
Adjectives decline identically to nouns, and feature an optional enclitic derived from the copula to mark the subject of an adjective or interrogative: | |||
===Copula (to be)=== | ===Copula (to be)=== | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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==Verbs== | ==Verbs== | ||
Verbs inflect for three persons (First, Second, Third) and three tenses (Present, Past, Future)<br> | Verbs inflect for three persons (First, Second, Third) and three tenses (Present, Past, Future)<br> | ||
Currently there are | Currently there are two classes of verbs: | ||
===Class 1=== | ===Class 1=== | ||
The first class | The first class takes the pattern CéCe - CóCa<br> | ||
'''sérpe''' (present stem serp-, perfect stem sérft-, participle stem serpúd-); first class | |||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
!rowspan="2" | | !rowspan="2" | | ||
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| '''3P''' || sérpen || sórpan || serpéren | | '''3P''' || sérpen || sórpan || serpéren | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Class 2=== | |||
The second class takes the pattern CáCe - CúCa | |||
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!width="100px" | '''Present''' | |||
!width="100px" | '''Past''' | |||
!width="100px" | '''Future''' | |||
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| '''1S''' || evánu|| evúnam || evanéru | |||
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| '''2S''' || evánes || evúnas || evanéres | |||
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| '''3S''' || eváne || evúna || evanére | |||
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| '''1P''' || evanémo|| evunáma || evadrémo | |||
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| '''2P''' || evanéto|| evunáta || evadréto | |||
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| '''3P''' || evánen || evúnan || evanéren | |||
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