Irengai


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Introduction

Irengai (/iːɹəŋgaɪ̯/, native /ɨɦɨ̃ŋəj/) is a language made mainly for youtuber Agma Schwa's Minecraft server, after many others have made conlangs for their respective nations. Irengai's native speakers, the Gharens, are particularly unique for marking vulgarity with their verbs and adjectives.

Phonology

Irengai's consonants
Labial Coronal Dorsal Laryngeal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive p t k ʔ
Fricative ɸ~f s~θ̠ x ħ~h
β~v z~ð̠ ɣ ʕ~ɦ
Approximant w l j, ɰ ʁ̞ʷ~ʀᵝ
Irengai's vowels
Plain Nasal
High ɨ ɨ̃~i̘ˀ
Low ə ə̃~ɤ̘ˀ

Orthography

Irengai's orthography (consonants)
Labial Coronal Dorsal Laryngeal
Nasal m n ng
Plosive p t k q
Fricative f s x h
v z c r
Approximant u (w) l i (j), g y
Irengai's orthography (vowels)
Plain Nasal
High i e
Low a u

Stress

Stress is placed in the priority of the vowel order "ɨ, ə, ɨ̃, ə̃". From left to right, these mark the least to most priority for stress. Words like Kiyahe /kɨ.ʀᵝəˈħɨ̃/ have different stress than Uskagel /ˈə̃.θ̠kə.ɰɨ̃l/

Phonotactics

Many consonant clusters are possible in Irengai, but rules include: Consecutive consonants of the same manner / place are not allowed (example: pt, sn) Initial clusters that start with approximants are not allowed (example: jt, gs) Final clusters that end with approximants / fricatives are not allowed (example: kj, pl) Initial clusters with more than 4 consonants are not allowed (example: sklj, krnj) Clusters must be in order from back to front (example: qcl, not qfl) Clusters must be in order from raised to lowered (plosive, fricative, approximant, nasal) Clusters must not exceed 4 in length

Morphology

Nouns

Irengai's noun declensions*
Large Neutral Small
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
Class I (Human) Nominative -Vn -VkV -Vmi -Vni -VkVmi -im -Vnim -VkVm
Accusative -ṼqV -ṼqnV -ṼqxV -ṼqVmi -ṼqnVmi -ṼqxVmi -ṼqVm -ṼqnVm -ṼqxVm
Genitive -ṼqsV -ṼngV -ṼxkV -ṼqsVmi -ṼngVmi -ṼxkVmi -ṼqsV -ṼngVm -ṼxkV
Dative -Ṽs -ṼsnV -ṼzV -Ṽsi -ṼsnVmi -ṼzVmi -Ṽs -ṼsnVm -ṼzV
Locative -VqṼ -VqnṼ -VqxṼ -VqṼmi -VqnṼmi -VqxṼmi -VqṼ -VqnṼm -VqxṼ
Prolative -Vs -VsnṼ -VzṼ -Vsi -VsnṼmi -VzṼmi -Vsim -VsnṼm -VzṼ
Adessive -VqsṼ -VngṼ -VxkṼ -VqsṼmi -VngṼmi -VxkṼmi -VqsṼm -VngṼm -VxkṼ
Instrumental -VwṼ -VwtṼ -ṼwV -VwṼmi -VwtṼmi -ṼwVmi -VwṼm -VwtṼm -ṼwV
Class II (Animals) Nominative -Vf -Vnaf -VkVf -Vmif -Vni -VkVmi -imVf -Vnim -VkVm
Accusative -ṼqVf -ṼqnVf -ṼqxVf -ṼqVmif -ṼqnVmif -ṼqxVmif -ṼqVmaf -ṼqnVmaf -ṼqxVmaf
Genitive -ṼqsVf -ṼngVf -ṼxkVf -ṼqsVmif -ṼngVmif -ṼxkVmif -ṼqsVf -ṼngVmaf -ṼxkVf
Dative -Ṽsaf -ṼsnVf -ṼzVf -Ṽsif -ṼsnVmif -ṼzVmif -ṼsVf -ṼsnVmaf -ṼzVf
Locative -VqṼf -VqnṼf -VqxṼf -VqṼmif -VqnṼmif -VqxṼmif -VqṼf -VqnṼmaf -VqxṼf
Prolative -Vsaf -VsnṼf -VzṼf -Vsif -VsnṼmif -VzṼmif -VsimVf -VsnṼmaf -VzṼf
Adessive -VqsṼf -VngṼf -VxkṼf -VqsṼmif -VngṼmif -VxkṼmif -VqsṼmVf -VngṼmaf -VxkṼf
Instrumental -VwṼf -VwtṼf -ṼwVf -VwṼmif -VwtṼmif -ṼwVmif -VwṼmVf -VwtṼmaf -ṼwVf
Class III (Plants) Nominative -ar -Vnar -VkVr -Vmir -Vnir -VkVmir -imar -Vnimar -VkVmar
Accusative -ṼqVr -ṼqnVr -ṼqxVr -ṼqVmir -ṼqnVmir -ṼqxVmir -ṼqVmar -ṼqnVmar -ṼqxVm
Genitive -ṼqsVr -ṼngVr -ṼxkVr -ṼqsVmir -ṼngVmir -ṼxkVmir -ṼqsVr -ṼngVmar -ṼxkVr
Dative -Ṽsr -ṼsnVr -ṼzVr -Ṽsir -ṼsnVmir -ṼzVmir -Ṽsar -ṼsnVmar -ṼzVr
Locative -VqṼr -VqnṼr -VqxṼr -VqṼmir -VqnṼmir -VqxṼmir -VqṼr -VqnṼmar -VqxṼr
Prolative -Vsr -VsnṼr -VzṼr -Vsir -VsnṼmir -VzṼmir -Vsimar -VsnṼmar -VzṼr
Adessive -VqsṼr -VngṼr -VxkṼr -VqsṼmir -VngṼmir -VxkṼmir -VqsṼmar -VngṼmar -VxkṼr
Instrumental -VwṼr -VwtṼr -ṼwVr -VwṼmir -VwtṼmir -ṼwVmir -VwṼmar -VwtṼmar -ṼwVr
Class IV (Inanimate) Nominative -Vnur -VkVur -Vmer -Vner -VkVmer -emur -Vnemur -VkVmur
Accusative -ṼqVr -ṼqnVr -ṼqxVr -ṼqVmer -ṼqnVmer -ṼqxVmer -ṼqVmur -ṼqnVmur -ṼqxVmur
Genitive -ṼqsVr -ṼngVr -ṼxkVr -ṼqsVmer -ṼngVmer -ṼxkVmer -ṼqsVr -ṼngVmur -ṼxkVr
Dative -Ṽsur -ṼsnVr -ṼzVr -Ṽser -ṼsnVmer -ṼzVmer -Ṽsur -ṼsnVmur -ṼzVr
Locative -VqṼr -VqnṼr -VqxṼr -VqṼmer -VqnṼmer -VqxṼmer -VqṼr -VqnṼmr -VqxṼr
Prolative -Vsur -VsnṼr -VzṼr -Vser -VsnṼmer -VzṼmer -Vsemur -VsnṼmur -VzṼr
Adessive -VqsṼr -VngṼr -VxkṼr -VqsṼmer -VngṼmer -VxkṼmer -VqsṼmur -VngṼmur -VxkṼr
Instrumental -VwṼr -VwtṼr -ṼwVr -VwṼmer -VwtṼmer -ṼwVmer -VwṼmur -VwtṼmur -ṼwVr

*V means the first vowel in the word.
*If a vowel is already a nasal vowel, flip the nasalization.

Verbs & Adjectives

Irengai's verb / adjective declensions*
Indicative Subjunctive
1P 2P 3P 1P 2P 3P
Class Ia (Active Appropriate) Past -ang -ange -ata -angta -angeta
Present -i -angi -angej -ataj -angtaj -angetaj
Future -r -angu -anger -atar -angtar -angetar
Habitual -w -anguv -angew -ataw -angtaw -angetaw
Class Ib (Active Vulgar) Past el- el-ang el-ange el-ata el-angta el-angeta
Present el-i el-angi el-angej el-ataj el-angtaj el-angetaj
Future el-r el-angu el-anger el-atar el-angtar el-angetar
Habitual el-w el-anguv el-angew el-ataw el-angtaw el-angetaw
Class II (Passive Appropriate) Past -am -ame -ata -amta -ameta
Present -i -ami -amej -ataj -amtaj -ametaj
Future -r -amu -amer -atar -amtar -ametar
Habitual -w -amuv -amew -ataw -amtaw -ametaw
Class II (Passive Vulgar) Past u(k)- u(k)-am u(k)-ame u(k)-ata u(k)-amta u(k)-ameta
Present u(k)-i u(k)-ami u(k)-amej u(k)-ataj u(k)-amtaj u(k)-ametaj
Future u(k)-r u(k)-amu u(k)-amer u(k)-atar u(k)-amtar u(k)-ametar
Habitual u(k)-w u(k)-amuv u(k)-amew u(k)-ataw u(k)-amtaw u(k)-ametaw

*Adjectival declensions are the ones in purple

Derivational morphology

Derivation Affix
Noun-to-verb -i
Noun-to-adjective -uk
Verb-to-noun -an
Verb-to-adjective -ami
Adjective-to-verb -angi
Adjective-to-noun -ani

Syntax

Constituent order

Word order is SOV, with occasional V2 in formal speech.

Noun phrase

Noun phrases can be in any order with case marking for the final noun.

Verb phrase

Verb phrases are polysynthetic in nature and consist mainly of compounded words, and can be in any order like noun phrases.

Example texts

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Other resources

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