Rogan (/ˈɾogan/)

Rogan is one of the languages of Cury.

Natively known as: rogan /ˈɾogan/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
pu kan runyun tako o wasan pu pakon o sonwan ginbezen kugu ko
Pronunciation: /pu kan ˈɾunjun ˈtako o ˈwasan pu ˈpakon o ˈsonwan ˈgimbezen ˈkugu ko/
Rogan word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face the wind to

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d g h j k m n p s t w z ŋ ɾ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Stop	p b	t d		k g
Fricative		s z			h
Approximant			j
Tap		ɾ

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a e i o u

	Front	Back
High	i	u
High-mid	e	o
Low	a

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable ?
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ŋ	n
m	n
j	y
ɾ	r

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject Verb Object (Prepositional phrase). “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: postpositions ?

Nouns

Nouns form plural with separate plural word:

Plural

Particle before the noun: ban - ban koin /ban ˈkoin/ dogs

Articles

Rogan has no definite article ‘the’, or indefinite article ‘a’.

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative
1st singular	tan /tan/ I	hin /hin/ me
2nd singular	gen /gen/ you	nu /nu/ you
3rd singular masc	kan /kan/ he, it	nan /man/ him, it
3rd singular fem	zon /zon/ she, it	han /han/ her, it
1st plural	pe /pe/ we	nun /nun/ us
2nd plural	nan /nan/ you all	ku /ku/ you all
3rd plural	yo /jo/ they	son /son/ them

Possessive determiners

1st singular	sen /sen/ my
2nd singular	nu /mu/ your
3rd singular masc	o /o/ his
3rd singular fem	kan /kan/ her
1st plural	on /on/ our
2nd plural	he /he/ your (pl)
3rd plural	pun /pun/ their

Verbs

Rogan uses a standalone particle word for past tense:

Past	Particle before the verb: no - no soza /no ˈsoza/ learned

Rogan uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: ko - ko soza /ko ˈsoza/ will learn

Progressive aspect

The ‘progressive’ aspect refers to actions that are happening at the time of speaking, such as I am learning.
Rogan uses a standalone particle word for progressive:

Progressive

Particle before the verb: se - se soza /se ˈsoza/ is learning

Habitual aspect

The ‘habitual’ aspect refers to actions that happen habitually, such as I learn (something new every day), as opposed to actions that happen once (I learned something).
Rogan uses a standalone particle word for habitual:

Habitual

Particle before the verb: pon - pon soza /pon ˈsoza/ learns

Numbers

Rogan has a base-10 number system:
1 - en
2 - ken
3 - da
4 - ton
5 - re
6 - ringe
7 - yon
8 - run
9 - pinra
10 - kan
Hundred - nigin
Thousand - sokopu

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ba
Else: Suffix -uba
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -an
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -un
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix d-
Else: Prefix da-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -an
Noun to verb = Prefix i-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -en
Tending to = Suffix -an
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -in
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -an
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -on
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -in
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -un
Augmentative = Suffix -e
Maker = No affix

Rogan scholar

A painting depicting a Rogan scholar holding texts.

Dictionary

3134 Words.

Sunsa Gorenro

A painting depicting Sunsa Gorenro, an acclaimed writer of Rogan history.