A'hia

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A'hia is the most common language of the A'hish people. It is based on a system of fractional words that build together for a complete word. However, the system by which it is spoken, there are both a wide variety of consonants and vowels with only 17 letters.

Writing System

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The writing system is a linear based system involving a collection of 22 individual characters, 6 accent marks, and 10 circular transitions, each assigned between 1 and 6 different option sounds, accents marking each. To write using the unique letter system, a variety of rules are placed into action to keep the language consistent. Should the direction of the letters either overlap too much or be redrawn over each other, a dotted line to a point slightly further down the page is drawn for the word to be continued.
Each of the characters of the language are assigned a different symbolic representation, generally making use of the specified cardinal directions. Their alphabet consists of a variety of systems, reducing their necessary letters down to 22. However, these letters are often combined to make different sounds, so Latin face letters like "c/k" become one, a modifier -- a slight line in fancy forms of writing called a prime -- specifying the pronunciation, rather than the usage of other letters nearby.

Transitions

There are several transitions, made in circles. All words begin with a hollow circle -- with no translated meaning. Sentence endings are marked through a filled-in circle. A top half-filled circle marks the subject conjugation and a bottom half-filled circle marks the tense conjugation. Right half-filled circles marks are used for any form of possessive or demonym -- should they be found. Left half-filled circles are used for the usage of titles. These are the main, simple, form of transitions.
Two of the final forms are emphasis, acting as extensions of the filled circle. A top-right quarter-filled circle is used as a semi-colon, showing two joined ideas across sentences. A bottom-right quarter-filled circle is used to signify a question. Both of these take the place of the filled circle, acting as an equivalent.
The two final forms are used for several uses. Bottom-left quarter-filled circles are representatives of commas, specifically designed for the use of separating subject within a single sentence(English appositives). Top-left quarter-filled circles are used to separate clauses or phrases, acting similarly to the bottom filled circle.

Prepositions

Many simple forms of prepositions are skipped, with their replacement using a right half-filled circle and an a. This means that basic words like is, in, and of are simply turned into a'. However, the variation on pronunciation is the implied difference. Not all forms of prepositions are included as several forms -- such as directions -- are given their own words.

One(Prime)

in

Two

of

Three

like/as

Four

for

Five

at/by

Six

from

Possessives and Demonyms

Possessives, using the right-filled transition form, are based on the order of words. An object belonging to a person will usually be conjugated to become person(name or pronoun)'object. This is one of the few instances where titles are applied to the beginning, as all other forms of conjugation are applied to the end.
For example, if someone were to own a shirt and their name and class be unknown, "someone's shirt" would become "dena'borla".
Demonyms are similar to possessives in that the word -- generally similar to the English version -- is applied to the beginning. This would mean that a name spoken in such a manner would come out as the demonym'person(name or pronoun).
For example, if someone were to hail from the A'Hishian United Kingdoms, the demonym being hia(as A'hia is a conjugated form), would become "hia'dena".

Plurals

To make letters plural, a similar concept to titles are applied, as titles only are applied to people or groups of people. By adding the left half-filled circles signify that nouns are pluralized. From here, a z is added to the end.
The concept is carried over even if applied to a group already with a title, simply added on after the group as the title holds a greater significance.

Conjugation

Everything should always get conjugated, though it is not always vocalized when translated as a sentence wouldn't ever say "The boy he is fair".

Subject Conjugation

Conjugation is similarly complex to possessives, though with several more simple elements. It is possible to conjugate without the name -- with conjugation being the source for nameless possessives. It works by placing a top-half filled circle at the end of the word -- equally represented by a Latin apostrophe.
Conjugation itself is broken down into the common 6 type structure: "I", "You", "He/She/It", "We", "You Guys", and "They". Each is represented by a different suffix ending(suf.), which is applied following the ending of the verb being conjugated. This completes the first stage of conjugation.

Regular usage

To use the pronouns in sentences, they have to be used with an a' before them, signifying a different word and the use of a basic preposition or another conjoining word. a' itself is widely used to replace basic prepositions such as "of" and "in". To change the tense, the tense conjugation is added to the end of the word.
In red(assumed present) -- a'garad
In red(past tense) -- a'garad'bur

Tense Conjugation

Conjugating to tense is slightly similar, following yet another top-half filled circle. From there, one of the three tenses are added to the end. This is the final conjugation form and leaves the verb complete.

Syntax

A'hia uses a nearly perfectly reversed version of syntax to common English. Like in English, prepositional phrases can go in a variety of locations, though usually at the beginning. Otherwise, a sentence begins with the verb phrase("climbed the mountain") -- ordered by the object then the verb("the mountain climbed"). The noun phrase("the tall boy in red") follows. In all cases, the adjective or prepositional/noun phrase describing comes before the subject("in red tall the boy").
The collection of the sentence comes out very diluted, though is easily translated back to English.
"The boy in red climbed the mountain" becomes "the mountain climbed in red tall the boy".
To complete the sample translation, the sentence was conjugated and the preposition("in") removed translating to "yilg iloga crelia'dena'bur a'garad eldan yilg dla".
There is an important instance to understand where a sentence may lose the noun phrase to conjugation this occurs when the noun is conjugated into the verb. For example "you climbed" would become "crelina'besa'bur" rather than "besa" and "crelina" individually. In this case, the sentence is simplified into the regular verb phrase.
For example, "you climbed the mountain" would become "yilg iloga crelina'besa'bur".

Jump to Latin Characters to understand the use of subscript to explain vowel sounds.

1. Writing System
   • Transitions
     • Prepositions
   • Possessives and Demonyms
   • Plurals
   • Conjucations
     • Subject Conjucations
     • Tense Conjucations
   • Syntax
2. Letters
   • Letter List/Assignment
     • Accents
     • Letters
3. Words
   • Meaning
   • Latin Characters
4. Phonetics
   • Consonants
   • Vowels

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Geographic Distribution

The language of A'hia is only spoken by the A'hish in the A'Hishian United Kingdoms

Conjugation Boxes

Subject Conjugation Box

	Singular		Plural

English	A'hia	English	A'hia
I	cisa /*kaisa*/	We	lasa /*ɭasa*/
You	besa /*pɛsa*/	You Guys	buda /*bʊθa*/
He/She/It	dena /*θena*/	They	ona /*ɵna*/

Tense Conjugation Box

Tense	A'hia
Past	bur /*bɯɻ*/
Present	le /*ɭɘ*/
Future	uli /*uɭɛ*/