Arini

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Introduction

Phonology

phonology was for a long time the cause of rejection and change, currently this is the phonology that has lasted the longest and is probably the ultimate form. Arini phonology has five vowels (a /ä/, e /e̞/, i, o /o̞/, u /u̟/) and two diphthongs (v /ʊ/ and y /ɪ/).

Letters A B C D Dz Dj E F G Gy Gz Gj H Hr Hl I K Ks Kx L Ly M N Ny O P R Rr S X T Tl Ts Tx U V Y Z J
Suggested ä b θ d ʣ d͡zʲ ɸ ɡ ɡʲ ɡ͡z ɡ͡zʲ x xɾ̥ xl̥ i k k͡s k͡sʲ l m n p ɾ ɾ.ɾ s t tl ʦ ʦʲ ʋ j z
Alternate a ɐ ɑ β̞ bʰ ɹ̝̊ ð̞ dʰ d̪͡z̪ ʤ ʥ e ɛ f ɰ ɡʰ ɰʲ ɟ ɡʰʲ ɟ ɡ͡z̪ ɡ͡ʑ

ɡ͡ʒ

χ, h, ħ ʀ̥ χɾ̥ hɾ̥ ħɾ̥ ɬ /χl̥ / hl̥ / ħl̥ ɨ / ɪ / i̟ k k͡s̪ k͡ɕ / k͡ʃ / k͡s̪ʲ ɮ ɫ ɫʲ ɮʲ ʎ ɱ ŋ ɴ n̪ ɲ ŋʲ ɴʲ n̪ʲ o

ɔ

ɒ

ɾ̥

ɹ

ɾʔ r r̥ s̺ / s̪ / s̻ ʃ

ɕ

t͡ɬ t̪͡s̪ ʧ ʨ u v ʝ ʒ ʑ


The Arini has seventeen consonants and five vowels.

  • Multiple consonants are subject to change under the influence of the semiconsonants "y" /j/ and "v" /ʋ/ which when next to a consonant are pronounced "y" /ʲ/ and "v" /ʷ/; "ny" can be pronounced as /ɲ/, "zy" /sʲ/ as /ɕ/ and "zy" /zʲ/ can pronounced as /ʑ/, "ly" /lʲ/ as /ʎ/, "hy" /xʲ/ as /ç/, "ky" /kʲ/ as /c/, and "gy" /gʲ/ as /ɟ/, but it's not a rule, just a possibility.
  • "v"/ ʊ̯/ and "y" /ɪ̯/ just appear at the end of syllables, at the beginning of the syllable they are replaced by the corresponding consonants /ʋ/ and /j/.

On many occasions there are words with two vowels together or even with two pairs of double vowels («"áanyaa"» ‘Virginia's dyer’), In these cases there is a variation in pronunciation (tonal or not) and writing (diacritics).

Simple aa áa
Diacritic ā â ǎ
Suggested /ä.ä/ /äʔä/ /ˈää/ /ˈäʔä/ /äˈʔä/ /äˈä/
Tonal /äː/ /ä˧/ /ä˥˩/ /ä˩˥/


Scripts

Latin A B C Ç D E F G J H I Zy K L M N O P Q R S Ţ T U V Sy X Y Z Ş
Arabic ا ب ث چ ع ف غ ڄ ح ې ج ك ل م ن ۆ پ ق ر ص ٹ ت ۇ و ڳ ش خ ي ز ظ
Greek Α Β Θ Δ Ε Φ Γ Χ Κ Λ Μ Ν Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Ω Υ Ξ Ι Ζ
Cyrillic А Б Ѳ Ч Д Е Ф Г І Х И Ж К Л М Н О П Р С Ц Т У В Ш Я З Ѕ


Prosody

Stress

Stress is marked by a accut accent in their respective vowel, words that have stress in the penultimate syllable aren't mark, monosyllables are not mark either.

Phonotactics

The only consonants that do not consonant together in the same syllable without being affricated together with the liquid r, l are: J, Z, S, X, Y, L, R.

Cannot make affricates with consonants that are not of the same type of voice, like dc /d͡ð/.

Cannot start a syllable with a consonant plus another consonant unless it is a fricate (stereo → estéreo).

Of course cannot end a word with a stop or fricative consonant with a liquid (tl (atlu ← atl)).

The only letters that can make a diphthong are "y" and "v", apart from palatalization and labialization as well.

Morphophonology

Morphology

The Arini has 3 tenses to conjugate verbs, in addition to the progressive, subjunctive, infinitive and imperative cases:


Time Suffix
Present n
Past d
Future l


Case Dz
Progressive ndo
Subjunctive ste
Imperative y
Infinitive re

Syntax

Arini follows a **Subject–Verb–Object (SVO)** structure. Verbs always appear directly after the subject or pronoun. Articles precede the noun they modify. Adjectives precede the noun as well, and follow the article if present. Adverbs follow the verb they modify.


Example texts

Vorrás èt Raví cvevldelyéd abávt kvav dè cè nyiy sed plus cè tsuyoy, cèn ma celente lyegád cì zavinád ìn ma cermón umhangz.


Vorrás èt Raví cvevldelyéd abávt kvav dè cè nyiy sed plus cè tsuyoy, cèn ma celente lyegád cì zavinád ìn ma cermón umhangz. Onis cvevnuíd ìn càt kì cì gvonastel primum mènte acér càt cè celente gahtaanástense sù umhangz sestel cì renkeéd komò plus tsuyoy càn cè uhra. Cèn Vorrás uxlakéd namé tsuyoy mènte komò podéd, baot yeè plus uxlakéd, plus cè celente zavinadse ìn sù umhangz; èt Vorrás zodavatsyád ostatetxnye. Cèn Raví akíd cermón mènte estátukvo cè celente gahtaanadse sù umhangz. Cèn cannig Vorrás akkeptáyd càt Raví sen plus cè tsuyoy dè nyiy onis.