Kiryattic

Kiryattic κιρϊάάκϊάν κιάλε
Pronounced:	/kir.jæː.kjæ̃ kiæ̯.le/ [ˈkir.jæː.ˌcɛ̃ ˈcæ.le]
Species:	Human
Spoken:	Greece
Writing system:	Greek
Genealogy:	Proto-Uralic Proto-Finnic Kiryaakattic
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/).

History

Kiryaakattic is a descendant of late Proto-Finnic, though it isn't attested till the early 12th century in Greece, written in an adaptation of Greek miniscule that is largely still used (hence why many letter forms seem odd or wrong).

Early period

Kiryaakattic was only sparsely written, even during the time we have verified records of it, and it wouldn't get to a literary position till the later 1600's, when linguists took interest in it for clearly not fitting in the Indo-European family, it was then a small set of linguists took up trying to link it to other languages, when similarities between it and Finnish were noticed, early proponents of a link between Finnish and Hungarian, such as Martin Fogel and Georg Stiernhielm, took interest in it as well.

These early linguists would start work on reconstructing a "Proto-Finnic", relying on Kiryaakattic at points for the conservative features it does retain, such as final -γ where the other Finnic languages have nothing. The discovery of the link between Kiryaakattic and the Finnic languages is attributed to Martin Fogel. At points, linguists realized Kiryaakattic could be incredibly divergent in certain areas, such as grammatically, where Kiryaakattic very often showed signs of regularization or even leveling, this made linguists retiscent to use it for reconstructing grammar, instead using it mainly for reconstructing the general phonological structure of words, where it is rather helpful.

The dual forms of Kiryaakattic have caused much debate among linguists, as the way they fit into the language seems to suggest they're incredibly old, possibly even from Proto-Finnic, but had that been the case, you would expect to see remnants of a dual in the other Finnic languages, but there isn't one, so it's now generally agreed that the dual was an early innovation in Kiryaakattic that over time became more and more settled into the inflection systems till it was no more noticeable than the other suffixes.

Another debate around the dual forms is about why the nouns recieved a -α-, but the verbs recieved a -δ, one of the more accepted theories proposes that due to the nature of how number is marked on the two, the origin of the dual affix reduced differently, so in nouns it reduced to a vowel to fit into the -ε-/-ι- pattern (thus -ε-/-α-/-ι-), while on verbs it reduced to *-ks, then through regular sound change it become -δ, this is also why most linguists believe the dual originates from the reduction and eventual suffixation of *kakci, which would have been *kaksi at the time, the idea is it went through several stages of reduction:

In nouns: *kakci > *kaksi > *kaks(ə) > *-kas- > *-ah- > -a-

In verbs: *kakci > *kaksi > *kaks(ə) > *-kaks > *-aks > *-ks > *-gz > *-dð > -d

The plural verb forms have also been a point of contention, they're clearly composed of the singular form with -α affixed to the end, but the origin of these forms is unknown, though it's been suggested the -α comes from the ending on several (but not all) of the verb forms in Proto-Finnic, and this is widely accepted as no better explanation exists.

Modern day

In 1985-87, the Academy of Kiryaakattic Linguistics (AKL) finalized a standardized form of the language that leveled the grammar completely, thus making everything entirely regular, this is the form of the language taught in schools, leading to most younger speakers using a variant of it, while older speakers continue to use the old forms, this can sometimes cause problems in communication between younger and older speakers.

Among this reformation of the language was many new loanwords from Greek to replace older words that could be seen as potentially offensive or derogatory, many of these already existed within the language, but were now the standard, such as "σκϊύλάσ" (From Greek "σκῠ́λᾰξ") replacing older "πενιγγα" (From Proto-Finnic *penikka), this specific example was already common among younger speakers, and it became especially so with the rise of the internet.

Phonology

Phonology

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	m	n	ɲ
Plosive¹	p, b	t, d	c, ɟ	k, g
Fricative	(f)¹	(θ)¹, s	ç	x
Approximant	w	r, l	j

1: Exist in loanwords and very rarely in some native words.

Oral vowels

	Neutral¹	Front	Back
High	i	y	u
Mid-High	e	ø	o
Mid-Low		œ	ɔ
Low		æ	ɑ

Nasal vowels

	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

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"

A short sample of handwritten Kiryaakattic, reading "κιρϊάάκιάν κιάλε", this particular sample lacks the acutes

Grammar

Morphology

Kiryaakattic is agglutinative like the other Finnic languages, but unlike them there are incredibly few patterns in the modern language. The grammar is incredibly easy to analyze due to its extreme consistency and regularity that makes it easy to separate suffixes from roots.

An odd part of Kiryaakattic morphology is the development of a dual form from *kakci, it's not known why or how this developed, but it's an important aspect of modern Kiryaakattic 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.

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

An important aspect of nouns is the possessed forms (or "possessive forms" in Finnish grammar), these are the forms of nouns with a suffix marking who's possessing it (thus acting like "my", "your", "their", etc...)

Possessive suffixes

			Obl/pl¹
Singular	1st	-μι	-νι
	2nd	-(σ)σι	-νσι
	3rd	-σα	-νσα
Plural	1st	-μαγ	-ναγ
	2nd	-(C)αγ²	-(ν)ναγ
	3rd	-σαγ	-νσαγ

1: The oblique/plural forms are dated, only preserved by elder speakers.

2: The (C) is an assimilatory consonant, when following a consonant, it becomes the same as it, but after a vowel, it's simply absent, as in "κιάλετ" > "κιάλεττάγ", but "κιάλε" > "κιάλεάγ"

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.

Older 3rd 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.

Inflection of "λόύτάάγ" (a-ie)

Present Indicative		Positive	Negative	Present Conditional		Positive	Negative
Singular	1st	λόύτάν	λόύτάκεν	Singular	1st	λόύτάδιν	λόύτάδικεν
	2nd	λόύτάτ	λόύτάκετ		2nd	λόύτάδιτ	λόύτάδικετ
	3rd	λόυτάβι	λόύτάκεβι		3rd	λόύτάδι	λόύτάδικε
Dual	1st	λόύτάνδ	λόύτάκενδ	Dual	1st	λόύτάδινδ	λόύτάδικενδ
	2nd	λόύτάδ	λόύτάκεδ		2nd	λόύτάδιδ	λόύτάδικεδ
	3rd	λόυτάβιδ	λόύτάκεβιδ		3rd	λόύτάδιδ	λόύτάδικεδ
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		Positive	Negative	Past Conditional		Positive	Negative
Singular	1st	λόύτιεν	λόύτιεκεν	Singular	1st	λόύτιεδιν	λόύτιεδικεν
	2nd	λόύτιετ	λόύτιεκετ		2nd	λόύτιεδιτ	λόύτιεδικετ
	3rd	λόυτιεβι	λόύτιεκεβι		3rd	λόύτιεδι	λόύτιεδικε
Dual	1st	λόύτιενδ	λόύτιεκενδ	Dual	1st	λόύτιεδινδ	λόύτιεδικενδ
	2nd	λόύτιεδ	λόύτιεκεδ		2nd	λόύτιεδιδ	λόύτιεδικεδ
	3rd	λόυτιεβιδ	λόύτιεκεβιδ		3rd	λόύτιεδιδ	λόύτιεδικεδ
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		Positive	Negative	Potential		Positive	Negative
Singular	1st	—		Singular	1st	λόύτάνεν	λόύτάνκεν
	2nd	λόύτάάγ	λόύτάάκάλάγ		2nd	λόύτάνετ	λόύτάνκετ
	3rd	λόύτάάσεν	λόύτάάκάλάσεν		3rd	λόύτάνε	λόύτάνκε
Dual	1st	λόύτάάτενδ	λόύτάάκάλάνδ	Dual	1st	λόύτάνενδ	λόύτάνκενδ
	2nd	λόύτάάκτ	λόύτάάκάλάκτ		2nd	λόύτάνεδ	λόύτάνκεδ
	3rd	λόύτάάσενδ	λόύτάάκάλάσενδ		3rd	λόύτάνεδ	λόύτάνκεδ
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		Positive	Negative	Non-finite		Active	Passive
Singular	1st	λόύτάόν	λόύτάόκεν	Participle	Present	λόύτάβά	λόύτάπά
	2nd	λόύτάότ	λόύτάόκετ		Old past¹	λόύτάνύτ	λόύτάύ
	3rd	λόύτάό	λόύτάόκε		New past¹	λόύτιεβά	λόύτιεπά
Dual	1st	λόύτάόνδ	λόύτάόκενδ
	2nd	λόύτάόδ	λόύτάόκεδ	Infinitive		λόύτάάγ
	3rd	λόύτάόδ	λόύτάόκεδ	Gerund		λόύτάμά
Plural	1st	λόύτάόνά	λόύτάόκενά	Action noun		λόύτάμινεν
	2nd	λόύτάότά	λόύτάόκετά
	3rd	λόύτάόά	λόύτάόκεά
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.

Informal forms of "λόύτάάγ" (a-ie)

Past optative		Positive	Negative	Past potential		Positive	Negative
Singular	1st	λόύτιόν	λόύτιόκεν	Singular	1st	λόύτιενεν	λόύτιενκεν
	2nd	λόύτιότ	λόύτιόκετ		2nd	λόύτιενετ	λόύτιενκετ
	3rd	λόύτιό	λόύτιόκε		3rd	λόύτιενε	λόύτιενκε
Dual	1st	λόύτιόνδ	λόύτιόκενδ	Dual	1st	λόύτιενενδ	λόύτιενκενδ
	2nd	λόύτιόδ	λόύτιόκεδ		2nd	λόύτιενεδ	λόύτιενκεδ
	3rd	λόύτιόδ	λόύτιόκεδ		3rd	λόύτιενεδ	λόύτιενκεδ
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