Agmārian

Old language of Agmār, still used in poetry. For the curent Agmāri language, check out Akanā.

Writing

Historically, Agmārian writing has been pretty chaotic. It was first written down for religious texts and poems, and its freeform nature has made its spread difficult. The one fast rule is that words are written from left to right.
Classical Agmārian has loose writing rules that allow creativity in how letters are attached in a word. As a rule of thumb, as long as each letter is recognisable, it doesn't matter how they are attached, which sometimes makes it difficult to read and learn the language.
Underneath is the word "agmār" written in three different ways.

The first two are classical writing. The top one would be considered more poetic, with elongated bits and uncommon way to attach the letters, while the second would be a more down-to-earth classic way to write.
The third one is a simplified modern writing that is starting to be used more commonly as printing press arose, as well as helping with spreading literacy throughout the land. Classical writing is still used for poetry, official texts, religion, signposts, and anything that wants to look fancy.

Structure

Modern Agmārian codified the use of the VSO order, but words can still be switched around without losing meaning, emphasising the first and last words of a sentence (first word is most important element, last word is second most important).

Writing System

A Ā I E O U T M D N S Z F V B P L R H Y J W K G Þ X

Phonology

a ɑː i e ɵ y t m d n s z f v b p l ʀ ɦ j ʒ w k ɡ θ ʂ

Vocabulary

Verbs

ābexo - (to) write
ifu - (to) sing
eni - (to) give
esgā - (to) punch
efuni - (to be) sick, diseased
erhu - (to) send
exu - (to) start
onku - (to) visit
ovo - (to) be
umi - (to) go

Invariable Nouns

agmār - the country's name
debāra - war
degixa - strength
dyadu - animate creature (that isn't animal, hybrid, or human)
dyuku - human
dyuxe - hybrid (human-animal)
sesia - impress (of anissia)
rifuji - inanimate, object
here - message
wixe - town
woixa - capital city
xuxeve - animal

Variable Nouns

es - child
suniful - singer
hex - spouse

Other

zu - no
wuwu - good

Verbs & Tenses

Verbs typically start & end in a vowel, and are usually placed at the start of a sentence.
The basic form of a verb is both the infinitive and the present tense.
The prefix ot- is used to form the past tense.
The suffix -ba is used to form the future tense.

Examples

ovo : to be, i am
otovo : i was
ovoba : i will be

Nouns & Declensions

Nouns typically end in a vowel and are either variable or invariable.
Invariable nouns have only one form, while variable nouns have 3 to 5 forms, following the gender markers listed later. Invariable nouns are usually inanimate objects, places, concepts, etc. while variable nouns usually touches on everything living.
Nouns also have five cases: nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, and instrumental, which are marked by suffixes as follow:

Nominative -r

Accusative no marking; removes the last consonnants of the root word if applicable

Dative -ir

Genitive -i

Instrumental -ad

Plural is marked by a final o on top of the declension.
The noun final format goes as such: root+gender+case+plural

Examples

es: root word for "child"; used as such, it's an insult
ese: animal child
esom: hybrid child
esok: human child
esa: other child (typically dreq)

agmār: [agmār] is great
agmā: i visit [agmār]
agmāir: the impress sent a message [to agmār]
agmāri: dākur is [agmār's] capital
agmārad: the war was started [by agmār]

additional notes that idk where to put yet

source direction: -an
destination direction: an-
vocative: ga-

Grammatical Genders

Agmārian counts 5 grammatical genders, which are seperate from Agmāri social gender. They instead denote the species one is referring to. The genders are as follow: animal, hybrid, human, other, and inanimate. Other is used for any creature that isn't one of Agmār's native species, commonly used to refer to dreqs. Inanimate is used for objects and any other non-living thing. It is offensive to refer to someone in the inanimate, as it is one of the most taboo insult. In modern Agmārian, the exception to this rule are 1st and 2nd person personal pronouns.
Gender is marked by adding the appropriate suffixe at the end of words, as follow:

Animal -e

Hybrid -om

Human -ok

Other -a

Inanimate is unmarked

Personal Pronouns

Just like nouns, personal pronouns have five cases. In addition to that are the five genders listed above, 1st, 2nd and 3rd person, each in singular and plural, which makes a total of 150 unique words, although only 70 of them are commonly used, as the gendered forms of the 1st and 2nd persons are considered archaic (listed in parenthesis).
Personal pronouns are often omitted in speech, when one can extrapolate it from context.
Using the 1st and 2nd person in the inanimate for living being is not considered offensive in modern Agmārian.

Nominative

                    Inanimate           Other           Human           Hybrid           Animal
1st sg                vo                  (vora)           (vorok)           (vorom)            (vore)
2nd sg               da                  (data)           (datok)          (datom)            (date)
3rd sg                kor                  kora             korok             korom              kore
1st plr                yu                 (yuma)         (yumok)          (yumom)          (yume)
2nd plr               yo                  (yoa)             (yok)              (yom)              (yoe)
3rd plr                hi                    hia                hiok               hiom                hie

Accusative

                    Inanimate           Other           Human           Hybrid           Animal
1st sg               vot                  (vota)           (votok)            (votom)           (vote)
2nd sg              det                  (deta)          (detok)            (detom)            (dete)
3rd sg               kof                  kofa              kofok              kofom               kofe
1st plr               yut                  (yuta)           (yutok)            (yutom)           (yute)
2nd plr              yot                  (yota)           (yotok)            (yotom)           (yote)
3rd plr               he                   hefa              hefok              hefom             hefe

Dative

                    Inanimate           Other           Human           Hybrid           Animal
1st sg               ver                  (vera)          (verok)             (verom)          (vere)
2nd sg             dah                 (daha)          (dahok)           (dahom)          (dahe)
3rd sg               kir                    kira               kirok               kirom              kire
1st plr               yer                 (yera)            (yerok)            (yerom)          (yere)
2nd plr              yir                   (yira)             (yirok)            (yirom)           (yire)
3rd plr               ho                   hola              holok               holom            hole

Genitive

                    Inanimate           Other           Human           Hybrid           Animal
1st sg               ve                   (vea)            (veok)             (veom)            (vehe)
2nd sg              di                    (dia)             (diok)              (diom)              (die)
3rd sg               ki                     kia                kiok                kiom                 kie
1st plr               ye                  (yea)             (yeok)            (yeom)             (yehe)
2nd plr              yi                    (yia)              (yiok)             (yiom)               (yie)
3rd plr             heg                  hega             hegok           hegom              hege

Instrumental

                    Inanimate           Other           Human           Hybrid           Animal
1st sg               var                  (vara)           (varok)           (varom)          (vare)
2nd sg              dar                 (dara)           (darok)          (darom)           (dare)
3rd sg               kar                   kara             karok              karom            kare
1st plr               yar                  (yara)            (yarok)           (yarom)          (yare)
2nd plr             yan                  (yana)           (yanok)          (yanom)          (yane)
3rd plr               ha                   hana              hanok             hanom           hane

Successor Languages

• Akanā

Common Phrases

ovo vo [name]

I'm (called) [name]

ovo agmār wuwu

Agmār is great.

onku vo agmā

I visit Agmār.

here umi kora wixeir

Ey sent a message to the city.

woixa agmāri ovo dākur

Dākur is Agmār's capital city.