Pategian
Inspiration: Dravidian languages, Marathi
Barcan (BAR-kən; natively ṇtūgopaḷkha /ɳtuːgoːpaɭkʰa/, Skellan: brits Barca) is the indigenous language of Barca; it is a language isolate. Today it has few speakers.
Capital of Barca: Yrðamrona (Barcan: Ḷdamrōṇa)
Phonology
Barcan allows retroflex dental clusters word-initially (like ḷd-) but not retroflex-retroflex clusters.
Clusters (also allowed initially): NC-, lC-, ɳC-, ɭC-
Consonants
m n ṇ
p ph b t th d ṭ ṭh ḍ c ch j k kh g
s ṣ ś z h
v r l ḷ y
Retroflexes are subapical.
Vowels
a i u ā ī ū e o
Morphology
Applicatives and incorporation
Pronouns (indep.)
- ndu = I
- nāri = thou
- vuṭa = he/she (indep.)
- pāri = we
- ḷtāntu = ye
- ṇavuṭa = they
Todo
reuse Netagin words
Antyardu-n' ami tyu.ngarnra tyu.rraparn-ku kanyu-nra.
I-NOM about love hate-and speak-PRES
Warr' antyardu-rriku rimpawrda-nra?
for me-INTERR save-PRES?
Ngurtima yirr pardungu nu-rta-rimpawrda!
happy ACC·PREP birth GEN-AGENT-save! (Merry Christmas!)
- ṇnaṇuna = grandmother
- Calvaḷuṭṭu ḷnāṇahē paḍataprōti muḷdāruṭa
- vaṇa = old
- Kaḷēvaḷa = Barcan national epic?
- sāḷda = hall
- ḷkaḷaṇālā
- ḷdakūna = gap
- ekū = 'self'
Numbers: ḷkāma, aḷda, khecha, tubaḷa, makaśa, pazīma, albāṇa, ṇthāvata, zaṇata, yāta, zāḷūta
Colors:
pittā = red
pirai/pira = orange
cūḍi = yellow
peru = green
māḷē = blue
aru = indigo / dark blue
ḷdāḷā = violet
ettān = white
mara = brown
vādē = black
taḍa = gray
vōḷdi = pink
ṇāzu = maroon
ḷkāṭā = silver
ḷōpa = chartreuse