Armar Common
The most Common language of Armarium, mostly spoken by humans.
Natively known as: armmar /ˈarmmar/
...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...e ist dot fre ist plus e scinui ist fri hud tae pad
Pronunciation: /eː iːst doːt freː iːst plus eː ˈskinui̯ iːst fri hud tae̯ pad/
Armar word order: and he stood holding hat his and turned his face wet to the wind
Spelling & Phonology
Consonant inventory: b d f g h k kʷ l m n p r s t w| ↓Manner/Place→ | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Stop | p b | t d | k kʷ g | ||
| Fricative | f | s | h | ||
| Trill | r | ||||
| Lateral approximant | l |
| ↓Manner/Place→ | Labial-velar |
|---|---|
| Approximant | w |
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i iː | u uː |
| High-mid | e eː | o oː |
| Low | a aː |
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable Spelling rules:
| Pronunciation | Spelling |
|---|---|
| kʷ | qu |
| ks | x |
| k | c |
| w | v |
| ː | |
| ̯ |
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 after the noun.
Adposition: prepositions
Nouns
| Masculine | Feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| Singular | No affix
a /aː/ man |
No affix
spi /spiː/ woman |
| Plural | Prefix rio̯-
rioa /ˈrio̯aː/ men |
If starts with vowel: Prefix sk-
Else: Prefix ski- scispi /ˈskispiː/ women |
Articles
| Definite | Indefinite | |
|---|---|---|
| Singular | beuc /beu̯k/ the | gle /gleː/ a |
| Plural | u /u/ the | ri /riː/ some |
- Definite article can be omitted: ‘I am going to supermarket’
- Used to talk about countable nouns in general: English’s ‘I like cats’ would translate to ‘I like the cats’
- Used with place names: ‘The London’
- Not used for non-specific mass (uncountable) nouns: non-specific means ‘Would you like some (any) tea?’ whereas specific means ‘Some tea (a specific amount) fell off the truck’
Pronouns
| 1st singular | si /siː/ I, me, mine |
| 2nd singular | crae /krae̯/ you, yours |
| 3rd singular masc | ist /iːst/ he, him, his, it, its |
| 3rd singular fem | heunt /heu̯nt/ she, her, hers, it, its |
| 1st plural | mu /muː/ we, us, ours |
| 2nd plural | oe /oe̯/ you all, yours (pl) |
| 3rd plural masc | su /su/ they (masc), them (masc), theirs (masc) |
| 3rd plural fem | ae /ae̯/ they (fem), them (fem), theirs (fem) |
Possessive determiners
| 1st singular | si /siː/ my |
| 2nd singular | crae /krae̯/ your |
| 3rd singular masc | ist /iːst/ his |
| 3rd singular fem | heunt /heu̯nt/ her |
| 1st plural | mu /muː/ our |
| 2nd plural | oe /oe̯/ your (pl) |
| 3rd plural masc | su /su/ their (masc) |
| 3rd plural fem | ae /ae̯/ their (fem) |
Verbs
| Future | If starts with vowel: Prefix imn-
Else: Prefix imnu- imnuproen /imˈnuproe̯n/ will learn |
| Past | Particle before the verb: neː -
ne proen /neː proe̯n/ learned |
Numbers
Armar has a base-10 number system: 1 - oe2 - floc
3 - prom
4 - reu
5 - gre
6 - quam
7 - floltraunt
8 - si
9 - scis
10 - fei
Hundred - pru
Thousand - paendiunt
Derivational morphology
Adjective → adverb = Prefix klau̯-Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix as-
Else: Prefix asi-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix ple-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix n-
Else: Prefix no-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix trei̯-
Noun to verb = Prefix spoː-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix peu̯-
Tending to = If starts with vowel: Prefix t-
Else: Prefix teː-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix t-
Else: Prefix teː-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix i-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If starts with vowel: Prefix fl-
Else: Prefix fli-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix eu̯-
Diminutive = Prefix u-
Augmentative = If starts with vowel: Prefix tr-
Else: Prefix tra-
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