I Kronurum

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I Kronurum
"that which is spoken"
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Pronunciation[/ˈʔi ˈkɾo̞.nu.ɾum/]
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  • I Kronurum
Early forms
Ancient I.K.
  • Old I.K.
    • Middle I.K.
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Background

The language known as I Kronurum is a conlang being created and developed by Nicolás Straccia since 2014.

It is part of a larger conworlding project. An in-world background description will follow soon.

Phonology

Consonants

The consonants of I Kronurum

Consonant inventory

Bilabial Labio-dental Dental Alveolar Post-alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive p b t d k g ʔ
Nasal m n (ŋ)
Trill r
Tap or flap ɾ
Fricative (β) f θ ð s ʃ x (ɣ) h
Lateral fric. (ɬ)
Approximant w j
Lateral app. l

Consonant allophony

· /p/ and /t/, except when result of a mutation, become aspirated when in initial position before a vowel (/pʰV/, /tʰV/)

· /ŋ/ is an allophone of /n/ before /g/ (eg. ‹angr› /ˈɑŋ.gɾ̩/, 1.s=”I”).

· ‹g› = /x/ only in coda after a front vowel (eg. ‹sig›, /ˈsix/, “until”).

Vowels

The vowels of I Kronurum

Vowel inventory

Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
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i
u
(ʊ)
(ɘ)
(ɛ)
(ɐ)
(a)
ɑ
Near‑close
Close‑mid
Mid
Open‑mid
Near‑open
Open

Vowel allophony

· /ɑ/ becomes /ɐ/ in unstressed syllables and /a/ in word medial unstressed syllables.

· /e̞/ becomes /ɘ/ in unstressed syllables and /ɛ/ in word medial unstressed syllables.


Phonotactics

(C)(C)(C)Nu(C)(N/R)

The nucleus Nu must be either a vowel or syllabic [R] or [N].

In coda position a cluster can end with a nasal [N] or an r' [R]


Grammar

Morphology

Pro-drop

A/N

Nominal morphology

Nouns are marked for number and gender.

Marking hierarchy

The marking of the nouns happens according to the following hierarchy:

0 1 2 3 4
noun det pl and nom, gen, akk, dat, inst, loc, all

In the genitive and accusative cases, the root is preceded by a preposition.

Declension particles and other affixes

Case marking

Case Marker Notes
nom Nominative - The nominative case is not marked
gen Genitive ó(r) _-(e)n /ˈʔu̹ɾ/ _-/e̞n/ preposition, suffix Triggers mutation 1. Epenthetic r before a vowel: ór okren /ˈʔu̹ɾ ʔo̞.kɾe̞n/
akk Accusative tró /ˈtɾu̹/ preposition Triggers mutation 2
dat Dative -(r)is -/ɾis/ suffix
instr Instrumental/Commitative -(n)ion -/nio̯n/ suffix Inanimate nouns: instrumental. Animate nouns: commitative
loc Locative/Adessive ("with", "by", "at") -(a)ftó -/f.ˈtu̹/ suffix þaneftó /θɐ.nɘf.ˈtu/, “at the house”, “at home”
all Allative -(o)rion -/o̞.ɾio̯n/ suffix þanerion /ˈθɑ.nɘ.ɾio̞n/ "homebound"


Other particles and affixes

Function Marker Notes
nlz Nominalizer i /ˈʔi/ preposition Mostly paired with the determiner suffix <-rum>

kronur “I speak” 1s.pres.ind i kronurum, {i kro-nur-rum} [NMLZ to.speak-1s.pres.ind-det] = "was ich spreche", “that what I’m speaking”; speech, language.

det Determiner -rum -/ɾum/ suffix "the x" (instead of "a x")
and Coordinator -ór -/u̹ɾ/ preposition "and"
advm Adverbializer -(r)is -/ɾis/ suffix "x-ly", "in the maner of x"

turns nouns into adverbs of manner turns verbs of motion in adverbs of manner

pers Associated person -rir -/ɾiɾ/ suffix (Sp. [corre(r)]-dor, [camina(r)]-nte;

(≠-ero in "zapatero"; there: -hlajrir, Ge."-macher")

hlajur v. to.make, hlajrir n. maker.

assa n. forge, assarir n. smith.

adj Adjetivizer -rin -/ɾin/ suffix Forms adjectives of quality. sigr "ash", agor-ó-śigrelin "ash-coloured"
caus Causative -a- -/ɑ/- affix Causative. [noun.root]-a-[verb.declension]

nimr water; nimrajur to.make.moist,to.water (a plant,etc)

? ? -(u)rur -/u.ɾuɾ/ suffix ?


Verbal morphology

Verbs are marked for tense, mood, aspect, number and, in the third person, also gender.

Marking hierarchy

The marking of the nouns happens according to the following this hierarchy:

-1 -2 0 1 2
Passive voice marker Aspect marker prefix verb Conjugation affix for person, number and mood Aspect marker suffix
Regular conjugation paradigms

There are four different regular conjugation classes, labeled i, ii, iii and iv


Samples

ó pagrumórn, undrumórn, faŕumen
/ˈʔu̜ ˈpɑ.gɾu.mu̜ɾn | ˈʔun.dɾu.mu̜ɾn | ˈfɑ.ru.mɘn/
ó(r) {b>p}aga-rum-ór-(e)n unda-rum-ór-(e)n fara-rum-(e)n
gen.i tree-det-and-gen.ii bird-det-and-gen.ii horse-det-gen.ii
"of/about the tree, the bird and the horse" (a tale)