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Nouns are some of the oddest bits of Kiryaakattic morphology, as they've undergone so much regularization that many of the forms look nothing like the Proto-Finnic. A second oddity is the development of a full dual number, seemingly through the continued reduction of *kakci till it eroded down to the modern "-α-", which works the same way as the singular "-ε-" and plural "-ι-" | |||
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|+ Inflection of "κιάλε" | |||
|- | |||
! | |||
! singular | |||
! dual | |||
! plural | |||
|- | |||
! Nominative | |||
| κιάλε | |||
| κιάλά | |||
| κιάλι | |||
|- | |||
! Accusative | |||
| κιάλετ | |||
| κιάλάτ | |||
| κιάλιτ | |||
|- | |||
! Genitive | |||
| κιάλεν | |||
| κιάλάεν | |||
| κιάλιεν | |||
|- | |||
! Partitive | |||
| κιάλεά | |||
| κιάλάά | |||
| κιάλιά | |||
|- | |||
! Inessive | |||
| κιάλεσσά | |||
| κιάλάσσά | |||
| κιάλισσά | |||
|- | |||
! Elative | |||
| κιάλεστά | |||
| κιάλάστά | |||
| κιάλιστά | |||
|- | |||
! Illative | |||
| κιάλεεν | |||
| κιάλάάν | |||
| κιάλιιν | |||
|- | |||
! Adessive¹ | |||
| κιάλελλά | |||
| κιάλάλλά | |||
| κιάλιλλά | |||
|- | |||
! Ablative | |||
| κιάλελτά | |||
| κιάλάλτά | |||
| κιάλιλτά | |||
|- | |||
! Allative | |||
| κιάλελεγ | |||
| κιάλάλεγ | |||
| κιάλιλεγ | |||
|- | |||
! Essive | |||
| κιάλενά | |||
| κιάλάνά | |||
| κιάλινά | |||
|- | |||
! Translative | |||
| κιάλεδι | |||
| κιάλάδι | |||
| κιάλιδι | |||
|- | |||
! Instructive | |||
| κιάλεν | |||
| κιάλάν | |||
| κιάλιν | |||
|- | |||
! Comitative | |||
| κιάλενγ | |||
| κιάλάνγ | |||
| κιάλινγ | |||
|- | |||
! Abessive | |||
| κιάλεττά | |||
| κιάλάττά | |||
| κιάλιττά | |||
|} | |||
:1: The adessive also functions as a dative | |||
====Adjectives==== | ====Adjectives==== | ||
Revision as of 10:36, 12 January 2026
| Kiryattic κιρϊάάκϊάν κιάλε | |
|---|---|
| Pronounced: | /kir.jæː.kjæ̃ kiæ̯.le/ [ˈkir.jæː.ˌcɛ̃ ˈcæ.le] |
| Species: | Human |
| Spoken: | Greece |
| Writing system: | Greek |
| Genealogy: | Proto-Uralic
|
| Typology | |
| Morphological type: | Agglutinative |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | Nominative |
| Basic word order: | Free |
| Credits | |
| Creator: | Lumi |
| Created: | January 5th, 2026 |
Kiryaakattic is a Finnic language spoken in Greece. It, as with most Finnic languages, remains decently conservative. Kiryaakattic is most distinguishable by the preservation of word final Proto-Finnic *k (as modern /g/) and *h (as modern /k/).
Phonology
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |
| Plosive¹ | p, b | t, d | c, ɟ | k, g |
| Fricative | s | ç | x | |
| Approximant | w | r, l | j |
- 1: /f, θ/ exist in loanwords
| Neutral¹ | Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | y | u |
| Mid-High | e | ø | o |
| Mid-Low | œ | ɔ | |
| Low | æ | ɑ |
| Neutral¹ | Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | ĩ | ỹ | ũ |
| Mid | ẽ | ø̃ | õ |
| Low | ɛ̃ | ɑ̃ |
- 1: Vowels unaffected by harmony
- 2: All vowels can be long
Orthography
| Letter | Transcription | Name | Pronunciation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finnic | Greek | |||
| α | a | αλφα | /ɑ/ | |
| ά | ä | á | άικά | /æ~a/ |
| β | b | βετα | /b/ | |
| γ | g | γαμμα | /g/ | |
| δ | d | δελτα | /d/ | |
| ε | e | επσιλον | /e/ | |
| ζ | z | ζετα | /(d)z/ | |
| θ | th | θετα | /θ/ | |
| ι | i | ιωτα | /i/ | |
| ϊ | j | ï | /j/ | |
| κ | k | καππα | /k/ | |
| λ | l | λαμδα | /l/ | |
| μ | m | μυ | /m/ | |
| ν | n | νυ | /n/ | |
| ο | o | ομικρον | /o/ | |
| ό | ö | ó | /ø/ | |
| π | p | πι | /p/ | |
| ρ | r | ρο | /r/ | |
| σ | s | σιγμα | /s/ | |
| τ | t | ταυ | /t/ | |
| υ | u | υπσιλον | /u/ | |
| ύ | ü~y | ú | /y/ | |
| ϋ | w | ü | /w/ | |
| φ | ph~f | φι | /f/ | |
| χ | h | χι | /x/ | |
| ω | å | ō | ωμεγα | /ɔ/ |
| ώ | ô | ṓ | /œ/ | |
It is important to note that handwritten Kiryaakattic often looks nothing like its displayed counterpart, as handwritten Kiryaakattic uses many unique letter forms, and also makes extensive use of ligatures and shorthand symbols, some of which are for Greek words, rather than native ones, as with the symbol for "και" often being used in place of native "ϊα"
Grammar
Morphology
Nouns
Nouns are some of the oddest bits of Kiryaakattic morphology, as they've undergone so much regularization that many of the forms look nothing like the Proto-Finnic. A second oddity is the development of a full dual number, seemingly through the continued reduction of *kakci till it eroded down to the modern "-α-", which works the same way as the singular "-ε-" and plural "-ι-"
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | κιάλε | κιάλά | κιάλι |
| Accusative | κιάλετ | κιάλάτ | κιάλιτ |
| Genitive | κιάλεν | κιάλάεν | κιάλιεν |
| Partitive | κιάλεά | κιάλάά | κιάλιά |
| Inessive | κιάλεσσά | κιάλάσσά | κιάλισσά |
| Elative | κιάλεστά | κιάλάστά | κιάλιστά |
| Illative | κιάλεεν | κιάλάάν | κιάλιιν |
| Adessive¹ | κιάλελλά | κιάλάλλά | κιάλιλλά |
| Ablative | κιάλελτά | κιάλάλτά | κιάλιλτά |
| Allative | κιάλελεγ | κιάλάλεγ | κιάλιλεγ |
| Essive | κιάλενά | κιάλάνά | κιάλινά |
| Translative | κιάλεδι | κιάλάδι | κιάλιδι |
| Instructive | κιάλεν | κιάλάν | κιάλιν |
| Comitative | κιάλενγ | κιάλάνγ | κιάλινγ |
| Abessive | κιάλεττά | κιάλάττά | κιάλιττά |
- 1: The adessive also functions as a dative
Adjectives
Pronouns
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| Nominative | μινύ | μειγ | σινύ | σειγ | χινύ | χειγ |
| Accusative | μινύν | μειετ | σινύν | σειετ | χινύν | χειετ |
| Genitive | μινύν | μειεν | σινύν | σειεν | χινύν | χειεν |
| Partitive | μινύά | μειτά | σινύά | σειτά | χινύά | χειτά |
| Inessive | μινύσσά | μεισσά | σινύσσά | σεισσά | χινύσσά | χεισσά |
| Elative | μινύστά | μειστά | σινύστά | σειστά | χινύστά | χειστά |
| Illative | μινύεν | μεισεν | σινύεν | σεισεν | χινύεν | χεισεν |
| Adessive¹ | μινύλλά | μειλλά | μινύλλά | μειλλά | χινύλλά | χειλλά |
| Ablative | μινύλτά | μειλτά | σινύλτά | σειλτά | χινύλτά | χειλτά |
| Allative | μινύλεγ | μειλεγ | σινύλεγ | σειλεγ | χινύλεγ | χειλεγ |
| Essive | μινύνά | μεινά | σινύνά | σεινά | χινύνά | χεινά |
| Translative | μινύδι | μειδι | σινύδι | σειδι | χινύδι | χειδι |
| Instructive | μινύν | μειν | σινύν | σειν | χινύν | χειν |
| Comitative | μινύνεγ | μεινεγ | σινύνεγ | σεινεγ | χινύνεγ | χεινεγ |
| Abessive | μινύττά | μειττά | σινύττά | σειττά | χινύττά | χειττά |
- 1: Also used as a dative
Some elderly people may have different pronouns, as with the 2nd person plural using "τ-" instead of current "σ-", but the most notable difference is the 3rd person singular.
| 3rd | |
|---|---|
| singular | |
| Nominative | χάν |
| Accusative | χάνεν |
| Genitive | χάνεν |
| Partitive | χάντά |
| Inessive | χάνεσσά |
| Elative | χάνεστά |
| Illative | χάνεεν |
| Adessive¹ | χάνελλά |
| Ablative | χάνελτά |
| Allative | χάνελεγ |
| Essive | χάννά |
| Translative | χάνεδι |
| Instructive | χάνεν |
| Comitative | χάννεγ |
| Abessive | χάνεττά |
Another difference is "μινά" and "σινά" instead of "μινύ" and "σινύ".
Verbs
Verbs are highly complex, but similar to Finnish.
| Present Indicative | Present Conditional | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | ||||
| singular | 1st | λόύτάν | λόύτάκεν | singular | 1st | λόύτάδιν | λόύτάδικεν |
| 2nd | λόύτάτ | λόύτάκετ | 2nd | λόύτάδιτ | λόύτάδικετ | ||
| 3rd | λόυτάβι | λόύτάκεβι | 3rd | λόύτάδι | λόύτάδικε | ||
| plural | 1st | λόύτάνά | λόύτάκενά | plural | 1st | λόύτάδινά | λόύτάδικενά |
| 2nd | λόύτάτά | λόύτάκετά | 2nd | λόύτάδιτά | λόύτάδικετά | ||
| 3rd | λόυτάβιά | λόύτάκεβιά | 3rd | λόύτάδιά | λόύτάδικεά | ||
| passive | λόύτάδεν | λόύτάδδάγ | passive | λόύτάδιεν | λόύτάδιγ | ||
| Past Indicative | Past Conditional | ||||||
| Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | ||||
| singular | 1st | λόύτιεν | λόύτιεκεν | singular | 1st | λόύτιεδιν | λόύτιεδικεν |
| 2nd | λόύτιετ | λόύτιεκετ | 2nd | λόύτιεδιτ | λόύτιεδικετ | ||
| 3rd | λόυτιεβι | λόύτιεκεβι | 3rd | λόύτιεδι | λόύτιεδικε | ||
| plural | 1st | λόύτιενά | λόύτιεκενά | plural | 1st | λόύτιεδινά | λόύτιεδικενά |
| 2nd | λόύτιετά | λόύτιεκετά | 2nd | λόύτιεδιτά | λόύτιεδικετά | ||
| 3rd | λόυτιεβιά | λόύτιεκεβιά | 3rd | λόύτιεδιά | λόύτιεδικεά | ||
| passive | λόύτιεδεν | λόύτιεδδάγ | passive | λόύτιεδιεν | λόύτιεδιγ | ||
| Imperative | Potential | ||||||
| Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | ||||
| singular | 1st | — | singular | 1st | λόύτάνεν | λόύτάνκεν | |
| 2nd | λόύτάάγ | λόύτάάκάλάγ | 2nd | λόύτάνετ | λόύτάνκετ | ||
| 3rd | λόύτάάσεν | λόύτάάκάλάσεν | 3rd | λόύτάνε | λόύτάνκε | ||
| plural | 1st | λόύτάάτεμά | λόύτάάκάλάμά | plural | 1st | λόύτάνενά | λόύτάνκενά |
| 2nd | λόύτάάκά | λόύτάάκάλάκά | 2nd | λόύτάνετά | λόύτάνκετά | ||
| 3rd | λόύτάάσενά | λόύτάάκάλάσενά | 3rd | λόύτάνεά | λόύτάνκεά | ||
| Passive | λόύτάάκάεν | λόύτάάγ | Passive | λόύτάνεεν | λόύτάνγ | ||
| Optative | Non-finite | ||||||
| Positive | Negative | Active | Passive | ||||
| singular | 1st | λόύτάόν | λόύτάόκεν | Participle | Present | λόύτάβά | λόύτάπά |
| 2nd | λόύτάότ | λόύτάόκετ | Old past¹ | λόύτάνύτ | λόύτάύ | ||
| 3rd | λόύτάό | λόύτάόκε | New past¹ | λόύτιεβά | λόύτιεπά | ||
| Plural | 1st | λόύτάόνά | λόύτάόκενά | Infinitive | λόύτάάγ | ||
| 2nd | λόύτάότά | λόύτάόκετά | Gerund | λόύτάμά | |||
| 3rd | λόύτάόά | λόύτάόκεά | Action noun | λόύτάμινεν | |||
| Passive | λόύτάόκόεν | λόύτάόγ | |||||
- 1: The difference between the old past and the new past is the forms alone, they're identical in usage.
As can be seen, Kiryaakattic has unique negative forms, these developed from the suffixation of Proto-Finnic *e- (negative verb) to the connegative form, these connegative forms were later lost, leaving only the negative forms.
In informal speech, a past potential and past optative may be heard, taking the root "-α-" and making it "-ιε-" in the potential, and taking the root "-α-" and making it "-ι-" in the optative.
| Past optative | Past potential | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | ||||
| singular | 1st | λόύτιόν | λόύτιόκεν | singular | 1st | λόύτιενεν | λόύτιενκεν |
| 2nd | λόύτιότ | λόύτιόκετ | 2nd | λόύτιενετ | λόύτιενκετ | ||
| 3rd | λόύτιό | λόύτιόκε | 3rd | λόύτιενε | λόύτιενκε | ||
| plural | 1st | λόύτιόνά | λόύτιόκενά | plural | 1st | λόύτιενενά | λόύτιενκενά |
| 2nd | λόύτιότά | λόύτιόκετά | 2nd | λόύτιενετά | λόύτιενκετά | ||
| 3rd | λόύτιόά | λόύτιόκεά | 3rd | λόύτιενεά | λόύτιενκεά | ||
| Passive | λόύτιόκόεν | λόύτιόγ | Passive | λόύτιενεεν | λόύτιενγ | ||