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==History==
===Name===
Various different names have existed at some point or another for the language. A reference from 1544 in a mercantile letter from the Ottoman empire mentioning a most difficult and strange tongue only known as ''kecice'' being spoken among the sandalwood-bearing islands of the far seas probably constitutes the first reference to Caeryn. In the 18th century, noted adventurer-linguist-archæologist-spiritualist Taavi Marsfeld wrote a short description of the language and famously introduced it to the Fartravellers' Society in London with the following passage:
:{{cardo|This illustrious Qaerysh tungue, more befuddling than the Caucasic, more sweet than Finnish morphology, and yet more rewarding than a cat's love, is truly a miracle to behold! A purity greater than Greek, a vigour outdoing the Germanic, a spiciness beyond the Zend, yet as wildly spiritual as the Semitic idiom.}}
==Phonology==
==Phonology==
Caer has an interesting phonological system, completely lacking rounded and back vowels; dental, bilabial and velar plosives; or any of the common nasals.  
Caer has an interesting phonological system, completely lacking rounded and back vowels; dental, bilabial and velar plosives; or any of the common nasals.  
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The incredibly sparse consonantal system includes a few uvular consonants, one alveolar sibilant, a voiced retroflex and two clicks.
The incredibly sparse consonantal system includes a few uvular consonants, one alveolar sibilant, a voiced retroflex and two clicks.


c~q nn h r s t y l v n
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
 
|+ colspan="8" | Consonantal phonemes of Caeryn
q ɴ χ ʐ sˡ θ j ʟ ʘ ǀ
|-
| rowspan="1" colspan="2" |
! rowspan="1" | Labial
! rowspan="1" | Dental
! rowspan="1" | Palatal
! rowspan="1" | Postalveolar
! rowspan="1" | Velar
! rowspan="1" | Uvular
|-
! colspan="2" | Click
| {{grapheme|v}} /ʘ/
| {{grapheme|n}} /ǀ/
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" | Plosive
|
|
|
|
|
| {{grapheme|c}}, {{grapheme|q}} /q/
|-
! colspan="2" | Fricative
|
| {{grapheme|t}} /θ/, {{grapheme|s}} /s/
|
| {{grapheme|r}} /ʐ/
|
| {{grapheme|h}} /χ/
|-
|-
! colspan="2" | Nasal
|
|
|
|
|
| {{grapheme|nn}} /ɴ/
|-
! colspan="2" | Approximant
|
|
| {{grapheme|y}} /j/
|
| {{grapheme|l}} /ʟ/
|
|-
|}


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
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===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===
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Vowels either expand or contract wildly depending on their word surroundings


===Orthography===
===Orthography===
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:{|
:{|
|-
|-
|''arsila atehavenn, aneatyr arsila, veleran''
|''arsela atehavenn, aneatyr arsela, veleran''
|-
|-
|arsila||a-teha-ve-nn||a-nea-Ø-tyr||arsila||veler-an
|arsela||a-teha-ve-nn||a-nea-Ø-tyr||arsela||veler-an
|-
|-
|man.{{sc|abs}}||{{sc|sg}}-chase-{{sc|ext}}-{{sc|antipass}}||{{sc|sg}}-die-{{sc|ext}}-{{sc|refl}}||man.{{sc|abs}}||life-{{sc|erg}}
|man.{{sc|abs}}||{{sc|sg}}-chase-{{sc|ext}}-{{sc|antipass}}||{{sc|sg}}-die-{{sc|ext}}-{{sc|refl}}||man.{{sc|abs}}||life-{{sc|erg}}
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=====Perfective=====
=====Perfective=====
The perfective is marked with the suffix '''-va''' /ʘæ˥˩/. The perfective triggers the filling of the first personal affix slot.
The perfective is marked with the suffix '''-va''' /ʘæ˥˩/. It also triggers the filling of the first personal affix slot.


=====Extemporaneous=====
=====Extemporaneous=====
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====Voice====
====Voice====
Caer distinguishes morphologically between four voices (active, causative, reflexive-reciprocative, antipassive) which are indicated on the verb after the aspect-inflected base.  
Caer distinguishes morphologically between four voices (active, causative, middle-reflexive-reciprocative, antipassive) which are indicated on the verb after the aspect-inflected base.  


=====Active=====
=====Active=====
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:{|
:{|
|-
|-
|''annataq''
|''anennytaq''
|-
|-
|a-nna-ta-aq
|a-nenny-ta-aq
|-
|-
|{{sc|sg}}-eat-{{sc|ipfv}}-{{sc|ipse}}
|{{sc|sg}}-cry-{{sc|ipfv}}-{{sc|ipse}}
|-
|-
|‘I was eating.’
|‘I was crying.’
|}
|}


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:{|
:{|
|-
|-
|''arsila annavannaq''
|''arsela annavannaq''
|-
|-
|arsila||a-nna-va-nn-aq
|arsela||a-nna-va-nn-aq
|-
|-
|man.{{sc|abs}}||{{sc|sg}}-eat-{{sc|pfv}}-{{sc|antipass}}-{{sc|ipse}}
|man.{{sc|abs}}||{{sc|sg}}-eat-{{sc|pfv}}-{{sc|antipass}}-{{sc|ipse}}
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:{|
:{|
|-
|-
|''arsila catannyvexaseaq veleran''
|''arsela catannyvexaseaq veleran''
|-
|-
|arsila||ca-tanny-ve-xa-se-aq||veler-an
|arsela||ca-tanny-ve-xa-se-aq||veler-an
|-
|-
|man.{{sc|abs}}||{{sc|pl}}-feel-{{sc|ext}}-{{sc|caus}}-{{sc|alter}}-{{sc|ipse}}||life-{{sc|erg}}
|man.{{sc|abs}}||{{sc|pl}}-feel-{{sc|ext}}-{{sc|caus}}-{{sc|alter}}-{{sc|ipse}}||life-{{sc|erg}}
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:{|
:{|
|-
|-
|''arsila catehatase nnahan''
|''arsela catehatase nnahan''
|-
|-
|arsila||ca-teha-ta-se||nnaha-an
|arsela||ca-teha-ta-se||nnaha-an
|-
|-
|man.{{sc|abs}}||{{sc|pl}}-chase-{{sc|ipfv}}-{{sc|alter}}||woman-{{sc|erg}}
|man.{{sc|abs}}||{{sc|pl}}-chase-{{sc|ipfv}}-{{sc|alter}}||woman-{{sc|erg}}
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===Determiners===
===Determiners===
===Numerals===
Caeryn uses a [[wikipedia:Senary|senary]] number system and has unique terms for the powers of six all the way up to 6<sup>6</sup>. Perhaps tellingly, six is a sacred number of the Vá religion and a recurrent motif in the legends.
{|class=wikitable
|+ base counting
|-
!Number
!Numeral
|-
|1
|val, vann
|-
|2
|tas, tat
|-
|3
|cet
|-
|4
|nnyr
|-
|5
|calyn
|-
|6
|vaenaq
|-
|}
===Personal pronouns===
===Personal pronouns===
===Phrasal clitics===
===Phrasal clitics===
A distinction between proximal ({{sc|prox}}) and distal ({{sc|dist}}) is optionally added to the end of a phrase to express spatial, temporal or emotional distance from the speaker, sometimes even a form of evidentiality.<ref>Hayan, Abd ibn. (2012). ''Kajirsiskans klitiska partiklar: ett samtida perspektiv.''</ref>
A distinction between proximal ({{sc|prox}}) and distal ({{sc|dist}}) is optionally added to the end of a phrase to express spatial, temporal or emotional distance from the speaker, sometimes even a form of evidentiality.<ref>Hayan, Abd ibn. (2012). ''Kajirsiskans klitiska partiklar: ett samtida perspektiv.''</ref>
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