Yaqobian

Yaqobian
Shot'un; Yak'uvat shot'usa
Pronunciation	[ˈʃoːt'un, jaːk'əvət ʃoːt'usə]
Created by	MalvagiaMelanzana
Setting	Fictional Country
Native to	Yaqobia and bordering nations.
Ethnicity	Yaqobians
Native speakers	~8 Million ({{{date}}})
Language family	Afroasiatic Harkhus Yaqobian
Early form	Old Harkhu
Writing system	Latin Script, Arabic Script, Ancient Yaqobian Script
Official status
Official language in	Yaqobia

The Yaqobian language, called __ in Yaqobian, is the national language of Yaqobia.

Phonology

Consonant phonemes

		Labial		Alveolar		Palatal		Velar				Pharyngeal		Glottal
								Plain		Labial
Nasal		m	م	n	ن
Plosive	lenis	b	ب	d	د
	fortis	p	پ	t	ت			k	ك	kʷ	ڮ			ʔ	ا
	ejective			t'	ط			k'	ق	kʷ'	ڨ
Fricative	plain	f	ف	s	س	ʃ	ش	x	خ	xʷ	څ	ħ	ح	h	ه
	ejective			(t)s'	ص	(t)ʃ'	ض
Approximant		w	و	l	ل	j	ی					ʕ	ع
Trill				r	ر			ʀ	غ

Phonotactics

Yaqobian is fairly restrictive in the type of allowed syllables. The maximum syllable is CV(ː)(C). Only the following syllable structures, however, are allowed in Yaqobian:

• ˈCVC
• CVC
• ˈCVː
• ˈCVːC#
• #Cə
• Cə#

Morphology

Consonantal Roots

Roots in the Yaqobian language consist of a sequence of consonants, called radicals. Words are formed from the addition of vowels and suffixes, and reduplication of root consonants. The vast majority of Yaqobian roots are biradical (2 consonants) or triradical (3 consonants), though quadriradical and monoradical roots are also common, the former mostly formed from combining two biradical roots, and the latter overwhelmingly being common verbs and their derivatives, or determiners.

Nominal Morphology

Case and Number

Case has mostly dissapeared from Orrovian, but its vestiges can be seen in possessive contructions as well as certain patterns of pluralization.