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* postpositions and prepositions (mixed system)
* postpositions and prepositions (mixed system)
* conjugable by subjective person
* conjugable by subjective person
====Spatials and directionals====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 430px;"
|-
! rowspan=3 | ú
| in, inside
! Locative
|-
| from inside
! Ablative
|-
| to inside
! Lative
|-
| colspan=3 |
|-
! rowspan=3 | uṇ
| on
! Locative
|-
| from on
! Ablative
|-
| to on
! Lative
|-
| colspan=3 |
|-
! rowspan=3 | úqhuṛ
| above
! Locative
|-
| from above
! Ablative
|-
| to above
! Lative
|-
| colspan=3 |
|-
! rowspan=3 | úqúḷ
| under
! Locative
|-
| from under
! Ablative
|-
| to under
! Lative
|-
| colspan=3 |
|-
! rowspan=3 | kxúl
| beside
! Locative
|-
| from beside
! Ablative
|-
| to beside
! Lative
|-
| colspan=3 |
|-
! rowspan=3 | táŋ
| away
! Locative
|-
| from away
! Ablative
|-
| to away
! Lative
|-
| colspan=3 |
|-
! rowspan=3 | úpeṛíṣ
| between
! Locative
|-
| from between
! Ablative
|-
| to between
! Lative
|-
| colspan=3 |
|-
! rowspan=3 | uṇkipf
| behind
! Locative
|-
| from behind
! Ablative
|-
| to behind
! Lative
|-
| colspan=3 |
|-
! rowspan=3 | zé
| out
! Locative
|-
| from out
! Ablative
|-
| to out
! Lative
|-
| colspan=3 |
|-
! rowspan=3 | uṇpuḷ
| around
! Locative
|-
| from around
! Ablative
|-
| to around
! Lative
|-
| colspan=3 |
|-
! rowspan=3 | ṭśáḥ
| before, opposite to
! Locative
|-
| from before, from opposite to
! Ablative
|-
| to before, to opposite to
! Lative
|-
| colspan=3 |
|-
! rowspan=3 | úsjáŋ
| during, in time of
! Locative
|-
| from time of
! Ablative
|-
| to time of
! Lative
|-
| colspan=3 |
|-
! rowspan=3 | ṭu
| after
! Locative
|-
| from after
! Ablative
|-
| to after
! Lative
|}
====Other prepositions====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 625px;"
|-
! Companion, attributive object
| '''su'''
| with
! Instrumental
|-
! Material, substantion, origin
| '''ki'''
| from
! Ablative
|-
! Lack
| '''has'''
| without
! Genitive
|-
! Alternative
| '''kital'''
| instead
! Genitive
|-
! Contrary
| '''úṭṣáḥ'''
| against
! Lative
|-
! Resistance
| '''latsi'''
| despite, though
! Genitive
|-
! Stylization
| '''tsíṇ'''
| along to, according to
! Instrumental
|}


==Syntax==
==Syntax==

Revision as of 08:12, 3 May 2014

Záren is an a priori language, created in 2014 by Artaxes.

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular
Nasal m n ɳ ŋ~ɴ
Plosive p t ʈ k q
Affricate p͡f t͡s ʈ͡ʂ k͡x q͡χ
Fricative f v θ̠ ð̠ ʂ ʐ x~χ ɣ~ʁ
Trill r r͡ɽ
Lateral approximant l ɭ
Approximant j
  • p t ʈ k q /p t ṭ k q/
  • p͡f t͡s ʈ͡ʂ k͡x q͡χ /pf ts ṭs kh qh/
  • f θ̠ ʂ x~χ /f s ṣ h/
  • v ð̠ ʐ ɣ~ʁ /v z ẓ ḥ/
  • m n ɳ ŋ~ɴ /m n ṇ ŋ/
  • l ɭ /l ḷ/
  • r r͡ɽ /r ṛ/
  • j /j/

Vowels

Front Central Back
Short Long Short Long Short Long
Close i iː ɨ ɨː u uː
Mid ə əː
Open ä äː
  • iː ɨː uː /í ý ú/
  • əː /é/
  • äː /á/
  • i ɨ u /i y u/
  • ə /e/
  • ä /a/

Phonotactics

(C)(C)V(ː)(R)(C)

Accent

  • penultimate primary acute accent
  • ultimate secondary gravis accent

Grammar

Nouns

  • noun class system (preffixal): Animate (Masculine vs Feminine), Inaminate (Abstractive vs Objective)
  • nominative-genetive alignment
  • 3-way agent secundative ditransitive alignment (S/A = Nominative, D = Pegative P/R = Genetive, T = Instrumental)
  • cases (suffixal): Nominative, Pegative, Genitive, Instrumental, Vialis, Ablative, Lative, Locative, Benefactive
  • number (suffixal): singular, plural
  • definiteness (phrasal clitic): definite proper, definite distant, indefinite

Noun class + Root + Root extension(s) + Case + Number + Definiteness

Noun class

Animate Masculine t- / te- tamen man
Feminine j- / je- jamen woman
Inanimate Abstractive ṇ- / ṇe- ṇamen humanity
Objective - qtem stone

Declension

Nominative - tkára wolf subject of intransitive clauses, agent of transitive clauses
Pegative -s / -es tkáras wolf donor of a ditransitive clauses
Genitive -n / -en tkáran wolf, of wolf, to wolf possessor, patient of transitive clauses, recipient of ditransitive clauses
Instrumental -li tkárali by / with wolf instrument, method, accompaniament
Vialis -ema / -ma tkárama through wolf way, vial direction
Ablative -t / -et tkárat from wolf separation, starting point
Lative -ví tkáraví to / at wolf purposive direction
Locative -uṣ / -ṣ tkáraṣ in / on / under wolf spatial or temporal location
Benefactive -ur / -r tkárar for wolf destination, destinative recipient

Number

Singular - qtem stone
Plural -k / -yk qtemyk stones

Definiteness

Neutral - jamen woman
Indefinite -me jamenme a woman
Definite proper -tsa jamentsa the woman
Definite distant -kxy jamenkxy yonder woman

Verbs

  • aspects (suffixal): Imperfective, Perfective (Punctual Perfective), Conclusive (Durative-Perfective), Habitual
  • voices (infixal): Active vs Middle + Direct vs Causative
  • noun class preffixes
  • tense-moods (suffixal): Past visual, Past non-visual, Present, Future, Conditional, Jussive
  • polarity (phrasal clitic): affirmative, negative
  • subjective and objective persons

[Modal particle] + [Modal verb] + [Noun class + (Root + Voice) + Root extension(s) + Aspect + Tense / Mood + Subject + Object / Theme + Polarity]

Aspect

Imperfective - vláq to speak
Habitual / Iterative -ja- vláqja to speak many times / regularly
Conclusive (Durative-Perfective) -ny- vláqny to say (after long time of the action)
Perfective (Punctual-Perfective) -su- vláqsu to say (in short moment)

Voice

Direct Causative
Active - ŋáv to see -ra- ŋárav to show
Middle -sí- ŋásív to see self -ḥú- ŋáḥúv to show self

Tense-moods

Past visual -ṛ- át-ṛ- to go (action in past, visible by subject)
Past non-visual -z- át-z- to go (action in past, non-visible by subject and unconfirmed to him)
Present - át to go (now)
Future -mu- át-mu- to go (future action)
Conditional -fý- át-fý- would to go
Jussive -ḷá- át-ḷá- should to go

Person

Subject
Singular Plural
1. -al qával I am living -avy qávavy we are living
2. -if qávif thou art living -ify qávify you are living
3. -a qáva he / she / it is living -ak qávak they are living
4. - qáv someone / something is living
Object
Singular Plural
1. -la tsýlla to let me -va tsýlva to let us
2. -fi tsýlfi to let thee -fe tsýlfe to let you
3. -t tsýlt to let him / her / it -ta tsýlta to let them
4. - tsýl to let someone / something
Theme
Singular Plural
1. -je / -j ṭṣáje give to me -ma / -m ṭṣáma give to us
2. -he / -h ṭṣáhe give to thee -ṣa / -ṣ ṭṣáṣa give to you
3. -tsu ṭṣátsu give to him / her / it -tsuk ṭṣátsuk give to them
4. -ṇi ṭṣáṇi give to someone / something

Polarity

Affirmative - kxín to know
Negative -aŋ / -ŋ kxínaŋ don't to know

Adjectives and adverbs

  • three degrees: positive, comparative, superlative

Degrees of comparison

Positive Comparative Superlative
- -ány good -kxe / -ekxe -ánykxe better -rta / -erta -ányrta best
-pfaŋkx strong -pfaŋkxekxe stronger -pfaŋkxerta strongest
-ḥarpfis equine -ḥarpfiskxe more equine -ḥarpfiserta most equine

Formation of adverbs

Basal adjective Derived adverb
-ány good l- / le- lány well
-pfaŋkx strong lepfaŋkx strongly
-ḥarpfis equine leḥarpfis like / as horse

Numerals

Cardinal numerals

1. ájve
2. paṛí
3. tapat
4. dyrja
5. sopor
6. páluq
7. ptáte
8. satka
9. qlafa
10. toṛq
11. toṛqájve
12. toṛqpaṛí
20. paṛítoṛq
21. paṛítoṛqájve
30 tapattoṛq
100. nantor
101. nantorájve
120. nantorpaṛítoṛq
121. nantorpaṛítoṛqájve
200. paṛínantor
1.000. toṛqnantor
10.000. toṛqtoṛqnantor

Derived numerals

Ordinal Multiplicative Reproductive Distributive Fractional
-ty -táj -sot -lín -mé
1. ájvety ájvetáj ájvesot ájvelín ájvemé
10. toṛqty toṛqtáj toṛqsot toṛqlín toṛqmé
11. toṛqájvety toṛqájvetáj toṛqájvesot toṛqájvelín toṛqájvemé
20. paṛítoṛqty paṛítoṛqtáj paṛítoṛqsot paṛítoṛqlín paṛítoṛqmé
21. paṛítoṛqájvety paṛítoṛqájvetáj paṛítoṛqájvesot paṛítoṛqájvelín paṛítoṛqájvemé
100. nantorty nantortáj nantorsot nantorlín nantormé
101. nantorájvety nantorájvetáj nantorájvesot nantorájvelín nantorájvemé
120. nantorpaṛítoṛqty nantorpaṛítoṛqtáj nantorpaṛítoṛqsot nantorpaṛítoṛqlín nantorpaṛítoṛqmé
121. nantorpaṛítoṛqájvety nantorpaṛítoṛqájvetáj nantorpaṛítoṛqájvesot nantorpaṛítoṛqájvelín nantorpaṛítoṛqájvemé
200. paṛínantorty paṛínantortáj paṛínantorsot paṛínantorlín paṛínantormé
1000. toṛqnantorty toṛqnantortáj toṛqnantorsot toṛqnantorlín toṛqnantormé
10.000. toṛqtoṛqnantorty toṛqtoṛqnantortáj toṛqtoṛqnantorsot toṛqtoṛqnantorlín toṛqtoṛqnantormé

Pronouns

  • obviative
  • subjugating hierarchy (suffixal)
  • plural roots

Personal pronouns

Singular Plural
1. lá I nán we
2. fú thou fýn you
3. tar he tary they
jar she jary
ṇar it (abstract) ṇary
ar it (object) ary
4. é someone / something
Subjugating hierarchy
Subordinating Equal Subordinated
-na / -n - -ts
I lána lá láts
thou fúna fú fúts
he tarna tar tarts
she jarna jar jarts
it ṇarna ṇar ṇarts
arna ar arts
someone / something éna é éts
we nánna nán nánts
you fýnna fýn fýnts
they taryn tary taryts
jaryn jary jaryts
ṇaryn ṇary ṇaryts
aryn ary aryts

Possessive pronouns

Singular Plural
1. -lás my -náns our
2. -fús thy -fýns your
3. -tars his -tarys their
-jars her -jarys
-ṇars its (abstract) -ṇarys
-ars its (object) -arys
4. -és someone / something else's

Adpositions

  • postpositions and prepositions (mixed system)
  • conjugable by subjective person

Spatials and directionals

ú in, inside Locative
from inside Ablative
to inside Lative
uṇ on Locative
from on Ablative
to on Lative
úqhuṛ above Locative
from above Ablative
to above Lative
úqúḷ under Locative
from under Ablative
to under Lative
kxúl beside Locative
from beside Ablative
to beside Lative
táŋ away Locative
from away Ablative
to away Lative
úpeṛíṣ between Locative
from between Ablative
to between Lative
uṇkipf behind Locative
from behind Ablative
to behind Lative
zé out Locative
from out Ablative
to out Lative
uṇpuḷ around Locative
from around Ablative
to around Lative
ṭśáḥ before, opposite to Locative
from before, from opposite to Ablative
to before, to opposite to Lative
úsjáŋ during, in time of Locative
from time of Ablative
to time of Lative
ṭu after Locative
from after Ablative
to after Lative

Other prepositions

Companion, attributive object su with Instrumental
Material, substantion, origin ki from Ablative
Lack has without Genitive
Alternative kital instead Genitive
Contrary úṭṣáḥ against Lative
Resistance latsi despite, though Genitive
Stylization tsíṇ along to, according to Instrumental

Syntax

  • SOV
  • head-final
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