Ardanese

You know I often wonder what will happen to us as a people when the tongue of our fathers is finally abandon it for that damn imperial tongue of theirs. - Ardanian Elder

Ardanese was once one of the most spoken languages in the Western Lands when the Kingdom of Ardania. But now it is a remnant of what it used to be with the empire being the dominant power in the land. Making it a secondary language for it's native people as they are using Vasili more than before.

Language of the South

Ardanese is consider one of the most used languages in the southern lands of the west. Making one of the most ethically centered languages in an entire region let alone an half a continent for centuries and even millennia with very few other languages competing with it. Ardania being isolated for centuries also helped in preserving it as speak a foreign language other than what was native in the region was considered rare.

Diverse Groupings

Ardanese is not a single language for Ardanians, it is actually been divided into subgroups across the region by different peoples across Ardania. Creating different words and meanings to them, along with accents that picked up from these differences.

Natively known as: Ardanese /ˈArdanese/

...He worked hard all of his life and wasn't going to stop...
tsâ â kigi khufodi sȟi chab’u tsâ lâ sȟi deki tsopi tishe fi
Pronunciation: /ʦə ə ˈkigi ˈxufodi ɬi ˈʧaɓu ʦə lə ɬi ˈdeki ˈʦopi ˈtiʃe fi/
Sȟinibuian word order: He worked hard all of his life and wasn't going to stop

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f g h k l m n p t w x ɓ ɗ ɬ ɾ ʃ ʔ ʦ ʧ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop	p b		t d		k g	ʔ
Implosive	ɓ		ɗ
Affricate			ʦ	ʧ
Fricative		f		ʃ	x	h
Tap			ɾ
Lateral fricative			ɬ
Lateral approximant			l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a e i o u ə

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
High-mid	e		o
Mid		ə
Low	a

Syllable structure: (C)V
Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ʔ	ʻ
ə	â
x	kh
ɓ	b’
ɗ	d’
ʃ	sh
ɾ	r
ʦ	ts
ʧ	ch
ɬ	sȟ

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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 before the noun.
Adposition: postpositions

Nouns

Singular	No affix ime /ˈime/ dog
Plural	Suffix -fi imefi /ˈimefi/ dogs

Articles

Sȟinibuian has no definite article ‘the’, or indefinite article ‘a’.

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative
1st singular	o /o/ I	tu /tu/ me
2nd singular	shâ /ʃə/ you	kha /xa/ you
3rd singular masc	â /ə/ he, it	kâ /kə/ him, it
3rd singular fem	ne /ne/ she, it	ki /ki/ her, it
1st plural	d’u /ɗu/ we	d’e /ɗe/ us
2nd plural	tsi /ʦi/ you all	mâ /mə/ you all
3rd plural	wa /wa/ they	u /u/ them

Possessive determiners

1st singular	gi /gi/ my
2nd singular	shi /ʃi/ your
3rd singular masc	sȟi /ɬi/ his
3rd singular fem	sȟa /ɬa/ her
1st plural	ki /ki/ our
2nd plural	lo /lo/ your (pl)
3rd plural	ma /ma/ their

Verbs

	Future
1st singular	Suffix -mo kebemo /ˈkebemo/ (I) will learn
2nd singular	Suffix -ʦa kebetsa /ˈkebeʦa/ (you) will learn
3rd singular	Suffix -ɓe kebeb’e /ˈkebeɓe/ (he/she/it) will learn
1st plural	Suffix -lo kebelo /ˈkebelo/ (we) will learn
2nd plural	Suffix -go kebego /ˈkebego/ (you all) will learn
3rd plural	Suffix -fi kebefi /ˈkebefi/ (they) will learn

Sȟinibuian uses a standalone particle word for past tense:

Past	Particle before the verb: ʧo - cho kebe /ʧo ˈkebe/ learned

Progressive aspect

The ‘progressive’ aspect refers to actions that are happening at the time of speaking, such as I am learning.
Sȟinibuian uses a standalone particle word for progressive:

Progressive

Particle before the verb: gu - gu kebe /gu ˈkebe/ 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).
Sȟinibuian uses a standalone particle word for habitual:

Habitual

Particle before the verb: hi - hi kebe /hi ˈkebe/ learns

Perfect aspect

The perfect aspect in English is exemplified in ‘I have read this book’, which expresses an event that took place before the time spoken but which has an effect on or is in some way still relevant to the present.
Sȟinibuian uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Perfect

Reduplicate whole word kebekebe /ˈkebeˌkebe/ have learned

Numbers

Sȟinibuian has a base-10 number system:
1 - lib’o
2 - d’i
3 - to
4 - re
5 - na
6 - no
7 - fuho
8 - ge
9 - kâlâ
10 - nâgine
Hundred - khed’o
Thousand - nu

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -be
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -wa
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -ʦə
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -fu
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -ɬe
Noun to verb = Suffix -ge
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -ɬu
Tending to = Suffix -ʃi
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -ge
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -gi
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -ʧo
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -go
Diminutive = Suffix -ge
Augmentative = Suffix -ʃi

Geographical Distribution

Ardanese is used in the region known by Ardania by its native. However, This language is only found in this region and has spread very little to other parts of the world.

Dictionary

1000 Words.

Spoken by

• Ardanian

Numbers

Ardanese has a base-10 number system:

1 - lib’o

2 - d’i

3 - to

4 - re

5 - na

6 - no

7 - fuho

8 - ge

9 - kâlâ

10 - nâgine

Hundred - khed’o

Thousand - nu

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -be Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -wa Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -ʦə Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -fu Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -ɬe Noun to verb = Suffix -ge Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -ɬu Tending to = Suffix -ʃi Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -ge Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -gi One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -ʧo Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -go Diminutive = Suffix -ge Augmentative = Suffix -ʃi
Spelling

Pronunciation Spelling ʔ ʻ ə â x kh ɓ b’ ɗ d’ ʃ sh ɾ r ʦ ts ʧ ch ɬ sȟ