Alyara, Language of the Alyaran.

Natively known as: alyara /ˈaljara/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
fú ithr fingr ityirr œ ilmanr fú fingr bratar vá ándá err ekkakh
Pronunciation: /fú iðr fingr ˈitjirr œ ˈilmanr fú fingr ˈbratar vá ˈándá err ˈekkax/
Alyaran word order: and he his hat holding stood and his wet face the wind to turned

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f g h j k l m n p r s t v x ð ʤ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m			n
Stop	p b			t d			k g
Affricate					ʤ
Fricative		f v	ð	s			x	h
Approximant						j
Trill				r
Lateral approximant				l

Vowel inventory: a á e é i í o ó u ú y ym æ œ
Diphthongs: ym ?

	Front	Back
High	i í y	u ú
High-mid	e é	o ó
Low-mid	œ
Near-low	æ
Low	a á

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

Pronunciation	Spelling
y	ǔ
ð	th
j	y
ʤ	j
x	kh

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Grammar

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

Nouns

Nouns have two cases:

• Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
• Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.

Singular

	Definite	Indefinite
Nominative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -rr Else: Suffix -úrr óllrúrr /ˈóllrúrr/ the dog (doing the verb)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -nn Else: Suffix -inn óllrinn /ˈóllrinn/ a dog (doing the verb)
Accusative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ss Else: Suffix -ass óllrass /ˈóllrass/ (verb done to) the dog	Suffix -a óllra /ˈóllra/ (verb done to) a dog

Plural

	Definite	Indefinite
Nominative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ðr Else: Suffix -aðr óllrathr /ˈóllraðr/ the dogs (doing the verb)	No affix óllr /óllr/ some dogs (doing the verb)
Accusative	Suffix -ill óllrill /ˈóllrill/ (verb done to) the dogs	Suffix -ann óllrann /ˈóllrann/ (verb done to) some dogs

Articles

Alyaran encodes definite article ‘the’, and indefinite article ‘a’ in noun affixes. See Noun section.

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative
1st singular	arr /arr/ I	athr /aðr/ me
2nd singular	arth /arð/ you	a /a/ you
3rd singular masc	ithr /iðr/ he, it (masc)	ar /ar/ his, it (masc)
3rd singular fem	i /i/ she, it (fem)	akh /ax/ her, it (fem)
1st plural	et /et/ we	ha /ha/ us
2nd plural	ir /ir/ you all	van /van/ you all
3rd plural	ethr /eðr/ they	ra /ra/ them

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	a /a/ my
2nd singular	e /e/ your
3rd singular masc	fingr /fingr/ his
3rd singular fem	nallr /nallr/ her
1st plural	ald /ald/ our
2nd plural	ar /ar/ your (pl)
3rd plural	ann /ann/ their

Verbs

Present	No affix ostr /ostr/ learn
Past	Suffix -ep ostrep /ˈostrep/ learned
Remote past	Suffix -ar ostrar /ˈostrar/ learn (long ago)

Alyaran uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: i - i ostr /i ostr/ will learn

Progressive aspect

The ‘progressive’ aspect refers to actions that are happening at the time of speaking, such as I am learning.
Alyaran uses an affix for progressive:

Progressive

If ends with vowel: Suffix -nn Else: Suffix -enn ostrenn /ˈostrenn/ 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).
Alyaran uses a standalone particle word for habitual:

Habitual

Particle before the verb: a - a ostr /a ostr/ learns

Numbers

Alyaran has a base-10 number system:
1 - állr
2 - inr
3 - ækh
4 - vo
5 - ær
6 - ánda
7 - angr
8 - ǔ
9 - arthr
10 - ágr
100 - athar
1000 - anhve

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -a
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -a
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -ar
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -mr
Else: Suffix -imr
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -r
Else: Suffix -ar
Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -r
Else: Suffix -ar
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -tó
Else: Suffix -ató
Tending to = Suffix -e
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -œrl
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -ir
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -fi
Else: Suffix -áfi
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ni
Else: Suffix -ani
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -r
Else: Suffix -ar
Augmentative = Suffix -ír

Dictionary

3045 Words.