Arkronian

Arkronian^listen is the language spoken by the natives of the Republic of Arkron on Tashur. The language is a human-primary language, it has come to be a trade tongue throughout its region due to the status of Arkron as a trade hub.

Natively known as: Arkronian /ˈɑrkroˌniːan/^listen

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
thion phor char rher chrō diota thion syiu chrō lyiglō bichōippoi sain syiu^listen
Pronunciation: /tʰyːn pʰor kʰar r̥er kʰrɔː dyːˈta tʰyːn syi̯ˈuː kʰrɔː ˈlyi̯glɔː ˈbikʰɔːi̯ppoi̯ saːi̯n ˈsyi̯uː/
Arkronian word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: /b c d g h k l m n p r r̥ s t tʰ z /

↓Manner /Place→	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Stop	p b	t tʰ d	c	k g
Fricative		s z			h
Trill		r̥ r rʰ
Lateral approximant		l

Vowel inventory: /a ai̯ au̯ aː aːi̯ e eu̯ eː i ia̯ iː o oi̯ uː y yi̯ yː ɔː ɔːi̯ ɛː ɛːi̯ /
Diphthongs: ai̯, au̯, aːi̯, eu̯, ia̯, oi̯, yi̯, ɔːi̯, ɛːi̯

	Front	Back
High	i iː y yː	uː
High-mid	e eː	o
Low-mid	ɛː	ɔː
Low	a aː

Syllable structure: Custom defined
Stress pattern: No fixed stress
Word initial consonants: b, br, cr, ct, d, dz, g, h, k, kʰ, kʰr, l, m, n, p, ps, pʰ, r̥, s, t, tʰ
Mid-word consonants: b, br, cl, cr, ct, d, dr, dz, g, gl, h, k, ks, kʰ, kʰr, kʰtʰ, l, lc, ll, lpʰ, lt, ltʰ, m, mn, n, nd, nn, nt, ntʰ, p, pp, pr, pʰ, r, rg, rkr, rm, rp, rr̥, s, sb, ss, st, str, t, tt, tʰ
Word final consonants: n, r, s, ks

Phonological rules (in order of application):

• t→ʧ / _E
• h→ʔ / #_
• s→ɟ / #_

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
aː	a
dz	z
eː	e
iː	i
k	c|k
ks	x
kʰ	ch
pʰ	ph
r̥	rh
tʰ	th
uː	u
yː	io
ɔː	ō
ɛː	e

Grammar

Main word order: Subject-Verb-Object-Oblique. "Mary opened the door with a key" turns into Mary opened the door with a key.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: prepositions

Noun

Nouns have both a plural affix and dual affix for precisely two things.

	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	No affix thaics /tʰai̯ks/	No affix thaix /tʰai̯ks/	No affix thaix /tʰai̯ks/
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -r Else: Suffix -ir thaixir /ˈtʰai̯ksir/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -lcɔːi̯ Else: Suffix -au̯lcɔːi̯ thaicsaulcōi /ˈtʰai̯ksau̯lcɔːi̯/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -beː Else: Suffix -ibeː thaixibe /tʰai̯kˈsibeː/
Dual	Suffix -yr thaixyr /tʰai̯kˈsyr/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -cty Else: Suffix -ɛːcty thaixecty /tʰai̯kˈsɛːcty/	Suffix -eːn thaicsen /tʰai̯kˈseːn/

Articles

Definite	aun /au̯n/ the
Indefinite	cha /kʰa/ a, some

Pronouns

1st singular	or /or/ I, me
2nd singular	ior /yːr/ you
3rd singular masc	phor /pʰor/ he, him, it
3rd singular fem	phe /pʰɛː/ she, her, it
1st plural inclusive	pson /pson/ we, us (including you)
1st plural exclusive	craur /crau̯r/ we, us (excluding you)
2nd plural	ctei /ctɛːi̯/ you (all)
3rd plural masc	bo /bo/ they, them (masculine)
3rd plural fem	craux /crau̯ks/ they, them (feminine)

Possessive determiners

1st singular	chis /kʰis/ my
2nd singular	tu /tuː/ your
3rd singular masc	chrō /kʰrɔː/ his, its
3rd singular fem	crai /crai̯/ her, its
1st plural inclusive	chre /kʰrɛː/ our (including you)
1st plural exclusive	py /py/ our (excluding you)
2nd plural	gia /gia̯/ your
3rd plural masc	phy /pʰy/ their (masculine)
3rd plural fem	pi /piː/ their (feminine)

Verbs

Present	No affix teultai /teu̯lˈtai̯/
Past	Suffix -eːn teultaien /ˈteu̯ltai̯eːn/
Future	If ends with vowel: Suffix -rpeu̯ Else: Suffix -ɛːi̯rpeu̯ teultairpeu /ˈteu̯ltai̯rpeu̯/

Imperfective aspect

The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am studying,
and habitual actions, such as I study (every night).

It is indicated with the affix:

Imperfect

Suffix -aːks teultaiax /teu̯lˈtai̯aːks/

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -ɔː
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -as
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -rr̥oi̯
Else: Suffix -yrr̥oi̯
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -oi̯s
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -uːs
Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -eu̯s
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -uːn
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ks
Else: Suffix -aːks
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -ɛː
Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = Suffix -iː
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -ɛːn
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -yr
Diminutive = Suffix -ɔːi̯s
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ks
Else: Suffix -oi̯ks

Dictionary

4309 Words.