Avarc ('avarʧ)

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
reyaez ze az zeyka karar simvar reyaez vas vcek az surka salv imciar
Pronunciation: /ˈrejaeʦ ʦe aʦ ʦejˈka ˈkarar ˈʃɜmvar ˈrejaeʦ vaʃ vʧek aʦ ˈʃɯrka ʃalv ɜmˈʧɜar/
Avarcian word order: and he his hat holding stood and the wind to his wet face turned

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: j k l m r v ʃ ʦ ʧ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	m
Stop						k
Affricate			ʦ	ʧ
Fricative		v		ʃ
Approximant					j
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Vowel inventory: a e ɜ ɯ

	Front	Central	Back
High			ɯ
High-mid	e
Low-mid		ɜ
Low	a

Syllable structure: Custom defined
Stress pattern: No fixed stress
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ʃ	s
ʧ	c
ɜ	i
ɯ	u
j	y
ʦ	z

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject (Prepositional phrase) Object Verb. “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary with a key the door opened.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: postpositions

Noun affixes

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	No affix sayesam /ʃajeˈʃam/ the dog	Suffix -ɜk sayesamik /ˌʃajeˈʃamɜk/ a dog
Plural	Suffix -eʃ sayesames /ʃaˌjeʃaˈmeʃ/ the dogs	Prefix ʧɜ- cisayesam /ˌʧɜʃaˈjeʃam/ some dogs

Verb affixes

Singular

	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -v Else: Suffix -a caykerara /ʧajˌkeraˈra/ (I) learned	Prefix kɜ- kicaykerar /ˌkɜʧajˈkerar/ (you) learned	Suffix -aʧ caykerarac /ʧajˌkeraˈraʧ/ (he/she/it) learned
Present	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʃ Else: Suffix -a caykerara /ˌʧajkeˈrara/ (I) learn	Prefix ʦɜ- zicaykerar /ˌʦɜʧajˈkerar/ (you) learn	Prefix kɯ- kucaykerar /ˌkɯʧajˈkerar/ (he/she/it) learns
Future	Suffix -ɜʦ caykerariz /ˌʧajkeˈrarɜʦ/ (I) will learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʧ Else: Suffix -a caykerara /ʧajˌkeraˈra/ (you) will learn	Suffix -ɜʃ caykeraris /ˌʧajkeˈrarɜʃ/ (he/she/it) will learns

Plural

	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Past	Prefix ʧa- cacaykerar /ˌʧaʧajˈkerar/ (we) learned	Suffix -eʦ caykerarez /ʧajˌkeraˈreʦ/ (you all) learned	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʧ Else: Suffix -ɜ caykerari /ˌʧajkeˈrarɜ/ (they) learned
Present	Prefix ʦa- zacaykerar /ʦaˌʧajkeˈrar/ (we) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -k Else: Suffix -e caykerare /ˌʧajkeˈrare/ (you all) learn	Prefix ʦe- zecaykerar /ˌʦeʧajˈkerar/ (they) learn
Future	Prefix ke- kecaykerar /ˌkeʧajˈkerar/ (we) will learn	Prefix ka- kacaykerar /ˌkaʧajˈkerar/ (you all) will learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʃ Else: Suffix -ɜ caykerari /ˌʧajkeˈrarɜ/ (they) will learn

Possessive determiners

Singular

	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Possessive	cal /ʧal/ my	lueyz /ˈlɯejʦ/ your	az /aʦ/ his, her, its, xir

Plural

	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Possessive	iz /ɜʦ/ our	zay /ʦaj/ your (pl)	uykcu /ˈɯjkʧɯ/ their

Pronouns

	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Singular	arv /arv/ I, me, mine	za /ʦa/ you, yours	ze /ʦe/ he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, xe, xem, xir
Plural	iyc /ɜjʧ/ we, us, ours	iy /ɜj/ you all, yours (pl)	ac /aʧ/ they, them, theirs

Numbers

Avarcian has a base-11 number system:
1 - suyc
2 - ama
3 - elu
4 - u
5 - kvay
6 - su
7 - siyaz
8 - ilzvura
9 - erk
10 - kask
11 - ar
121 - ilzk
1331 - am

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -ɯʧ
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -ɯk
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -eʦ
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix ka-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix ʧɯ-
Noun to verb = Prefix ʧe-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix ʧɯ-
Tending to = Suffix -ɜv
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʃ
Else: Suffix -e
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix ʃa-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʧ
Else: Suffix -e
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -aʦ
Diminutive = Suffix -ev
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʃ
Else: Suffix -ɯ

Dictionary

3004 Words.

Common Unisex Names

Avarcians had no concept of gender. Therefore, all names can be considered unisex.
Vikamum /vɜkaˈmɯm/
Cuyli /ˈʧɯjlɜ/
Ayzazay /ajˈʦaʦaj/
Zaekyu /ʦaˈekjɯ/
Ulvke /ɯlvˈke/
Acemsuy /aʧemˈʃɯj/
Vucu /ˈvɯʧɯ/
Ala /ˈala/
Isra /ɜˈʃra/
Em /em/