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==Background==
==Background==
'''Nāmic''', [ˈnɑːm.ɪk], natively '''Naṃkrthāvāka '''[ˌnã.kr̩ˑ.ˈtʰaː.faː.xa] translated as "named constructed speech" and written "नँक्र्थावाक", in the Nāharā script- is a mixed constructed ''a priori/ a posteriori'' language. It draws inspiration from mainly the Indo-European branch, yet makes a decisive stance to preserve artificial features.
'''Namic''', /ˈnɑːmɪk/ or /ˈnɛɪ̯mɪk/, natively '''Nāmaktavāka'''/naːmat͡ʃtavaːka/ translated as "named constructed speech" and written "नँक्र्थावाक", in the Nāharā script. It is an [[Attamian]] language, a constructed ''a priori'' language related to both [[Attian]] and [[Damian]]. It draws inspiration from mainly the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages, with inspiration from the nonconcatenative morphology of the Semitic languages.


Since there is a tendency in Nāmic to blend characteristics of both artificial and natural languages, a rather unholy mixture has arisen, for example: It is a fusional language, like its predecessors [[w:Latin language|Latin]], [[w:Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]], [[w:Ancient Greek language|Greek]] and [[w:Proto-Germanic language|Germanic]] - yet displays the highly unnatural ergative-accusativ alignment, or tripartite, - which is rarely seen outside conlanging.
The language is tripartite and heavily fusional. Namic has lost the stress system of the Proto-Attamian language, and inherited a now grammaticalised tonal system which only applies to long and short vowels.
 
[[File:Namic language.jpg|thumb|400px|Namic language on Google Maps.]]
Concerning the vocabulary, both words derived from Indo-European stems, as well as complete ''a priori ''words, appear; such as "''dhrā''" - tree, from Indo-European ''*dóru'', and the word for heaven'', "ıāmna"''''' - '''from... me. [[File:Nāmic language.jpg|thumb|400px|Nāmic language on Google Maps.]]


==Setting==
==Setting==
The Nāmic language is a Indo-Aryan language with a number of speakers totalling over 5.6 million. It is designed to be closely related to the Sanskrit language with clear influence from the Old Avestan language. Naṃkrthāvāka is spoken in Central Asia and Indian subcontinent, but is not the official language of any region.
The Namic language is an Attamian language with a number of speakers totalling over 5.6 million. It is designed to be closely related to the Sanskrit language with clear influence from the Old Avestan language. Namic is spoken in Central Asia, not far from the Attamian Urheimat in Caucasia, but is not the official language of any region.


The language has remained extant especially in the Namasthani and Maharaya regions in India, Pakistan and Tibet, despite the lack of official status. There is an exclave of speakers of the Pārsa dialect of the Nāmic language in Iran, spoken around the Sistan Lake. The dialect is heavily influenced by the [[wikipedia:Farsi|Farsi language]].
The language has remained extant especially in the Namasthani and Maharaya regions in India, Pakistan and Tibet, despite the lack of official status. There is an exclave of speakers of the Parsa dialect of the Namic language in Iran, spoken around the Sistan Lake. The dialect is heavily influenced by the [[wikipedia:Farsi|Farsi language]].


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
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! colspan="8" scope="row"|Vocabulary
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|प्राणस्तिका
| style="text-align: center;"|''prāṇasṭıkā ''
| style="text-align: center;"| articulation, pronounciation, phonology
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|वातज़ाण
| style="text-align: center;"|''vātaȷyāṇa''
| style="text-align: center;"| notation, signature, consonant
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|ह्वार
| style="text-align: center;"|''hvāra''
| style="text-align: center;"| vowel, saying, noise
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|अवर्यान्त
| style="text-align: center;"|''avaryānta ''
| style="text-align: center;"| affricate
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|मार्तिका
| style="text-align: center;"|''mārṭıkā ''
| style="text-align: center;"| softness, lenition
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|साँख्रटिका
| style="text-align: center;"|''sāṃkhrṭıkā''
| style="text-align: center;"| assimilation
|}


:''See also: [[IPA for Nāmic]]''
:''See also: [[IPA for Namic]]''
===Consonants===
===Consonants===


The following table portraits Nāmic's phonetic inventory of consonants. All consonants, except aspirated ones, may be geminated, which is phonemic, and represented by doubling the grapheme. The letter /h/ represents aspiration when succeding consonants, and breathy-voice when preceding vowels. "Nh", is an exception, being a velar nasal.
The following table portraits Nāmic's phonetic inventory of consonants. All consonants, except aspirated ones, may be geminated, which is phonemic, and represented by doubling the grapheme. The letter /h/ represents aspiration when succeding consonants, and breathy-voice when preceding vowels. "Nh", is an exception, being a velar nasal.


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{| class="wikitable" style="width: 700px;"
|+Phonology and Orthography
|+Phonology and Orthography
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2"|
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